Non-persistently displayed bar code based data input method and apparatus

• US 6,854,651 B2
• Filed: 07/01/2002
• Issued: 02/15/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Varia Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Wildseed Ltd. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Smith, Cindy M., Zatloukal, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): PAIK, STEVEN SANGYUL
• Application Number:
  US10/187,716
• Publication Number:
  US 20040000589A1
• Time in Patent Office: 960 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 235/462.16, 235/487, 235/494, 235/376, 235/462.45, 235/472.01
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06028 using bar codes
• 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 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device

Abstract

A device is equipped with the ability to non-persistently display a data on its display in bar code form on demand, to enable another system to acquire the data by reading the bar code.

Claims

1. A data provision method comprising:

facilitating a user of a wireless mobile phone in selecting one of a plurality of personal data stored in the wireless mobile phone;

in response, non-persistently displaying the selected personal data in a bar code form on a display of the wireless mobile phone, for acquisition into a system of a recipient by optically scanning said non-persistently displayed personal data in said bar code form, said non-persistently displaying including;

non-persistently displaying a first portion of the selected personal data on the display of the wireless mobile phone, in bar code form, for a period of time; and

non-persistently displaying a second portion of the selected data on the display of the wireless mobile phone, in bar code form, automatically thereafter.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said selected personal data comprises a selected one of one or more numbers and one or more characters.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said personal data comprises at least a selected one of a zip code, a date of birth, a social security number, a telephone number and a credit card number of the user of the wireless mobile phone.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said personal data comprises at least a selected one of a first name, a middle name, a last name, a street name, a city name, a state name, a country name, an organization name, and an organizational unit name of the user of the wireless mobile phone.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said personal data comprises a selected one of a personal identifier, a driver'"'"'s license identifier, a passport identifier, an employee identifier, and a student identifier of the user of the wireless mobile phone.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said bar code form is expressed in accordance with a selected one of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN, Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128, UCC/EAN-128, Codabar, PostNet, Pharmacode, and PDF-417.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises retrieving a pre-generated set of display data corresponding to said selected personal data, with said pre-generated set of display data having display data describing said bar code form of said selected personal data.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises:

dynamically generating in real time display data describing said bar code form of said selected personal data.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises re-generating said acquired personal data on said system in a selected one of a digital representation and an analog representation.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises moving said wireless mobile phone over a stationery scanner.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises moving a scanner over said wireless mobile phone.

12. A wireless mobile phone apparatus comprising:

an antenna;

wireless telephony circuitry coupled to the antenna;

first storage medium to store a plurality of personal data of a user of the wireless mobile phone apparatus;

a display;

means to facilitate the user in selecting one of the stored personal data of the user of the wireless mobile phone apparatus, and to render, in response, on the display the selected personal data in bar code form including rendering a first portion of the selected personal data in bar code form for a period of time, and automatically rendering thereafter, a second portion of the selected personal data in bar code; and

a palm-sized body encasing said wireless telephony circuitry, said first storage medium, and said means.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display comprises an array of pixels selectable for multiple columnar displays.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the display comprises a matrix display.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said means comprises circuitry coupled to the display to output a plurality of display signals to control display states of a plurality of pixels of the display responsive to a plurality of input signals.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said means comprises:

second storage medium having stored therein a plurality of instructions designed to display said selected personal data on said display in said bar code form; and

a processor coupled to said second storage medium to execute said instructions.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said instructions are further designed to retrieve a pre-generated set of display data describing said bar code form of said selected personal data.

18. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said instructions are further designed to generate display data describing said bar code form of said selected personal data.

19. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein said instructions are designed to display on said display, a first portion of the selected personal data in bar code form for a period of time, and automatically display on said display thereafter, a second portion of the selected personal data in bar code.

20. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said selected personal data comprises a selected one of one or more numbers and one or more characters.

21. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said personal data comprises a selected one of a zip code, a date of birth, a social security number, a telephone number and a credit card number of the user of the wireless mobile phone.

22. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said personal data comprises a selected one of a first name, a middle name, a last name, a street name, a city name, a state name, a country name, an organization name, and an organizational unit name of the user of the wireless mobile phone apparatus.

23. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said personal data comprises a selected one of a personal identifier, a driver'"'"'s license identifier, a passport identifier, an employee identifier, and a student identifier of the user of the wireless mobile phone apparatus.

24. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said bar code form is expressed in accordance with a selected one of UPC-A, UPC-E, EAN, Code 3 of 9, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 128, UCO/EAN-128, Codabar, PostNet, Pharmacode, and PDF-417.

25. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said display is disposed on said palm-sized body.

26. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein said apparatus further comprises an interchangeable cover to cover said palm-sized body, and the display is disposed on the interchangeable cover.