US 11,810,258 B2
Marker-based augmented reality authoring tools
Jeremi M Sudol, New York, NY (US); and John Wiacek, Culver City, CA (US)
Assigned to NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US)
Filed by NANT HOLDINGS IP, LLC, Culver City, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/585,411.
Application 17/585,411 is a continuation of application No. 17/225,928, filed on Apr. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,270,516.
Application 17/225,928 is a continuation of application No. 16/579,685, filed on Sep. 23, 2019, granted, now 10,997,790, issued on May 4, 2021.
Application 16/579,685 is a continuation of application No. 15/846,041, filed on Dec. 18, 2017, granted, now 10,424,123, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 15/846,041 is a continuation of application No. 14/851,897, filed on Sep. 11, 2015, granted, now 9,892,560, issued on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/049,351, filed on Sep. 11, 2014.
Prior Publication US 2022/0148275 A1, May 12, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06T 19/00 (2011.01)
CPC G06T 19/006 (2013.01) [G06T 2219/2004 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-based digital content server system, comprising:
at least one non-transitory computer readable memory storing software instructions; and
at least one processor coupled with the at least one non-transitory computer readable memory and coupled with a stored indexed digital content set and rules sets, the at least one processor, upon execution of the software instructions, performing operations comprising:
registering a physical, real-world object with at least one portion of the digital content set by indexing the at least one portion of the digital content set with at least one digitally derivable feature of the physical, real-world object;
receiving a query from a device over a network, the query comprising the at least one digitally derivable feature of the physical, real-world object;
retrieving, based on the query, the at least one portion of the digital content set and a corresponding rules set governing how the at least one portion of the digital content set is bound in the digital content set; and
causing the device to render the at least one portion of the digital content set as part of the digital content set according to the corresponding rules set.