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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2008
Rudi Constantinus Broos, Essen, BE;
Toon Coppens, Lier, BE;
Lieven Leopold Albertine Trappeniers, Herentals, BE;
Rudi Constantinus Broos, Essen, BE;
Toon Coppens, Lier, BE;
Lieven Leopold Albertine Trappeniers, Herentals, BE;
Alcatel Lucent, Boulogne-Billancourt, FR;
Abstract
The invention includes a method and apparatus for facilitating cross-media use of object codes and object code readers, such as RFID tags and readers, barcode codes and readers, and the like. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving an object code read request from a user device where the object code read request indicates that an object has been read using an object code reader, determining at least one of a provider of the object code read using the object code reader and a provider of the object code reader used to read the object code, and performing at least one operation in response to the object code read response. The at least one operation performed in response to the object code read response may include one or more of determining an object code read response and determining revenue sharing. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving and storing registration information adapted for use in responding to object code read requests.