20140156412 | RATING PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS BASED ON INGREDIENTS - Techniques for scanning products and providing information about those products are provided. In one technique, ingredient names in a digital image are recognized, the ingredients are analyzed for their respective toxicity ratings, and one or more ingredient names in the digital image are highlighted to show which ingredients are considered safe or unsafe. In another technique, an overall rating for a product is calculating solely based on information about ingredients found in the product and that overall rating is displayed on a computing device. In another technique, a user provides input that indicates one or more products that the user has scanned or allegedly purchased or used. Other users are allowed to view those products if, for example, the user gives his/her permission. In another technique, geographic information of a mobile device is used to identify a product that may be relevant to a user of the mobile device. | 06-05-2014 |