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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 31, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 07, 2014
Mobeam, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
John Osborne, Incline Village, NV (US);
Mobeam, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A method of communicating barcode information using audio signaling is disclosed. A mobile device being brought into physical proximity to a communication bridge device is detected. Two-way audio communication is commenced between the mobile device and the bridge device upon detection of the mobile device by the bridge device. Barcode information is communicated from the mobile device to the bridge device. The barcode information is converted into a pulsed signal to simulate scanning of a static image of a barcode. A human perceptible signal is provided that indicates the barcode information has been received into the bridge device. The barcode information is transmitted as light pulses emitted from the bridge device for reception by a barcode scanner.