Tag Archive for 'semantic search'

Thrrum MMS Search - Mobile Visual Search for Sprint camera phones

Thrrum MMS Search - Mobile Visual Search for Sprint camera phonesThrrum MMS Search - Mobile Visual Search for Sprint camera phones. We already heard before about semantic-search such as Vodafone Otello Visual Mobile Search - CeBIT 2008 and ER Search - Visual Search powered by Bandai announced by KDDI. And, what’s now? Camera phone users on the Sprint wireless network can now find and browse information relevant to their environment using picture messaging. Thrrum MMS Search enables camera phone users to find and browse information related to their physical environment using the Picture Messaging service integrated into their phones. Continue reading ‘Thrrum MMS Search - Mobile Visual Search for Sprint camera phones’

Vodafone Otello Visual Mobile Search - CeBIT 2008

Vodafone Otello Visual Mobile Search - CeBIT 2008Vodafone Otello Visual Mobile Search - CeBIT 2008. At CeBIT 2008, Vodafone announced that they’ll be trialling their Otello image-based search technology in Germany. Vodafone is running trials with a German newspaper that lets users find out more about stories by photographing the images that appear in the article and MMSing the images.

The technology could one day be used to search for more information on famous places, DVDs, toys, consumer electronics, etc. by simply taking a picture with your handset and searching for related information.

(via Pocket-lint)