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System, method and apparatus for communicating information between a mobile communications device and a bar code reader

US6685093B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 25, 2001
Grant dateFeb 3, 2004
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Expiry dateSep 25, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG07G1/0045
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and apparatus for communicating information encoded in a bar code format between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner. Transmission information data is encoded into a bar code format. A signal is generated from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and the signal is transmitted as light pulses from the mobile communications device.

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