Patent ID: 9563970
Date: 2017-02-07
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06T,H04N

Claim:
1. Program instructions stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, and operative to configure a programmable processing system for authoring content to perform the following acts: present a graphical user interface that provides plural authoring tools enabling a user to define elements of an artwork, including enabling the user to select a first visual element from among plural available visual elements, and insert the first visual element into the artwork as part of creation of the artwork, the first visual element being drawn from a list: a brush stroke, a line, a pattern, a texture, or text, said first visual element of the artwork including a signal that encodes an identifier, said identifier enabling identification in a data structure of network-based response information associated with said first element of the artwork, wherein as the user creates the visual appearance of the artwork, the artwork is also adapted to enable network linking, and wherein another of said available visual elements does not include a signal that encodes an identifier; present a graphical user interface that enables the user to define a user-selected network-based response that should be made available for presentation to a person who captures imagery depicting said first element of the artwork using a camera-equipped portable device; and store information about said user-selected network-based response in said data structure, in association with said identifier encoded in the signal included with the selected first visual element; wherein the configured system is adapted for use both to create an artwork, and also to define a network-based experience for presentation to persons who capture imagery depicting the artwork using camera-equipped portable devices.