Patent application number | Description | Published |
20120187185 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING COUNTERFEIT PRODUCTS AND DOCUMENTS, AND TRACKING AND AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENTS - Readable indicia, such as, a two-dimensional (2D) quick response (QR) code, is affixed to a product or a document. A scanning device, such as a mobile phone equipped with a camera, scans the readable indicia to obtain data stored in the readable indicia. The data is used to detect counterfeit products and documents, and track and authenticate documents. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191566 | PRODUCT INFORMATION, VENDOR REFERRAL, AND PURCHASE BASED ON SCANNED INDICIA - A method for providing vendor information to a consumer includes scanning, by a mobile device, an indicia to retrieve a product identifier, sending, by the mobile device, a first message including a location of the mobile device and the product identifier to a computer server remote from the mobile device, determining, by the computer server, a vendor from a list of vendors that supply a product associated with the product identifier and whose location corresponds with the location of the mobile device in response to the first message, and sending, by the computer server, a second message including vendor information of the determined vendor to the mobile device. | 07-26-2012 |
20120191817 | PRODUCT TRACKING BASED ON SCANNED INDICIA - According to an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a method for tracking a unit of goods includes sending, by a supplier device, a first message to a server including a code of a product tag and a supplier location of the supplier device, wherein the code uniquely identifies the unit from other units of a same type, recording, by the server, a data record including the code and the supplier location, scanning, by a consumer device, the product tag to retrieve the code, sending, by the consumer device, a second message to the server including the code; and sending, by the server, a third message to the consumer device including the supplier location. The supplier and consumer devices are remote from the server. | 07-26-2012 |