Patents by Inventor Melissa Rutledge

Melissa Rutledge has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Systems methods and computer program products for providing augmented shopping information
    Patent number: 7707073
    Abstract: Methods for providing augmented shopping information to a user of a mobile terminal in a store include providing a shopping list identifying a plurality of items and obtaining information regarding physical locations of respective ones of the items in the store. The location of the mobile terminal in the store is established. An image of a view from the location is obtained. An item having an associated location in the obtained image is identified based on the obtained information regarding physical locations. A position within the image corresponding to the respective physical location of the identified item is determined. A graphic indication of the identified item is added to the obtained image at the determined position within the image to provide an augmented image of the view that is displayed to the user on a display of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, AB
    Inventors: L. Scott Bloebaum, Melissa Rutledge
  • SYSTEMS METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR PROVIDING AUGMENTED SHOPPING INFORMATION
    Publication number: 20090287587
    Abstract: Methods for providing augmented shopping information to a user of a mobile terminal in a store include providing a shopping list identifying a plurality of items and obtaining information regarding physical locations of respective ones of the items in the store. The location of the mobile terminal in the store is established. An image of a view from the location is obtained. An item having an associated location in the obtained image is identified based on the obtained information regarding physical locations. A position within the image corresponding to the respective physical location of the identified item is determined. A graphic indication of the identified item is added to the obtained image at the determined position within the image to provide an augmented image of the view that is displayed to the user on a display of the mobile terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: L. Scott Bloebaum, Melissa Rutledge
  • Mobile Device with Image Recognition Processing Capability
    Publication number: 20090237546
    Abstract: An image of an object is captured using a portable electronic device. The image is displayed on a display screen of the portable electronic device. Image recognition is performed on the image to identify the object, a task associated with the identified object is identified, and information about the task is displayed on the display screen of the portable electronic device along with the image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2008
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: L. Scott Bloebaum, Melissa Rutledge, Ivan Nelson Wakefield