Voting systems and methods for encoding voting selection data in a compressed format
US11062546B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 23, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2021 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 23, 2040 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH03M7/30
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Various voting systems are disclosed that include a voting device configured to: provide a user interface that presents one or more voting choices for each of one or more contests and enables a voter to select one or more of the voting choices for each of the one or more contests; create a bitmap comprising a plurality of bit cells each of which corresponds to one of the voting choices of one of the contests, wherein each of the bit cells stores a binary digit that indicates whether the voter selected the voting choice corresponding to the bit cell; convert the binary digits stored in the bitmap to a compressed string of characters; generate one or more selection barcodes that encode the compressed string of characters; and print the one or more selection barcodes on a paper medium to create a paper ballot. The voting systems also include a ballot tabulation device configured to: read the one or more selection barcodes printed on the paper ballot to decode the compressed string of characters; convert the compressed string of characters to binary digits; analyze the binary digits to determine the selected voting choices; and store the selected voting choices in a cast vote record fo…
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