Patent №
US 8,725,573
Granted
2014-05-13
Filed 2005
Owner
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
Lab
AI components
2
vision · planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
11127688
A system and method for creating and maintaining a virtual library is provided. A virtual library includes one or more photographic images of the user's physical library, and an inventory of the products revealed in those images. The virtual librarian facilitates uploading the images, generating an inventory from those images, and locating products in the physical library with reference to the images. The virtual librarian optionally provides the user with an appraisal of the value of their physical library, and advice regarding how to organize the library and whether to make certain acquisitions to complement the existing library.
AI classification
Ownership
AMAZON TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
assignment · 256630757
Assignors
NARANG, VARUN, MANBER, UDI, SIEGEL, HILLIARD B., BEZOS, JEFFREY P.
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.