| NEOMEDIA TECHNOLOGIES, INC. Patent applications |
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| 20120109773 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPLEMENTING BAR CODES WITH ONLINE AUCTIONS - A method of and system for scanning a bar code associated with a product with a mobile device to obtain (i) a list of online auctions for the product or a similar product; (ii) a list of commercial web sites in which the product or a similar product is being offered for sale; and/or (iii) a list of resellers of the product or a similar product where the product or similar product is located in a geographic region in predetermined proximity to the location. In addition, a seller may scan a bar code associated with a product that the seller would like to sell via an online auction service in order to obtain a predetermined product listing that the seller may modify prior to listing on the online auction service. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20110029640 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USINGA N ORDINARY ARTICLE OF COMMERCE TO ACCESS A REMOTE COMPUTER - A system and method for using identification codes found on ordinary articles of commerce to access remote computers on a network. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a computer is provided having a database that relates Uniform Product Code (“UPC”) numbers to Internet network addresses (or “URLs”). To access an Internet resource relating to a particular product, a user enters the product's UPC symbol manually, by swiping a bar code reader over the UPC symbol, or via other suitable input means. The database retrieves the URL corresponding to the UPC code. This location information is then used to access the desired resource. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20100077323 | AUTOMATICAL ACCESS OF INTERNET CONTENT WITH A CAMERA-ENABLED CELL PHONE - A camera-enabled cell phone that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will link the camera phone to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20090305675 | MESSAGING INTERCHANGE SYSTEM - Machine-readable codes are read, decoded and resolved by a messaging system in order to perform a desired function. If the code is not native to that (home) messaging system, then a resolution request is made to a central messaging interchange system to determine which other (destination) messaging system is native to and can resolve that code. The messaging interchange system then either returns the appropriate routing information back to the home messaging system (in which case the home messaging system sends the resolution request directly to the destination messaging system) or forwards the resolution request to the destination messaging system itself. The destination messaging system transmits a resolution response message to the home messaging system, either directly or via the messaging interchange system | 12-10-2009 |
| 20080254827 | AUTOMATIC ACCESS OF A NETWORKED RESOURCE WITH A PORTABLE WIRELESS DEVICE - A camera-enabled cell phone that is adapted to image a machine readable code such as a bar code, decode the bar code, send the bar code data over the Internet to a resolution server that will return an associated URL that will link the camera phone to content on an information server. Thus, by taking a picture of a bar code symbol, the camera phone will automatically retrieve content from the Internet that has been linked to that bar code. | 10-16-2008 |
