Systems and methods for barcode translation

• US 10,592,792 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2014
• Issued: 03/17/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Paynearme Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Handle Financial Inc.
• Inventors: Thams, Kurt Torben, Minor, John Paul, Capps, Stephen, Shader, Daniel Jeffrey, Perkins, Richard Scott
• Primary Examiner(s): Li, Sun M
• Application Number:
  US14/307,609
• Publication Number:
  US 20140297441A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,099 Days
• Field of Search: 705 23, 705 24, 235375
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/14 specially adapted for billing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/24 Credit schemes, i.e. "pay after"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3276 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being read by the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/385 using an alias or single-use codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0253 During e-commerce, i.e. online transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/08 Insurance

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for converting barcodes to facilitate fast and convenient payments. In one embodiment, the systems and methods are for imaging a first barcode having a first barcode format; determining a second barcode format used at a point-of-service; converting the first barcode to a second barcode in the second format; and generating an image of the second barcode. In another embodiment, a service provider barcode-conversion system receives with a communications interface an image of a first barcode having a first barcode format from a customer; determines with a processor a second barcode format used at a point-of-service; generates with the processor an image of a second barcode in the second barcode format; generates with the processor a link between the first barcode and the second barcode; stores in memory the first barcode, the second barcode, and the link between the first barcode and second barcode; and transmits with the communications interface the image of the second barcode to the customer.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a service provider system communications interface to receive an image of a first barcode and a point-of-service identification from a mobile device, the first barcode having a first barcode format and representing a transaction with a party including a payee other than the service provider and the point-of-service, a first data set being encoded into the barcode that includes data regarding the transaction, wherein the first barcode format is not readable at the identified point-of-service; and

a processor of the service provider system to determine that the first barcode format is not readable at the identified point-of-service, to determine a second barcode format that is readable at the identified point-of-service, to decode the encoded first data set of the first barcode, to generate a second barcode in the second barcode format, the second barcode representing the transaction, and to generate a stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode,

the communications interface further to send the second barcode to the mobile device, to receive a confirmation from the identified point-of-service that a customer presented the second barcode and that the identified point-of-service read the second barcode and executed the proposed transaction using the second barcode, and to send the confirmation to the transaction party and a payment to the payee, wherein the processor of the service provider system correlates payment received with the second barcode back to the payee information contained in the first barcode through the stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode to determine the transaction party and the payee.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the point-of-service identification comprises a location of the mobile device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the point-of-service identification comprises a user selection on the mobile device of a name of the identified point-of-service.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor generates an image of the second barcode and wherein the image is transmitted by the communications interface to the mobile device to be read by the identified point-of-service.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the processor of the service provider system stores the first barcode, the second barcode, and the link between the first barcode and second barcode in memory, wherein the link correlates execution of the proposed transaction with the second barcode back to data regarding the transaction party including the payee contained in the first barcode.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the confirmation indicates that the customer made a payment at the identified point-of-service.

7. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein sending the confirmation includes sending the first barcode.

8. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein generating the second barcode comprises converting the first barcode to a second barcode in the second barcode format by decoding the encoded first data set of the first barcode, then encoding the first data set to the second barcode format.

9. A method comprising:

receiving an image of a first barcode from a mobile device at a service provider system communications interface, the first barcode having a first barcode format and representing a transaction with a party including a payee other than the service provider, a first data set being encoded into the first barcode that includes data regarding the transaction;

receiving a point-of-service identification from the mobile device at the service provider system communications interface, wherein the point-of-service is not the payee;

determining by a processor of the service provider system that the first barcode format is not readable at the identified point-of-service;

determining by the processor of the service provider system a second barcode format that is readable at the identified point-of-service;

generating by the processor of the service provider system a second barcode in the second barcode format, the second barcode representing the proposed transaction;

generating by the processor of the service provider system a link stored at the service provider system between the first barcode and the second barcode;

sending the second barcode from the service provider system communications interface to the mobile device;

receiving at the service provider system a confirmation from the identified point-of-service that a customer presented the second barcode and that the identified point-of-service read the second barcode and executed the transaction using the second barcode;

correlating a payment received with the second barcode back to the payee information contained in the first barcode through the stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode to determine the transaction party and the payee by the processor of the service provider system;

the service provider system sending the confirmation from the service provider system to the transaction party; and

the service provider system paying the payee.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising generating an image of the second barcode by the processor of the service provider system and wherein sending the second barcode comprises sending the image to the mobile device to be read by the identified point-of-service.

11. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

storing the first barcode, the second barcode, and the link between the first barcode and the second barcode in memory, wherein the link correlates execution of the proposed transaction with the second barcode back to data regarding the parties to the proposed transaction contained in the first barcode.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

transmitting a payment received at the point-of-service to the payee.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein sending the confirmation includes sending the first barcode.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein generating the second barcode comprises converting the first barcode to a second barcode in the second barcode format by decoding the encoded first data set of the first barcode, then encoding the first data set to the second barcode format.

15. A method comprising:

imaging a first barcode at a mobile device, the first barcode representing a transaction with a party including a payee other than the service provider, a first data set being encoded into the first barcode that includes data regarding the transaction;

identifying a point-of-service at the mobile device, wherein the point-of-service is not the payee;

sending the imaged first barcode and the point-of-service identification from the mobile device to a service provider system;

receiving a second barcode in a second barcode format from the service provider system at the mobile device, the second barcode representing the transaction and being linked at the service provider system to the first barcode, the first barcode format not being readable at the identified point-of-service and the second barcode format being selected by the processor of the service provider as being readable at the identified point-of-service; and

executing the proposed transaction by the mobile device at the identified point-of-service by presenting the second barcode by the mobile device to the identified point-of-service for reading at the identified point-of-service and a payment to the point-of-service, wherein the service provider correlates payment received with the second barcode back to the payee information contained in the first barcode through the stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode to determine the transaction party and the payee and pays the payee upon receiving confirmation of the transaction execution from the point-of-service.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the point-of-service is not identified in the encoded data set.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein imaging the first barcode comprises capturing an image of a printed barcode using an imaging system of the mobile device.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein imaging the first barcode comprises capturing an image displayed in a bill on a display of the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 15, wherein identifying a point of service comprises identifying a location of the mobile device and wherein sending the point-of-service identification comprises sending the mobile device location.

20. The method of claim 15, wherein executing the proposed transaction comprises presenting payment with the second barcode displayed on the mobile device by a customer to a clerk at the identified point-of-service, wherein the identified point-of-service reads the second barcode and transmits a confirmation that the customer presented the second barcode and payment to the service provider system.