Patent Document ID: 8619147
Application ID: 12899462

Base Claim:
1. A method comprising: receiving, using one or more visual sensors of a scanner device, information from a dynamic display device, wherein receiving the information from the dynamic display device comprises receiving information that identifies a position on the dynamic display device; and transmitting, from the scanner device to a first computer system, an information-request that includes the information from the dynamic display device, wherein the information from the dynamic display device identifies or can be used to identify content to be provided to a scanner-associated device; and determining text currently being displayed at the position on the dynamic display device without receiving, from the dynamic display device, data directly representing an image of the text.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: transmitting, from the scanner device to the first computer system, a timestamp indicating a time at which at least one of the visual sensors receives the information from the dynamic display device; and determining text that was displayed at the position on the dynamic display device at the time indicated by the timestamp.