Methods and terminals for generating and reading 2D barcode and servers

• US 9,798,824 B2
• Filed: 06/27/2016
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Original Assignee: Tencent Technology Company Limited (Tencent Holdings Limited)
• Inventors: Bu, Manzhao, Tang, Wenning, Huang, Ping, Yang, Haisong
• Primary Examiner(s): Frech, Karl D
• Application Number:
  US15/193,655
• Publication Number:
  US 20160306892A1
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 2354621, 23546209, 23546215, 235383, 235494
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1417 2D bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0643 Hash functions, e.g. MD5, SHA, HMAC or f9 MAC

Abstract

Generating a 2D barcode includes acquiring private information input by a user and sending the private information to a server through a network. The method includes receiving an information access address returned through the network by the server, and generating a 2D barcode including the information access address. The method further includes acquiring a 2D barcode including an information access address and scanning the 2D barcode to obtain the information access address included in the 2D barcode, the information access address being for accessing private information. The method further includes sending the information access address to a server through a network, and receiving the private information returned through the network by the server, and using the private information as a reading result of the 2D barcode.

Claims

1. A method for generating a 2D barcode, wherein the method comprises:

receiving private information sent, through a network, by a terminal, and storing the private information;

generating an information access address corresponding to the private information; and

returning the information access address to the terminal through the network, so that the terminal generates a 2D barcode according to the information access address;

wherein the generating an information access address corresponding to the private information comprises;

acquiring an information identifier of the private information, and storing the information identifier, one information identifier corresponding to one piece of private information; and

generating the information access address comprising the information identifier of the private information.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the generated information access address is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) corresponding to the private information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the acquiring the information identifier of the private information comprises:

calculating a Message Digest Algorithm 5 (MD5) value according to the private information, wherein the MD5 value is a 64-bit 8-byte integral type, and taking the MD5 value as the information identifier of the private information.

4. The method according to claim 1, during the acquiring an information identifier of the private information, further comprising:

acquiring a check identifier and/or a time identifier corresponding to the private information, and storing the check identifier corresponding to the private information;

the generating the information access address comprising the information identifier of the private information comprises;

generating the information access address comprising the information identifier of the private information and the check identifier and/or the time identifier corresponding to the private information.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the acquiring the check identifier corresponding to the private information comprises:

randomly generating a 64-bit 8 byte integral type value, and taking the randomly generated value as the check identifier corresponding to the private information, the check identifier is for checking the validity of the information access address;

the acquiring the time identifier corresponding to the private information comprises;

generating a 64-bit 8-byte integral type timestamp according to server time, and taking the timestamp as the time identifier corresponding to the private information, wherein the timestamp is for checking effectiveness of the information access address.

6. A method for reading a 2D barcode, wherein the method comprises:

acquiring a 2D barcode comprising an information access address, and scanning the 2D barcode, to obtain the information access address comprised in the 2D barcode, the information access address being for accessing private information;

sending the information access address to a server through a network, so that the server searches for corresponding private information according to the information access address; and

receiving the private information returned, through the network, by the server, and using the private information as a reading result of the 2D barcode;

wherein the information access address at least comprises an information identifier of the private information; and

the receiving the private information returned, through the network, by the server comprises;

receiving, after the server finds the private information according to the information identifier of the private information comprised in the information access address, the private information returned through the network.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information access address is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a network Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)/Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS) request.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein the information access address further comprises a check identifier and/or a time identifier corresponding to the private information;

and

the receiving the private information returned, through the network, by the server comprises;

receiving, after the server finds the private information according to an information identifier of the private information and the check identifier and/or the time identifier corresponding to the private information comprised in the information access address, the private information returned through the network.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the information access address comprises the information identifier of the private information and the check identifier corresponding to the private information, the private information returned by the server is determined by:

determining whether the check identifier included in the information access address is consistent with a prestored check identifier, if the check identifier included in the information access address is consistent with the prestored check identifier, searching prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier included in the information access address.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the information access address comprises the information identifier of the private information and the time identifier corresponding to the private information, the private information returned by the server is determined by:

determining whether the time identifier in the information access address is ineffective, if the time identifier included in the information access address is not ineffective, searching prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier included in the information access address.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the information access address comprises the information identifier of the private information, the check identifier corresponding to the private information and the time identifier corresponding to the private information, the private information returned by the server is determined by:

determining whether the check identifier included in the information access address is consistent with a prestored check identifier, if the check identifier included in the information access address is consistent with the prestored check identifier, determining whether the time identifier included in the information access address is ineffective, if the time identifier included in the information access address is not ineffective, searching prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier included in the information access address.

12. A method for reading a 2D barcode, wherein the method comprises:

receiving an information access address sent, through a network, by a terminal and for accessing private information;

searching prestored private information for private information corresponding to the information access address; and

returning the found private information to the terminal through the network, so that the terminal uses the private information as a reading result of a 2D barcode;

wherein the information access address comprises an information identifier of the private information; and

the searching prestored private information for private information corresponding to the information access address comprises;

searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information access address is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) of a network Hyper Text Transfer Protocol (HTTP)/Hypertext Transfer Protocol over Secure Socket Layer (HTTPS) request.

14. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information access address further comprises a check identifier;

the searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address comprises;

determining whether the check identifier comprised in the information access address is consistent with a prestored check identifier;

executing, if the check identifier comprised in the information access address is consistent with the prestored check identifier, the process of searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address.

15. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information access address further comprises a time identifier;

the searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address comprises;

determining whether the time identifier comprised in the information access address is ineffective;

executing, if the time identifier comprised in the information access address is not ineffective, the process of searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the information access address further comprises a check identifier and a time identifier;

the searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address comprises;

executing, if the check identifier comprised in the information access address is consistent with the prestored check identifier, and/or the time identifier comprised in the information access address is not ineffective, the process of searching the prestored private information for the private information corresponding to the information identifier comprised in the information access address.