Method for data interchange

• US 8,282,001 B2
• Filed: 02/09/2011
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/03/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures II LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Roelesis Wireless LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Snyder, David M., Melick, Bruce D., Baych, Leslie D., Staman, Paul R., Peters, Nicholas J., Probst, Gregory P.
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thien M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): TAYLOR, APRIL ALICIA
• Application Number:
  US13/023,767
• Publication Number:
  US 20110130129A1
• Time in Patent Office: 608 Days
• Field of Search: 235/492, 235/375, 235379-382, 235/384, 235/462.01
• US Class Current: 235/462.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10009 sensing by radiation using wavelengths larger than 0.1 mm, e.g. radio-waves or microwaves
• 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 20/04 Payment circuits

Abstract

A method for data interchange includes summing up data associated with an electronic document to provide summed up data, representing the summed up data as one or more bar codes, and returning the one or more bar codes for display and data capture via a bar code scan from either a video display or a printed version of the one or more bar codes. The electronic document may be of any number of formats. The summing up may include taking data from multiple information fields to create the summed up data. The data may include data tags or a step of adding data tags to the data to assist in data interchange may be performed.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

sending to a server, from a mobile device, an indication of a first location, wherein the first location is not determined by WiFi, cell location, or a Global Positioning System;

receiving by the mobile device, from the server, an indication of a plurality of second locations, wherein at least one of the plurality of second locations is identified based at least in part on the indication of the first location; and

displaying on the mobile device an indication of at least one document associated with at least one of the plurality of second locations, wherein the at least one document includes electronic information fields associated with tagged data, a first bar code configured to be used to earn a discount at the at least one of the plurality of second locations, and a second bar code comprising summed-up tagged data collected from electronic information fields of the at least one document.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one document is received by the mobile device via an SMS message.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one document is received by the mobile device in an email message.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the indication of the first location comprises a ZIP code.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the plurality of second locations is located within the first location.

6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions configured to enable a computer to perform operations, the instructions comprising:

instructions for receiving from a telephone device an indication of a first location;

instructions for identifying, based at least in part on the indication of the first location, at least one second location;

instructions for identifying documents associated with the identified at least one second location; and

instructions for sending to the telephone device an indication of the identified documents, wherein at least a first document of the identified documents comprises a bar code comprising summed-up data extracted from electronic information fields of the first document.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the instructions for receiving comprise instructions for receiving from the telephone device an audible indication of the first location.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the instructions for receiving comprise instructions for receiving from the telephone device a text-based indication of the first location.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the first location is a highway exit.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the at least one second location is associated with at least one of a hotel, motel, restaurant, or gas station.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 6 wherein the first location is an airport, a train station, a sporting venue, or a convention center.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein the at least one second location is associated with a bookstore, an automated teller machine, or a rest room.

13. A system, having a memory and a processor, for identifying documents associated with a location, the system comprising:

a location receiving component configured to receive an indication of a first location;

a location identifying component configured to identify, based at least in part on the indication of the first location, at least one second location;

a document identifying component configured to identify at least one document associated with the identified at least one second location, wherein at least one identified document contains electronic fields associated with tagged data and a bar code comprising summed-up tagged data, the summed-up tagged data representing data collected from the at least one identified document; and

a transmission component configured to transmit an indication of the identified at least one document

wherein at least one of the components comprises computer-executable instructions stored in the memory for execution by the processor.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the identified at least one document comprises a bar coded vendor discount associated with the at least one second location.

15. The system of claim 13 wherein the first location is not determined by WiFi, cell location, or a Global Positioning System.

16. The system of claim 13 wherein the indication of the first location comprises an airport code and concourse number.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the location receiving component is configured to receive the indication of the first location in the form of speech data.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the location receiving component is configured to receive the indication of the first location in the form of text data.

19. The system of claim 13 wherein the transmission component is configured to transmit the indication of the identified at least one document via an SMS message, an MMS message, or an email message.

20. The system of claim 13 wherein at least one identified document contains untagged data.