Variable formatting of digital data into a pattern

• US 20050033724A1
• Filed: 05/03/2004
• Published: 02/10/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/1996
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Kaldren LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: Thomas Charles Antognini, Walter G. Antognini
• Inventors: Antognini, Thomas Charles, Antognini, Walter Gerard
• Granted Patent: US 8,281,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/121 by printing code marks applying code marks to labels B65C9/46; marking or coding completed packages B65B61/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/123 for colour code marks
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 1/126 by photographic or thermographic registration recording apparatus for measuring instruments G01D15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06046 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2019/06225 using wavelength selection, e.g. colour code
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/0166 by means of clock-signals derived from the code marks, e.g. self-clocking code
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1473 error correction
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1491 the method including a reconstruction step, e.g. stitching two pieces of bar code together to derive the full bar code

Abstract

A method of formatting digital data and a method of decoding the formatted digital data. User selectable format parameters vary the dimensions and other attributes of spots and the cells containing those spots as well as other features which the formatting process formats into a pattern. A method of encoding the formatted digital data using these format parameters allows for encoding a substrate optimally for any given printer or scanner. One embodiment provides for markers to facilitate determination of cell locations. In one embodiment the decoding process achieves a pyramid gain of knowledge by locating a landmark (801), which is located in a known position relative to a metasector (802), which contains information about the encoding process used to encode the main body of data (803), which the decoding process decodes to recover the original digital data. Further embodiments include encryption, transmission by facsimile, inclusion of human readable information, and automatic launches of computer files.

Claims

1. A method of accessing data comprising:

producing digital instructions for accessing data,

formatting into a pattern the series of digital data values representing said digital instructions for accesing data,

distributing the pattern of formatted digital data,

decoding the pattern of formatted digital data, and

activating the digital instructions for accessing data, whereby the data is accessed.

2. The method of accessing data of claim 1 wherein said digitial instructions for accessing data consists of hyperlinks to information extraneous to said formatted digital data.