Method and apparatus for bar code data interchange
First Claim
1. A method of using an electronic document which includes at least one bar code in bar code data interchange to exchange data between a first software application and a second software application executing on a computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving an electronic document associated with the first software application, the electronic document comprising at least one bar code;
decoding the at least one bar code into information;
using the information to populate at least one data field associated with the second software application executing on the computing device to thereby complete the data interchange from the first software application to the second software application.
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Abstract
A new method and system for bar code data interchange includes a bar code scanner, such as a high scan rate LED scanner, and reads bar coded information from a video display. This bar coded information is scanned from the video display into a host device. The bar coded information may be sent to a user in a variety of ways, including over the Internet, any intranet, or any type of telephony network. The bar coded information may be viewed by the user on the video display as part of an e-mail message, as displayed on a web-page, or as displayed on television programming. The scanned bar coded information is decoded and may then be used. A first software program may have been used to create the bar coded information, and a second and distinct software application may be used with the now decoded bar coded information.
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34 Claims
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1. A method of using an electronic document which includes at least one bar code in bar code data interchange to exchange data between a first software application and a second software application executing on a computing device, the method comprising:
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receiving an electronic document associated with the first software application, the electronic document comprising at least one bar code; decoding the at least one bar code into information; using the information to populate at least one data field associated with the second software application executing on the computing device to thereby complete the data interchange from the first software application to the second software application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method of using an electronic document which includes at least one bar code in bar code data interchange, the method comprising:
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creating an electronic document for data interchange, the electronic document comprising (a) an information field for containing information and (b) at least one bar code encoding information within the information field; transmitting the electronic document; receiving the electronic document; decoding the bar code into information; using the information to populate a data field to thereby complete the data interchange from the electronic document to the data field. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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