Cloud-based system for reading of decodable indicia

• US 9,064,254 B2
• Filed: 05/17/2012
• Issued: 06/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Todeschini, Erik, Deloge, Stephen Patrick, Meier, Timothy, Anderson, Donald, Hejl, Benjamin, Koziol, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL
• Application Number:
  US13/474,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20130306720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,132 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/462.46, 235/454, 705/1, 705/14.23
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1447 extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3274 using a pictured code, e.g. barcode or QR-code, being displayed on the M-device
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2220/00 Business processing using cryptography postage metering system using cryptography G06Q2250/05
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/24 Key scheduling, i.e. generating round keys or sub-keys for block encryption
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/64 Self-signed certificates
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0869 for achieving mutual authentication cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for mutual authentication H04L9/3273
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0861 Generation of secret information including derivation or calculation of cryptographic keys or passwords
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823

Abstract

A data decoding system can comprise one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network. The computers can execute at least one decoding process. The decoding process can be configured, responsive to receiving a decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia, to locate the decodable indicia within the image, and to decode the decodable indicia into a decoded message. The decoding process can be further configured, responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to the client the decoded message and/or the decoding operation completion code.

Claims

1. A data decoding system comprising one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, said one or more computers executing at least one client authentication process, at least one logging process, and at least one decoding process;

wherein said client authentication process is configured to authenticate a client;

wherein said at least one decoding process is configured, responsive to receiving a decoding request from said client, said decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia, to locate said decodable indicia within said image;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to successfully locating said decodable indicia, to decode said decodable indicia into a decoded message;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to said client at least one of;

said decoded message, a decoding operation completion code;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing said decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to said at least one logging process; and

wherein said at least one logging process is configured, responsive to receiving said logging request from said at least on decoding process, to create a usage tracking record in a usage tracking database, said usage tracking record comprising a client identifier, said image, and at least one of;

said decoded message, said decoding operation completion code.

2. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said at least one client authentication process and said at least one decoding process are executed by one computer.

3. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said at least one client authentication process is executed by a first computer;

and

wherein said at least one decoding process is executed by a second computer.

4. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said image of decodable indicia is provided by one of:

a raw image byte stream, a compressed image byte stream.

5. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said client is provided by a mobile communication terminal comprising an optical reading device configured to output said image of decodable indicia.

6. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said client is provided by a mobile computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

7. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

8. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said client is provided by a computing device integrated into a point-of-sale system, said computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

9. The data decoding system of claim 1, wherein said at least one client authentication process is configured, responsive to receiving from a client an authentication request comprising a client certificate, to negotiate a common secret with said client;

wherein said at least one authentication process is further configured to create at least one cryptographic key based on said common secret; and

wherein said at least one authentication process is further configured to use said at least one cryptographic key to perform at least one of;

encrypting one or more messages transmitted to said client;

decrypting one or more messages received from said client.

10. The data decoding system of claim 9, wherein said one or more computer is further configured, responsive to receiving said client certificate, to validate said client certificate by transmitting a validation request to a certificate authority issuing said client certificate.

11. A data decoding system comprising one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, said one or more computers executing at least one decoding process and at least one logging process;

wherein said at least one decoding process is configured, responsive to receiving a decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia from a client, to locate said decodable indicia within said image;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to successfully locating said decodable indicia, to decode said decodable indicia into a decoded message;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to said client at least one of;

said decoded message, a decoding operation completion code;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing said decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to said at least one logging process; and

wherein said at least one logging process is configured, responsive to receiving said logging request from said at least on decoding process, to create a usage tracking record in a usage tracking database, said usage tracking record comprising a client identifier, said image, and at least one of;

said decoded message, said decoding operation completion code.

12. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said at least one decoding process and said at least one logging process are executed by one computer.

13. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said at least one decoding process is executed by a first computer;

and

wherein said at least one logging process is executed by a second computer.

14. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said decoding request further comprises one or more values of client configuration parameters;

and

wherein said usage tracking record further comprises said one or more values of client configuration parameters.

15. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said image of decodable indicia is provided by one of:

a raw image byte stream, a compressed image byte stream.

16. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said client is provided by a mobile communication terminal comprising an optical reading device configured to output said image of decodable indicia.

17. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said client is provided by a mobile computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

18. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

19. The data decoding system of claim 11, wherein said client is provided by a computing device integrated into a point-of-sale system, said computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

20. A data decoding system comprising one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, said one or more computers executing at least one decoding process and at least one logging process;

wherein said at least one decoding process is configured, responsive to receiving from a client a decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia, to locate said decodable indicia within said image;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to successfully locating said decodable indicia, to decode said decodable indicia into a decoded message;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to said client at least one of;

said decoded message, a decoding operation completion code;

wherein said one or more computer is further configured to perform at least one of;

validating an entitlement of said client to receive decoding services responsive to receiving said decoding request, transmit a billing request to a billing system responsive to completing said decoding operation;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing said decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to said at least one logging process; and

wherein said at least one logging process is configured, responsive to receiving said logging request from said at least on decoding process, to create a usage tracking record in a usage tracking database, said usage tracking record comprising a client identifier, said image, and at least one of;

said decoded message, said decoding operation completion code.

21. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said billing request comprises at least one of:

an identifier of said client, a symbology type of said decodable indicia, a number of decodable indicia items to be decoded.

22. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein one or more computer is configured to validate said entitlement of said client by transmitting a client entitlement validation request to said billing system.

23. The data decoding system of claim 22, wherein said client entitlement validation request comprises at least one of:

an identifier of said client, a symbology type of said decodable indicia, a number of decodable indicia items to be decoded.

24. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said at least one decoding process is configured to transmit said decoded message to said client responsive to receiving a billing transaction confirmation from said billing system.

25. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said image of decodable indicia is provided by one of:

a raw image byte stream, a compressed image byte stream.

26. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client is provided by a mobile communication terminal comprising an optical reading device configured to output said image of decodable indicia.

27. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client is provided by a mobile computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

28. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

29. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client is provided by a computing device integrated into a point-of-sale system, said computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.