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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 20, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2010
Applicants:
Shu Wang, Richardson, TX (US);
Fan Zhang, Plano, TX (US);
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06Q 20/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An apparatus and method for are provided. The method includes determining that a barcode displayed on a mobile terminal has been scanned, retrieving metadata corresponding to the barcode when the barcode has been scanned, and triggering a context-aware action in the mobile terminal based on the barcode and/or the retrieved metadata.