Patent Document ID: 9055384
Application ID: 14046814

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: obtaining at least one image of information associated with an event captured by a camera of a portable computing device; analyzing the at least one image to locate a region of the image having visual properties identifying the event; processing the region using an optical recognition algorithm to identify the event based on the visual properties; determining at least one action available to a user, the at least one action being related to the event; and causing the portable computing device to execute the at least one action related to the event.

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Claim 2:
2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein an application on the portable computing device executes the at least one action related to the event, the application being at least one of a web browser and the action being associated with navigating to a webpage associated with the event when the visual properties indicate a web address or a map application and the action being associated with displaying location information for the event when the visual properties indicate a physical address.