INDICIA ENCODING SYSTEM WITH INTEGRATED PURCHASE AND PAYMENT INFORMATION

• US 20140025584A1
• Filed: 12/09/2010
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/09/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hand Held Products Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Liu, Yong, Zhu, Xiaoxun, Ren, Jie
• Granted Patent: US 10,311,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/71
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3227 using secure elements embedded in M-devices
• 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 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0045 with a code reader for reading of an identifying code of the article to be registered, e.g. barcode reader or radio-frequency identity [RFID] reader

Abstract

An indicia encoding system is disclosed herein that encodes integrated information on products and/or services selected for purchase and payment information for purchasing the selected products and/or services, in accordance with a variety of embodiments involving various methods, devices and systems. In one illustrative embodiment, a method may include entering purchase order information via one or more input/output components. The purchase order may include an indication for one or more products and/or one or more services. The method may also include entering payment information, including information on a method of payment, via one or more input/output components. The method may also include generating a machine-readable indicia that encodes both the purchase order information and the payment information, with the payment information in an encrypted form; and displaying the machine-readable indicia on a screen.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

entering purchase order information via one or more input/output components, in which the purchase order information comprises an indication for one or more products and/or one or more services;

entering payment information via one or more input/output components, in which the payment information comprises information on a method of payment;

generating a machine-readable indicia that encodes both the purchase order information and the payment information, with the payment information in an encrypted form; and

displaying the machine-readable indicia on a screen.

2. The method of claim 1, in which the one or more input/output components comprise at least one user input component comprised in a digital device that also comprises the screen, the method further comprising receiving user inputs defining the purchase order information via the at least one user input component.

3. The method of claim 1, in which the one or more input/output components comprise at least one imaging component, the method further comprising receiving image data via the imaging component, decoding the image data to extract an indication for at least one of the one or more products and/or one or more services, and using the indication extracted from the image data for defining the purchase order information.

4. The method of claim 1, in which the machine-readable indicia comprises a one-dimensional or two-dimensional bar code which is displayed on the at least one screen.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a menu of goods and/or services via at least one of the one or more input/output components, in which the menu is hosted by a host computing system that is external to a digital device that comprises the at least one user input/output component on which the menu is provided; and

receiving user inputs defining the purchase order information via at least one of the one or more input/output components.

6. The method of claim 5, in which the host computing system comprises a server, the menu is provided on a website hosted at least in part by the server, and at least some information on which the menu is based is provided using one or more wireless communication components from the server to the digital device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

having the indicia scanned by at least one imaging component; and

using a processor, decoding the indicia to provide the purchase order information and the payment information;

providing an indication of the purchase order information and the payment information on a display; and

receiving an input to confirm the purchase order information and the payment information.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

communicating the payment information to a payment system;

receiving a confirmation from the payment system; and

recording an indication that a purchase corresponding to the purchase order information has been transacted.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising executing a payment using the payment system and based on the payment information, in which the confirmation from the payment system comprises a confirmation that the payment has been executed.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising confirming, using the payment system, that the payment information is valid and is sufficient to execute a payment, in which the confirmation from the payment system comprises an indication that the payment information is valid and is sufficient to execute the payment.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

communicating the purchase order information and the payment information from a first digital device to a second digital device;

generating the machine-readable indicia using the processor comprised in the second digital device; and

communicating the machine-readable indicia from the second digital device to the first digital device;

in which the at least one screen on which the indicia is provided is comprised in the first digital device.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

entering payment modification information via one or more input/output components, in which the payment modification information comprises information on an authorized modification of a payment amount; and

in which the machine-readable indicia further encodes the payment modification information in addition to the purchase order information and the payment information.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing user inputs indicating one or more goods and/or services from a menu as favorites, and when a new purchase order is initiated, initially populating the purchase order with the one or more goods and/or services indicated as favorites.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

communicating the indicated favorites and information on a user associated with the indicated favorites from a digital device to a host computing system;

generating at least one of;

recommendations for additional menu items based on the indicated favorites;

or payment modification information comprising information on an authorized modification of a payment amount based on the indicated favorites; and

communicating the at least one of the recommendations or the payment modification information to the digital device.

15. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the purchase order information and the payment information in a single extensible markup language (XML) file, and encoding the XML file into a machine-readable indicia.

16. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a key that is required for decryption of the payment information in the machine-readable indicia.

17. The method of claim 16, in which the key comprises a personal identification number.

18. A system comprising:

one or more system components, each of which comprises;

one or more processors;

one or more memory components; and

one or more input/output components;

in which executable instructions are stored on at least one of the one or more memory components, in which the instructions when executed make the system capable of;

receiving a purchase order, via at least one of the one or more input/output components;

receiving payment information, via at least one of the one or more input/output components;

using at least one of the one or more processors, generating a machine-readable indicia that encodes both the purchase order and the payment information, with the payment information in an encrypted form; and

providing the indicia via at least one of the one or more input/output components.

19. The system of claim 18, in which the system is further capable of:

having the indicia scanned by at least one imaging component;

using a processor, decoding the indicia to provide the purchase order and the payment information;

providing an indication of the purchase order and the payment information on a display;

providing a user prompt to input a key to confirm a purchase in accordance with the indication of the purchase order and the payment information; and

receiving an input to confirm the purchase.

20. The system of claim 19, in which the system is further capable of:

communicating the payment information to a payment system;

executing a payment through the payment system; and

recording an indication that the purchase order has been transacted.

21. The system of claim 18, in which the one or more system components comprises a first digital device and a second digital device, and the system is further capable of:

communicating the purchase order and the payment information from the first digital device to the second digital device;

generating the machine-readable indicia using the processor comprised in the second digital device; and

communicating the machine-readable indicia from the second digital device to the first digital device; and

displaying the machine-readable indicia on a screen comprised in the first digital device.

22. A method comprising:

entering purchase order information via one or more input/output components of a digital device, in which the purchase order information comprises an indication for one or more products and/or one or more services;

entering payment information via one or more input/output components of the digital device, in which the payment information comprises information on a method of payment;

generating a machine-readable indicia that encodes both the purchase order information and the payment information, with the payment information in an encrypted form; and

presenting the machine readable indicia displayed on a screen of the digital device to an indicia reading terminal that scans and decodes the machine readable indicia to provide the purchase order information and the payment information; and

transacting a purchase based on the purchase order information and the payment information.