Patent ID: 8228170
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for identifying an object placed on a clear surface, the method comprising: receiving an indication that the object has been placed on the clear surface; identifying a plurality of physical characteristics associated with the object; using the plurality of physical characteristics, searching a data structure to determine the existence of a single object with physical characteristics that matches the plurality of physical characteristics; responsive to a match, determining whether the single object has an associated presentation; responsive to an existence of the associated presentation, presenting the associated presentation to a user through the clear surface on which the object has been placed; determining whether at least one of the plurality of physical characteristics associated with the single object has changed from previously identified physical characteristics associated with the single object; and responsive to a change in the at least one of the plurality of physical characteristics associated with the single object from the previously identified physical characteristics associated with the single object, sending an indication to another user with an identification of the single object and the change in the at least one of the plurality of physical characteristics from previously identified physical characteristics associated with the single object.