US 11,816,707 B2
Augmented reality systems for facilitating real-time charity donations
Michael Mossoba, Arlington, VA (US); Salik Shah, Washington, DC (US); and Joshua Edwards, Philadelphia, PA (US)
Assigned to CAPITAL ONE SERVICES, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed by Capital One Services, LLC, McLean, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 25, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/829,231.
Application 16/829,231 is a continuation of application No. 16/288,830, filed on Feb. 28, 2019, granted, now 10,636,062.
Prior Publication US 2020/0279305 A1, Sep. 3, 2020
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/01 (2006.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06F 3/04883 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2022.01); G06Q 30/0279 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 30/0279 (2013.01) [G06F 3/017 (2013.01); G06V 20/20 (2022.01); G06F 3/04842 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
receiving organizational data associated with a plurality of charities, the organizational data comprising, for each charity of the plurality of charities:
a charity name;
associated subject matter comprising data representing one or more items that are associated with the charity;
a charity financial account; and
a charity location representing a location of an office of the charity; receiving, from a mobile device associated with a user:
environmental data comprising an image of at least a portion of an object, the environmental data representing a physical environment of the mobile device; and
location data indicative of an image location at which the environmental data was obtained;
identifying, using image recognition techniques, the object;
identifying, based on the identified object, from among the plurality of charities, one or more qualifying charities by prioritizing the plurality of charities based on a proximity of each of the plurality of charities to the image location and a degree of correspondence between the identified object and the associated subject matter of each of the plurality of charities;
arranging a predetermined number of the one or more qualifying charities in an order;
until receiving user input data from the mobile device indicating a selection of a presented charity, iteratively:
augmenting the environmental data by adding virtual environmental data comprising enhanced content associated with the identified object, wherein the enhanced content is unrepresented in the physical environment and the enhanced content is a donation recommendation amount to give to the presented charity of the one or more qualifying charities based on past donations made by the user, wherein the presented charity is one of the predetermined number of the one or more qualifying charities;
transmitting, to the mobile device, the virtual environmental data comprising the presented charity for display;
receiving, from the mobile device, the user input data indicating the selection of the presented charity or a denial of the presented charity; and
responsive to receiving the denial of the presented charity, change the presented charity to a next charity according to the order;
responsive to receiving, from the mobile device, the user input data indicative of the selection of the presented charity from the predetermined number of the one or more qualifying charities, receiving, from the mobile device, a donation amount associated with the selected presented charity; and
initiating, based on the received user input data, a transfer of funds of the donation amount from a financial account associated with the user to the charity financial account associated with the selected presented charity.