Patent Document ID: 9501573
Application ID: 13952058
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system comprising a device having electronics configured to interact with a human being as follow: receive sensor-based ambient data corresponding to a physical item located within an environment of the human being; send information derived from the ambient data to a service distal from the device; utilize the information derived from the ambient data to initiate an audible, at least partially computer generated, question and answer conversation with the human being, by asking a question to the human being on characterizing the physical item; receive a proposed identification from the distal service, and relating the proposed identification to the human being as part of the audible conversation; receive an answer from the human being in response to the question; utilize the answer to infer a characteristic-value pair that characterizes the physical item; and bind the characteristic-value pair to the physical item, wherein the system stores the characteristic-value pair and an identifier of the physical item in a database for future use by other human beings in identifying the physical item.