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Creating a virtual bar code from a physical bar code

US8939363B2 · kind B2 · utility

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6Claims

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Assignee

THE CODE CORPORATION · US

Inventors

George Powell · Draper, US
Ryan Hoobler · Salt Lake City, US
Ming Lei · Irvine, US
Garrett Russell · Phoenixville, US
Mark Ashby · Laguna Niguel, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 15, 2013
Grant date	Jan 27, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06K19/06103
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In accordance with the present disclosure a portable computing device may scan a physical bar code, which may exist on some physical medium, such as paper, plastic, glass, etc. The physical bar code may be decoded to obtain decoded data, and the decoded data may subsequently be re-encoded to generate a virtual bar code. The virtual bar code may be rendered (e.g., on a display of a computing device, and/or on some type of physical medium) and scanned by a bar code scanner.

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