System and method for associating pre-printed machine-readable graphical codes with electronically-accessible data
US7185824B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 21, 2002 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 2007 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 11, 2024 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K17/00
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is disclosed for associating pre-printed machine-readable graphical codes with electronically-accessible data. An arbitrary sequence of reference identifiers is generated. Machine-readable graphical codes for the reference identifiers are generated. Labels are then printed that include the machine-readable graphical codes to provide pre-printed machine-readable graphical-code labels. In using the labels, the user places one of the pre-printed machine-readable graphical-code labels on an object and scans the label using a graphical code reading device in electronic communication with a computing device. The computing device receives graphical code data and determines a reference identifier of the graphical code data. A database is then accessed for the reference identifier. If the reference identifier did not already have an associated data specifier in the database, then electronically-accessible data is associated with the reference identifier. If the reference identifier already had an associated data specifier, the electronically-accessible data identified by the data specifier is accessed.
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