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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.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 07, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Michael J. Burkhart, Round Rock, TX (US);

Michael P. Carlson, Austin, TX (US);

Theodore J. L. Shrader, Austin, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 19/06037 (2013.01); G06K 19/06112 (2013.01);
Abstract

A dynamic quick response (QR) code including an encoded unique value is displayed in association with an item displayed in a retail environment. A configured QR code change event is detected. Encoding of the dynamic QR code is changed to encode a new unique value. The new unique value is based upon a set of contemporaneous data elements associated with the item displayed in the retail environment. The encoded new unique value of the changed dynamic QR code is archived. The changed dynamic QR code including the encoded new unique value is displayed in association with the item displayed in the retail environment.


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