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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a scanner configured to read machine-readable tags; and
a processor coupled to the scanner, the processor being configured to;
scan information from a tag associated with a primary item, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria in the apparatus;
scan information from one or more tags associated with one or more other items, the scanned information including at least characteristic information about the one or more other items;
evaluate the selection criteria in view of the characteristic information; and
trigger an event in the apparatus if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items based on the evaluation.
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Abstract
A system for determining compatibility between various items is disclosed. A wireless communication device is used to scan a machine-readable tag which includes a plurality of information fields. The information fields include at least identification information of the primary object to which the tag is affixed, list of compatible items, characteristic information of the primary object or other objects, etc. The scanned information from the tag is compared to information in other tags. If the at least some of the information in the tag affixed to the primary object matches the information in one or more other tags, a notification event is triggered to inform the user of the match.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a scanner configured to read machine-readable tags; and a processor coupled to the scanner, the processor being configured to; scan information from a tag associated with a primary item, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria in the apparatus; scan information from one or more tags associated with one or more other items, the scanned information including at least characteristic information about the one or more other items; evaluate the selection criteria in view of the characteristic information; and trigger an event in the apparatus if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus comprising:
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means for scanning information from a machine-readable tag associated with a primary item, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria; means for scanning information from one or more machine-readable tags associated with one or more other items, the information read from the one or more machine-readable tags including at least characteristic information about one or more other items; means for evaluating the selection criteria with the characteristic information; and means for triggering an event if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items.
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10. A method comprising:
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scanning information from a machine-readable tag associated with a primary item, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria; scanning information from one or more machine-readable tags associated with one or more other items, the information read from the one or more machine-readable tags including at least characteristic information about one or more other items; evaluating the selection criteria with the characteristic information; and triggering an event if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A computer executable program code recorded on a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, the computer executable program code comprising program product comprising a computer usable medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium comprising:
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a computer readable program code configured to scan information from a machine-readable tag associated with a primary item, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria; a computer readable program code configured to scan information from one or more machine-readable tags associated with one or more other items, the information read from the one or more machine-readable tags including at least characteristic information about one or more other items; a computer readable program code configured to evaluate the selection criteria with the characteristic information; and a computer readable program code configured to trigger an event if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A system comprising:
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an apparatus including a scanner configured to read information from machine-readable tags; a primary tag associated with a primary item; one or more other tags associated with one or more other items; the apparatus scanning information from the primary tag, the scanned information being configured to set at least one selection criteria in the apparatus; the apparatus further scanning information from the one or more other tags, the scanned information including at least characteristic information about the one or more other items; the apparatus further evaluating the selection criteria in view of the characteristic information; and the apparatus further triggering an event if the primary item is compatible with the one or more other items based on the evaluation. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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