Patent ID: 11895179
Assignee: N99 LLC
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 15:
16. A system comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer program instructions stored thereon, the computer program instructions being executable by at least one computer processor to perform a method, the method comprising:
(a) at an optical reader at a first mobile device, at a first time, receiving, from a first object-associated element, a first communication as a visual identifier, wherein the first communication comprises information representing an identity of the first object-associated element;
(b) at the first mobile device, in response to receiving the first communication, wirelessly transmitting a second communication, to a remote server, wherein the second communication comprises the information representing the identity of the first object-associated element, wherein the first object-associated element and the first mobile device are physically distinct from each other, and wherein the first object-associated element and the remote server are physically distinct from one another;
(c) at the first mobile device, at a second time after the first time, receiving a third communication from the remote server, the third communication including information representing a first remote control user interface;
(d) at the first mobile device, at a third time after the second time, presenting the first remote control user interface, wherein the first remote control user interface comprises a menu, the menu comprising a plurality of options representing a plurality of items;
(e) at the first mobile device, at a fourth time after the third time, receiving a first input that indicates a first item in the plurality of items;
(f) at the first mobile device, in response to receiving the first input that indicates the first item, wirelessly transmitting a fourth communication to the remote server, the fourth communication comprising information based on the first input; and
(g) at the first mobile device, after receiving the first input that indicates the first item, presenting first feedback relating to the first input at the first remote control user interface.