{
  "patent_number": "US 8356005",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Devices Automatically Tag and Monetize Real-World Events",
  "original_title": "Identifying events",
  "summary": "A system for capturing data about a specific moment or location—like a song playing or a vehicle passing—to automatically trigger online searches and sponsor payments.",
  "what_it_does": "This patent describes a method for a device to capture an 'event stamp'—a collection of data points like GPS coordinates, time, and radio station identifiers—when a user activates a button. Once this data is sent to a server, the system automatically searches a database to identify the specific event, such as a song currently playing on the radio or a business location. Crucially, the system then triggers a financial transaction, requesting that a sponsor associated with that event be credited with monetary compensation. For example, a user could press a button on a keychain while listening to a song, and the system would identify the track, find the radio station, and log a marketing credit for that station.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover general-purpose GPS tracking that lacks an 'event stamp' function triggered by a specific user action.",
    "Does not cover systems that identify events without a server-side database lookup.",
    "Does not cover manual event logging that does not include automated financial crediting of a sponsor.",
    "Does not cover audio recognition that occurs entirely locally on the device without network communication."
  ],
  "filed": "2010-07-06",
  "granted": "2013-01-15",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Individual",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/individual",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "John Reimer",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/john-reimer"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 4,
  "tags": [
    "consumer_electronics",
    "software",
    "telecommunications",
    "ecommerce"
  ],
  "abstract": "Events may be identified by storing information in response to activating an event stamp function. As a result of activating the event function, the information collected may immediately be compared to event information in a database. Alternatively, the information collected may later be compared to event information in a database. One or more candidates for the event of interest may be automatically or manually retrieved, and the user may decide whether a candidate event of the one or more candidates correspond to the event of interest. Alternatively, a purchase of an item related to the event may be automatically made in response to activating the event stamp.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8356005/facebook-photo-tagging",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/8356005/facebook-photo-tagging/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/US8356005",
  "relatedPatents": []
}