Method for tagged bar code data interchange

• US 20040206820A1
• Filed: 05/18/2004
• Published: 10/21/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Tripletail Ventures, Inc.
• Inventors: Melick, Bruce D., Baych, Leslie D., Snyder, David M.
• Granted Patent: US 7,267,279 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10544 by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1095 the scanner comprising adaptations for scanning a record carrier that is displayed on a display-screen or the like
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/208 Input by product or record sensing, e.g. weighing or scanner processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

A method of tagged bar code data interchange includes creating electronic and/or printed documents with tagged bar coded information, capturing and decoding the tagged bar coded information, caching the tagged bar coded information, parsing the bar coded data tags, stripping the data tags, and inputting/storing the bar coded information. Business can be conducted on-line using e-mail transmissions of video displayed tagged bar coded information. Such tagged bar coded information can be stored and/or input into style sheets that are in common or company-specific formats. Further, companies can receive consumer information in a format that is easily accessible by any portion, affiliate, subsidiary, or related entity of the company, no matter what software system is running.

Claims

1. A method of data interchange, comprising:

creating a document having tagged bar coded information;

sending the tagged bar coded information;

decoding the tagged bar coded information;

separating data tags from data;

inputting the data into an application.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the document is an electronic document in an XML format.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the tagged bar coded information uses a two-dimensional bar code format.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the tagged bar coded information uses a two-dimensional bar code format.

5. A method of data interchange, comprising:

creating a document having a bar code comprising a plurality of data tags and a plurality of items, the data tags used to identify the data items;

sending the document;

decoding the bar code;

inputting the data items into one or more fields in an application based in the data tags.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the bar code is a two-dimensional bar code.

7. The method of claim 5 wherein the data tags are XML data tags and the document is an electronic document in the XML format.

8. The method of claim 5 further comprising capturing the tagged bar code before the step of decoding.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the step of capturing includes scanning.

10. A method of data interchange comprising:

(a) capturing tagged bar coded information comprising a bar code having a plurality of data tags and a plurality of data items, the data tags used to identify the data items;

(b) decoding the tagged bar coded information;

(c) separating the data tags from the data items inputting the data items into one or more fields in an application based in the data tags.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein the step of capturing includes scanning the bar code.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the bar code is scanned from a paper document.

13. The method of claim 11 wherein the bar code is scanned from a video display.