Patent ID: 9742492
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: G02B,G06F,G06K,G06Q,G06T,G08C,H04B,H04M,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, at an optical receiver assembly communicatively coupled to a mobile device, a first modulated optical beam transmitted by a source; extracting information from the modulated optical beam; displaying the extracted information on a graphical user interface of an application presented on the mobile device; receiving data corresponding to user input at the graphical user interface selecting the displayed information; in response to receiving the data corresponding to user input at the graphical user interface selecting the extracted descriptive data, generating digital data to be transmitted by an optical transmitter assembly communicatively coupled to the mobile device to the source, wherein each of the optical receiver assembly and the optical transmitter assembly is a component of the mobile device or a component of a case physically coupled to the mobile device; transferring the digital data to the optical transmitter assembly; displaying, on the graphical user interface, an augmented reality object corresponding to a transmitting emitting region covered by the optical transmitter assembly, wherein the augmented reality object provides a visual representation of a field of view in which the optical transmitter assembly transmits modulated optical beams; displaying, on the graphical user interface, a visual representation of the source; and transmitting a second modulated optical beam from the optical transmitter assembly to the source, wherein the second modulated optical beam is modulated with the digital data.