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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 14, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2011
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
A. Marie Vans, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Steven J. Simske, Fort Collins, CO (US);
A. Marie Vans, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for tracking customer loyalty information using an incremental information object (IIO) includes capturing an information object (IO), wherein the IO include a number of tiles, and wherein the number of tiles include a standard code. The method also includes analyzing the IO to identify the standard code and analyzing the IO to determine if the IO is an IIO containing a progressive code, wherein the progressive code does not interfere with the reading of the standard. The method further include confirming the progressive code and, if the progressive code is successfully confirmed, obtaining customer loyalty data from the progressive code within the IIO.