Cloud-based system for reading of decodable indicia

• US 9,398,008 B2
• Filed: 06/19/2015
• Issued: 07/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Todeschini, Erik, Deloge, Stephen Patrick, Meier, Timothy P., Anderson, Donald, Hejl, Benjamin, Koziol, Thomas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): TRAIL, ALLYSON NEEL
• Application Number:
  US14/744,836
• Publication Number:
  US 20150288689A1
• Time in Patent Office: 396 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 system, comprising:

one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, the one or more computers executing a client authentication process, a logging process, and a decoding process;

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

wherein the logging process is configured to initiate simultaneously with an initiation of the client authentication process and create a usage tracking record in a usage tracking database comprising a client identifier;

wherein the decoding process is configured;

responsive to receiving a decoding request from the client, the decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia, to locate the decodable indicia within the image;

responsive to successfully locating the decodable indicia, to decode the decodable indicia into a decoded message;

responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to the client the decoded message and/or a decoding operation completion code; and

responsive to completing the decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to the logging process.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the logging process is configured, responsive to receiving the logging request from the decoding process, to update the usage tracking record in the usage tracking database with the image, and the decoded message and/or the decoding operation completion code.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the client authentication process is executed by a first computer; and

the decoding process is executed by a second computer.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the client is provided by a mobile computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the client authentication process is configured, responsive to receiving from a client an authentication request comprising a client certificate, to negotiate a common secret with the client;

wherein the authentication process is configured to create a cryptographic key based on the common secret; and

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

encrypting one or more messages transmitted to the client;

decrypting one or more messages received from the client.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more computers are configured, responsive to receiving the client certificate, to validate the client certificate by transmitting a validation request to a certificate authority issuing the client certificate.

8. A system, comprising:

one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, the one or more computers executing a decoding process and a logging process;

wherein the logging process is configured, responsive to receiving a decoding request from a client, to create a usage tracking record comprising a client identifier in a usage tracking database;

wherein the decoding process is configured;

responsive to receiving a decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia from a client, to locate the decodable indicia within the image;

responsive to successfully locating the decodable indicia, to decode the decodable indicia into a decoded message;

responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to the client the decoded message and/or a decoding operation completion code;

responsive to completing the decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to the logging process; and

wherein the logging process is configured, responsive to receiving the logging request from the decoding process, to update the created usage tracking record in the usage tracking database to comprise the image and the decoded message and/or the decoding operation completion code.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein:

the decoding process is executed by a first computer; and

the logging process is executed by a second computer.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the decoding request comprises one or more values of client configuration parameters;

and

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

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the client is provided by a mobile communication terminal comprising an optical reading device configured to output the image of decodable indicia.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the client is provided by a computing device integrated into a point-of-sale system, the computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

14. A system, comprising:

one or more computers communicatively coupled to a network, the one or more computers executing a decoding process and a logging process;

wherein the logging process is configured, responsive to receiving a decoding request from a client, to create a usage tracking record comprising a client identifier in a usage tracking database;

wherein the decoding process is configured;

responsive to receiving a decoding request comprising an image of decodable indicia from a client, to locate the decodable indicia within the image;

responsive to successfully locating the decodable indicia, to decode the decodable indicia into a decoded message;

responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit to the client the decoded message and/or a decoding operation completion code;

responsive to completing the decoding operation, to transmit a logging request to the logging process; and

wherein the logging process is configured, responsive to receiving the logging request from the decoding process, to update the created usage tracking record in the usage tracking database to comprise the image and the decoded message and/or the decoding operation completion code;

wherein the one or more computer is configured;

responsive to the decoding process successfully locating the decodable indicia, to determine a symbology type of the decodable indicia; and

responsive to determining the symbology type of the decodable indicia, transmit a billing request to a billing system, the billing request comprising the determined symbology type of the decodable indicia.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the billing request comprises an identifier of the client and/or a number of decodable indicia items to be decoded.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the decoding process is configured to transmit the decoded message to the client responsive to receiving a billing transaction confirmation from the billing system.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the client is provided by a mobile communication terminal comprising an optical reading device configured to output the image of decodable indicia.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the client is provided by a mobile computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the client is provided by a desktop computer comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.

20. The system of claim 14, wherein the client is provided by a computing device integrated into a point-of-sale system, the computing device comprising one of:

an integrated imaging device, a peripheral imaging device.