12. A system for recognizing network resource information, the system comprising: one or more processors; one or more data storage devices; and a resource recognition device executable on the one or more processors according to software instructions stored in the one or more data storage devices, the resource recognition device being configured to: obtain digital image information corresponding to a digital image captured by a first portable electronic device using a photographing device, wherein the digital image includes one of a photograph, screen capture, scan or computer-generated image of an object; recognize, using one or more character-recognition techniques, a uniform resource identifier (URI) or a uniform resource locator (URL) included within the digital image; and wirelessly transmitting the URI or URL to a second portable electronic device configured to use the URI or URL to access a web resource.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the one or more character-recognition techniques include a machine-learning technique.