SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRANSFERRING PERSONAL DATA USING A SYMBOLOGY

• US 20130341391A1
• Filed: 06/22/2012
• Published: 12/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/22/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Drumwave Inc
• Original Assignee: Paychief, LLC
• Inventors: Vellozo Luz, Andre Gustavo, Ghetler, Mauricio
• Granted Patent: US 9,342,611 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes

Abstract

Methods and systems for sending personal data using a symbology are disclosed. An entity computing device transmits a request to a remote computing device to define a transaction code and an associated symbology used to request personal data, which are returned to the requesting entity computing device. The entity displays the symbology in a manner accessible by a user. When a user scans the symbology using a user electronic device, the user electronic device determines the transaction code based on the symbology and transmits the transaction code to the remote computing device. The remote computing device identifies the user of the user electronic device and the personal data to transmit for the user with the user electronic device and transmits the personal data to the entity computing device, which uses the personal data to populate an online form or other construct.

Claims

1. A method of requesting personal data from a user via a symbology, the method comprising:

transmitting, by an entity computing device, a request for data to perform a personal data access to a remote computing device;

receiving, by the entity computing device, a transaction code and a symbology from the remote computing device in response to the request;

displaying the symbology; and

receiving, by the entity computing device, personal data for a user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating, by the entity computing device, the symbology with an entity session identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the symbology comprises displaying the symbology as part of a website.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

populating an online form with the personal data for the user.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the symbology comprises displaying the symbology as part of a physical display.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving the personal data for the user comprises receiving the personal data for the user from the remote computing device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbology comprises one or more of a multi-dimensional bar code and a quick response (QR) code.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the transaction code comprises a unique identifier that permits the remote computing device to associate the symbology and the request.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the personal data comprises data pertaining to one or more of a physical address, a telephone number, a name, and an email address associated with the user.

10. A method of automating insertion of personal data for a user into an online form, the method comprising:

scanning, by a user electronic device, a symbology displayed by an entity, wherein the symbology encodes data therein, wherein the data is associated with a request for personal data, wherein the user electronic device is associated with a user;

decoding, by the user electronic device, the data from the symbology;

transmitting, by the user electronic device, the data to a remote computing device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

receiving, by the user electronic device, one or more personal data options from the remote computing device, wherein each personal data option comprises one or more types of personal data; and

transmitting, by the user electronic device, a selection of at least one personal data option to the remote computing device.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

transmitting, by the user electronic device to the remote computing device, an authorization to transmit personal data to the entity computing device.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the data comprises a unique identifier that directs the remote computing device to access one or more particular types of personal data.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the personal data pertains to one or more of a physical address, a telephone number, a name, and an email address associated with the user.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the symbology comprises one or more of a multi-dimensional bar code and a quick response (QR) code.

16. A system for requesting personal data from a user via a symbology, the system comprising:

a computing device; and

a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the processor-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to;

transmit a request for data to perform a personal data access to a remote computing device,

receive a transaction code and a symbology from the remote computing device in response to the request,

display the symbology, and

receive personal data for a user.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more programming instructions further comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed cause the computing device to associate the symbology with an entity session identifier.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to display the symbology comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to display the symbology as part of a website.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the one or more programming instructions further comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed cause the computing device to populate an online form with the personal data for the user.

20. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to receive the person data for the user comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to receive the personal data for the user from the remote computing device.

21. The method of claim 16, wherein the symbology comprises one or more of a multi-dimensional bar code and a quick response (QR) code.

22. A system for requesting personal data from a user via a symbology, the system comprising:

a computing device; and

a processor-readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the processor-readable storage medium contains one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to;

scan a symbology displayed by an entity, wherein the symbology encodes data therein, wherein the data is associated with a request for personal data,

decode the data from the symbology, and

transmit the data to a remote computing device.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the one or more programming instructions further comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to:

receive one or more personal data options from the remote computing device, wherein each personal data option comprises one or more types of personal data; and

transmit a selection of at least one personal data option to the remote computing device.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the one or more programming instructions further comprise one or more programming instructions that, when executed, cause the computing device to:

transmit, to the remote computing device, an authorization to transmit personal data to the entity computing device.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the data comprises a unique identifier that directs the remote computing device to access one or more particular types of personal data.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the symbology comprises one or more of a multi-dimensional bar code and a quick response (QR) code.