Information processing using machine-readable codes

• US 8,777,102 B1
• Filed: 09/11/2013
• Issued: 07/15/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Melvin Patterson
• Original Assignee: Melvin Patterson
• Inventors: Patterson, Melvin
• Primary Examiner(s): Labaze, Edwyn
• Application Number:
  US14/024,161
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 235/380, 235/487, 235/375, 235/451
• US Class Current: 235/380
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/22 in combination with an identity check of the pass holder
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/27 with central registration

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for accessing, using an image capture device, a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code describing one or more rules that instruct a user device to determine whether the user satisfies one or more criteria; processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules; determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria; in response to determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria, displaying, on a display screen of the user device, data confirming that the user satisfies the one or more criteria.

Claims

1. A user device comprising:

a data storage system configured to maintain personal biographical information for the user; and

one or more processors that are configured to interact with the data storage system to perform operations comprising;

defining, in response to user input, a custom rule policy that prohibits access of a portion of the personal biographical information in response to machine-readable codes;

accessing, using an image capture device, a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code describing one or more rules that instruct the user device to determine whether the user satisfies one or more criteria;

processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules;

validating that the obtained one or more rules do not instruct the user device to access the portion of the personal biographical information for which access is prohibited by the custom rule policy;

determining, based on the one or more validated rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria; and

in response to determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria, displaying, on a display screen of the user device, data confirming that the user satisfies the one or more criteria.

2. The user device of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to determine whether the user satisfies an age requirement, and wherein determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria comprises determining, using the data storage system, whether the user satisfies the age requirement.

3. The user device of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to determine whether the user satisfies a credit history requirement, and wherein determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria comprises determining, using the data storage system, whether the user has a clean credit history and has a threshold credit score.

4. The user device of claim 1, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing the one or more rules.

5. The user device of claim 1, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing a Uniform Resource Locator;

accessing a machine-readable code system using the Uniform Resource Locator; and

obtaining, from the machine-readable code system, data describing the one or more rules.

6. The user device of claim 1, wherein the machine-readable code is an optically-readable label that describes data.

7. The user device of claim 1, wherein the one or more rules are defined using various programming languages or Boolean expressions.

8. A user device comprising:

a data storage system configured to maintain personal biographical information for the user; and

one or more processors that are configured to interact with the data storage system to perform operations comprising;

defining, in response to user input, a custom rule policy that prohibits access of a portion of the personal biographical information in response to machine-readable codes;

accessing, using an image capture device, a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code describing one or more rules that instruct the user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user;

processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules;

validating that the obtained one or more rules do not instruct the user device to access the portion of the personal biographical information for which access is prohibited by the custom rule policy;

processing, using the data storage system, the one or more validated rules that instruct the user device to display, on the display screen of the user device, information relating to the user; and

in response to processing the one or more obtained rules that instruct the user device to display, on the display screen of the user device, information relating to the user, displaying, on the display screen of the user device, the information relating to the user.

9. The user device of claim 8, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user'"'"'s credit history and wherein displaying, on the display screen of the user device, the information relating to the user comprises displaying, on the display screen, the user'"'"'s credit score.

10. The user device of claim 8, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user'"'"'s insurance information, medical history, travel passport information, family background information, information relating to a background check, or a security clearance status.

11. The user device of claim 8, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing the one or more rules.

12. The user device of claim 8, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing a Uniform Resource Locator;

accessing a machine-readable code system using the Uniform Resource Locator; and

obtaining, from the machine-readable code system, data describing the one or more rules.

13. The user device of claim 8, wherein the machine-readable code is an optically-readable label that describes data.

14. A computer-implemented method comprising:

defining, in response to user input, a custom rule policy that prohibits access of a portion of the personal biographical information in response to machine-readable codes;

accessing, using an image capture device, a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code describing one or more rules that instruct a user device to determine whether the user satisfies one or more criteria;

processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules;

validating that the obtained one or more rules do not instruct the user device to access the portion of the personal biographical information for which access is prohibited by the custom rule policy;

determining, based on the one or more validated rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria; and

in response to determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria, displaying, on a display screen of the user device, data confirming that the user satisfies the one or more criteria.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to determine whether the user satisfies an age requirement, and wherein determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria comprises determining, using the data storage system, whether the user satisfies the age requirement.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to determine whether the user satisfies a credit history requirement, and wherein determining, based on the one or more obtained rules, that the user satisfies the one or more criteria comprises determining, using the data storage system, whether the user has a clean credit history and has a threshold credit score.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing the one or more rules.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing a Uniform Resource Locator;

accessing a machine-readable code system using the Uniform Resource Locator; and

obtaining, from the machine-readable code system, data describing the one or more rules.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the machine-readable code is an optically-readable label that describes data.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the one or more rules are defined using various programming languages or Boolean expressions.

21. A computer-implemented method comprising:

defining, in response to user input, a custom rule policy that prohibits access of a portion of the personal biographical information in response to machine-readable codes;

accessing, using an image capture device, a machine-readable code, the machine-readable code describing one or more rules that instruct a user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user;

processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules;

validating that the obtained one or more rules do not instruct the user device to access the portion of the personal biographical information for which access is prohibited by the custom rule policy;

processing, using the data storage system, the one or more validated rules that instruct the user device to display, on the display screen of the user device, information relating to the user; and

in response to processing the one or more obtained rules that instruct the user device to display, on the display screen of the user device, information relating to the user, displaying, on the display screen of the user device, the information relating to the user.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user'"'"'s credit history and wherein displaying, on the display screen of the user device, the information relating to the user comprises displaying, on the display screen, the user'"'"'s credit score.

23. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more rules instruct the user device to display, on a display screen of the user device, information relating to the user'"'"'s insurance information, medical history, travel passport information, family background information, information relating to a background check, or a security clearance status.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing the one or more rules.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein processing the machine-readable code to obtain the one or more rules comprises:

decoding the machine-readable code to obtain data describing a Uniform Resource Locator;

accessing a machine-readable code system using the Uniform Resource Locator; and

obtaining, from the machine-readable code system, data describing the one or more rules.

26. The method of claim 21, wherein the machine-readable code is an optically-readable label that describes data.