Patent ID: 8315423

Claim:
A method for providing information comprising: receiving, from a mobile device capable of generating digital photographs over a network of computers, a digital photograph obtained by the mobile device including an object for which an operator of the mobile telephone desires information; receiving, from the mobile device over a network, location information from a global positioning system associated with the mobile device; using object recognition techniques to match the object included in the digital photograph with a stored representation of the object; identifying non-advertisement content related to the object based on an association between the identified non-advertisement content and the stored representation of the object; identifying one or more advertisements related to the object; and sending, over the network of computers to the mobile device, the identified non-advertisement content and one or more advertisements for presentation; wherein identifying the non-advertisement content related to the object comprises identifying the non-advertisement content based on the association between the identified information and the stored representation of the object and the location information.