Barcode generation and implementation method and system for processing information

• US 10,322,313 B2
• Filed: 06/07/2016
• Issued: 06/18/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sean Mckirdy
• Original Assignee: Sean Mckirdy
• Inventors: McKirdy, Sean
• Primary Examiner(s): Haupt, Kristy A
• Application Number:
  US15/175,599
• Publication Number:
  US 20160361599A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,106 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0205 Simultaneously evaluating both cardiovascular conditions and different types of body conditions, e.g. heart and respiratory condition
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/021 Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels A61B5/0205 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/024 Detecting, measuring or recording pulse rate or heart rate A61B5/0205, A61B5/021 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4872 Body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/01 User's weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/30 blood pressure A63B2230/04 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/70 body fat
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06112 the marking being simulated using a light source, e.g. a barcode shown on a display or a laser beam with time-varying intensity profile
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/0718 the sensor being of the biometric kind, e.g. fingerprint sensors fingerprint sensors in general G06V40/13; biometric access-control systems in general, see G07C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1413 1D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0271 Personalized advertisement
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/60 relating to nutrition control, e.g. diets
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/63 for local operation
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation

Abstract

A system and method for generating and implementing a barcode is provided, wherein the system includes a data generation device configured to receive data and generate barcode data response to the received data, a barcode generation device, configured to receive the barcode data and generate a barcode responsive to the received barcode data, a display device, configured to display the barcode and a barcode receiving device, configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode.

Claims

1. A system for generating and displaying a barcode on a health kiosk, comprising:

a first processing device with software configured to obtain biometric sensor data from at least one of a blood pressure sensor, a body fat sensor, a body weight sensor, oxygen level sensor, and a pulse rate sensor, wherein the first processing device is configured to generate user data from at least one of the biometric sensors and store the generated user data in memory associated with the first processing device;

a second processing device configured to obtain the generated user data from the memory associated with the first processing device, wherein the second processing device is configured to process the generated user data and generate a barcode responsive to the obtained and user data and display the barcode on a display device associated with the second processing device; and

a barcode receiving device with a camera sensor and software, configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first processing device is in signal communication with the second processing device via at least one of a hardwired or a wireless connection.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the second processing device has a display screen that is at least one of a LCD display, LED display, and touch screen display.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the second processing device contains a processor which has at a data communications protocol used to obtain generated user data from the memory associated with the first processing device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the first processing device is in signal communication with at least one of a blood pressure sensor, a body fat sensor, a body weight sensor, a oxygen level sensor, and a pulse rate sensor via at least one of a hardwired or a wireless connection.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the generated barcode data includes at least one of a URL related to a remote data storage web server, user blood pressure data, user body fat data, user body weight data, user oxygen level data, user pulse rate data, health kiosk location ID data, and software version data.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the remote data storage server is at least one of a social media website linked to the user of the health kiosk, a website used for tracking and sharing health data of the user, and a electronic medical record system linked to the user of the health kiosk.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the barcode receiving device is at least one of smartphone, a biometrically secured mobile device, a tablet, a hand-held gaming device, a PDA, a Pocket PC, and MP3 player device.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the biometrically secure barcode receiving device contains at least one of a fingerprint sensor and a facial recognition sensor that is used to authenticate the user of the barcode receiving device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the second processing device is configured to encrypt at least part of the barcode data prior to displaying the barcode.

11. A method for generating and displaying a barcode on a health kiosk, the method comprising:

establishing a first communication link between a first processing device and at least one biometric sensor, wherein a biometric sensor is at least one of a blood pressure sensor, a body fat sensor, a body weight sensor, a oxygen level sensor, a pulse rate sensor, wherein the first processing device contains a processor with software that is configured to obtain and generate user data and then store the generated user data in memory associated with the first processing device,

establishing a second communication link between a first processing device and a second processing device, wherein the second processing device contains a processor with software that is configured to obtain the generated user data from the memory associated with the first processing device;

generating a barcode in response to the obtained generated user data;

displaying the barcode on a display device associated with the second processing device; and

communicating the displayed barcode data to a barcode receiving device with a camera sensor and software, wherein the barcode receiving device is configured to receive the barcode and operate in response to the barcode data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the first processing device is in signal communication with at least one of a blood pressure sensor, a body fat sensor, a body weight sensor, a oxygen level sensor, a pulse rate sensor, via either a hardwired or wireless connection.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the generated barcode data includes at least one of a URL related to a remote data storage web server, user blood pressure data, user body fat data, user oxygen level data, user body weight data, user pulse rate data, health kiosk location ID data, and software version data.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the remote data storage server is at least one of a social media website linked to the user of the health kiosk, a website used for tracking and sharing health data of the user, and a electronic medical record system linked to the user of the health kiosk.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein processing of the obtained data by the second processing devices includes at least one of encrypting the data, combining data from the second processing device with said obtained generated user data from the first processing device, determining the size of the barcode based on the amount of data, and determining the color of the barcode based on at least one data type.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein communicating the barcode data to a barcode receiving device includes optically scanning the barcode using the barcode receiving device.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein upon scanning the barcode, the barcode receiving device processes the barcode data to cause the mobile device to operate in response to the content and characteristics of the barcode data.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein processing the barcode data responsive to scanning the barcode via the mobile device, includes processing the barcode data to cause the mobile device to communicate with a remote web server.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the barcode receiving device is at least one of smartphone, a biometrically secure mobile device, a tablet, a hand-held gaming device, a PDA, a Pocket PC, and a MP3 player device.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein the first processing device is in signal communication with the second processing device via at least one of a hardwired or a wireless connection.