US 12,190,458 B2
Device and method for providing augmented reality content
Reto Spoerri, Zürich (CH)
Assigned to MENTAR HOLDING AG, Hünenberg (CH)
Appl. No. 17/906,845
Filed by MENTAR HOLDING AG, Hünenberg (CH)
PCT Filed Mar. 22, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/057297
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/191158, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 30, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 00342/20 (CH), filed on Mar. 23, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0141545 A1, May 11, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [H04W 4/02 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile communication device, comprising an electronic circuit configured to:
determine a location of a user of the mobile communication device;
transmit a query request via a communication network to a computerized virtual real estate directory system, the query request comprising at least the location of the user;
receive from the virtual real estate directory system via the communication network a query response, the query response comprising one or more virtual real estate objects assigned to a virtual real estate object location within a predefined region around the user, each of the virtual real estate objects comprising identification information and a network address of an augmented reality content server;
transmit for at least one particular virtual real estate object a content request via the communication network to one of the augmented reality content servers, respectively using the network address of the augmented reality content server, each content request comprising the identification information of the particular virtual real estate object;
receive from the augmented reality content server via the communication network augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object; and
play the augmented reality content for the particular virtual real estate object;
wherein the mobile communication device further comprises an audio module and wherein the electronic circuit is configured to play the augmented reality content using the audio module.