Electronic transactions with mobile communications devices via encoded graphical representations
First Claim
1. A method for exchanging information at a mobile communications device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving at least one first graphical representation comprising a first dataset;
decoding the at least one first graphical representation to regenerate the first dataset, the first dataset comprising billing information;
generating a second dataset based at least in part on the regenerated first dataset, the second dataset comprising payment instructions;
encoding the second dataset in at least one second graphical representation; and
displaying at least one image of the at least one second graphical representation.
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Abstract
Information is exchanged between a mobile communications device and an automated information system. In one embodiment, the mobile communications device is equipped with a video display and a digital camera, and the automated information system is equipped with a video display and a graphical representation receiver. The automated information system displays a first graphical representation encoded with a first dataset. The mobile communications device captures an image of the first graphical representation, decodes the first dataset, processes the first dataset, generates a second dataset, encodes the second dataset in a second graphical representation, and displays the second graphical representation. The automated information system receives the second graphical representation, decodes the second dataset, and processes the second dataset. Examples of graphical representations include barcodes.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for exchanging information at a mobile communications device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving at least one first graphical representation comprising a first dataset; decoding the at least one first graphical representation to regenerate the first dataset, the first dataset comprising billing information; generating a second dataset based at least in part on the regenerated first dataset, the second dataset comprising payment instructions; encoding the second dataset in at least one second graphical representation; and displaying at least one image of the at least one second graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for exchanging information, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a first dataset comprising billing information; encoding the first dataset in at least one first graphical representation; displaying at least one image of the at least one first graphical representation; receiving at least one second graphical representation comprising a second dataset, the second dataset comprising payment information and based at least in part on the at least one image of the at least one first graphical representation; and decoding the second graphical representation to regenerate the second dataset. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A mobile communications device comprising:
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a radiofrequency transceiver operatively coupled to a computational system; a digital camera operatively coupled to the computational system; a video display operatively coupled to the computational system; wherein the computational system is configured to; communicate through the radiofrequency transceiver with a mobile telecommunications network; receive from the digital camera at least one image of at least one first graphical representation comprising a first dataset, the first dataset including billing information; decode the at least one first graphical representation to regenerate the first dataset; generate a second dataset based at least in part on the regenerated first dataset, the second dataset including payment information; encode the second dataset in at least one second graphical representation; and display on the video display at least one image of the at least one second graphical representation. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An automated information system comprising:
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a data input device operatively coupled to a computational system; a video display operatively coupled to the computational system; a graphical representation receiver operatively coupled to the computational system; wherein the computational system is configured to; receive from the data input device a first dataset, the first dataset including billing information; encode the first dataset in at least one first graphical representation; display on the video display at least one image of the at least one first graphical representation; receive from the graphical representation receiver at least one second graphical representation, wherein the at least one second graphical representation comprises a second dataset, the second dataset including payment information and based at least in part on the at least one image of the at least one first graphical representation; and decode the at least one second graphical representation to regenerate the second dataset. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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