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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2011
Neel Goyal, Reston, VA (US);
Patricia Kelly, Herndon, VA (US);
Pranab Kumar Dash, Banglore, IN;
Daniel Schonfeld, Reston, VA (US);
Neel Goyal, Reston, VA (US);
Patricia Kelly, Herndon, VA (US);
Pranab Kumar Dash, Banglore, IN;
Daniel Schonfeld, Reston, VA (US);
Verisign, Inc., Reston, VA (US);
Abstract
Methods and systems for generating and resolving multi-mode barcodes comprise: inputting graphical data representing a barcode pattern into memory; translating the graphical data into barcode information according to a standard for translating a particular type of barcode pattern into barcode information; detecting the presence of multiple, distinct data items of different types in the barcode information, wherein each data item specifies an action to be taken by the scanning device; identifying a data item in the barcode information for which the scanning device is capable of taking the action specified by the data item; and performing the action specified by the data item.