Two-dimensional code generation and processing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11003879-B2
Application number	US-202016915658-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 29, 2020
Priority date	Nov 22, 2017
Publication date	May 11, 2021
Grant date	May 11, 2021

Abstract

Techniques for generating and processing two-dimensional barcodes are described. One example method includes identifying original content to be encoded in a two-dimensional (2D) barcode structure; and generating a 2D barcode associated with the original content based on at least the 2D barcode structure and the original content, wherein the 2D barcode structure includes at least an identification field and a data field, and the identification field indicates one or more data elements in the data field.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
identifying original content to be encoded in a two-dimensional (2D) barcode structure, wherein the 2D barcode structure includes at least an identification field and a data field, the identification field indicating a presence or absence of one or more data elements in the data field, and the identification field including one or more bits as a bitmap field, wherein each bit in the bitmap field corresponds to a specific data element in the data field, wherein a particular bit of the one or more bits in the bitmap field having a first value indicates a presence of a corresponding data element of the one or more data elements in the data field, and the particular bit having a second value, different from the first value, indicates an absence of the corresponding data element in the data field, wherein the data field is adjacent to the bitmap field in the 2D barcode structure, and wherein each data element in the data field includes a length of the particular data element and a value; and
generating a 2D barcode associated with the original content based on at least the 2D barcode structure and the original content.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein at least one of:
the identification field indicates the presence of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding service definitions of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding locations of the one or more data elements in the data field; and
the identification field indicates a matching relationship between one or more service scenarios and the one or more data elements in the data field.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the identification field includes a definition field to define the bitmap field, and the 2D barcode structure further includes at least one of a header field indicating a developer of the 2D barcode structure, a version filed indicating a version of the 2D barcode structure, and a verification field used to perform content verification.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further comprising:
scanning the generated 2D barcode;
obtaining a character string represented by the scanned 2D barcode;
parsing the character string based on the 2D barcode structure to obtain one or more data elements that match a current service scenario; and
executing a service in the current service scenario based on the obtained one or more data elements.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the 2D barcode is a Quick Response (QR) code.

6. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing one or more instructions executable by a computer system to perform operations comprising:
identifying original content to be encoded in a two-dimensional (2D) barcode structure, wherein the 2D barcode structure includes at least an identification field and a data field, the identification field indicating a presence or absence of one or more data elements in the data field, and the identification field including one or more bits as a bitmap field, wherein each bit in the bitmap field corresponds to a specific data element in the data field, wherein a particular bit of the one or more bits in the bitmap field having a first value indicates a presence of a corresponding data element of the one or more data elements in the data field, and the particular bit having a second value, different from the first value, indicates an absence of the corresponding data element in the data field, wherein the data field is adjacent to the bitmap field in the 2D barcode structure, and wherein each data element in the data field includes a length of the particular data element and a value; and
generating a 2D barcode associated with the original content based on at least the 2D barcode structure and the original content.

7. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein at least one of:
the identification field indicates the presence of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding service definitions of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding locations of the one or more data elements in the data field; and
the identification field indicates a matching relationship between one or more service scenarios and the one or more data elements in the data field.

8. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the identification field includes a definition field to define the bitmap field, and the 2D barcode structure further includes at least one of a header field indicating a developer of the 2D barcode structure, a version filed indicating a version of the 2D barcode structure, and a verification field used to perform content verification.

9. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 6 , the operations further comprising:
scanning the generated 2D barcode;
obtaining a character string represented by the scanned 2D barcode;
parsing the character string based on the 2D barcode structure to obtain one or more data elements that match a current service scenario; and
executing a service in the current service scenario based on the obtained one or more data elements.

10. The non-transitory, computer-readable medium of claim 6 , wherein the 2D barcode is a Quick Response (QR) code.

11. A computer-implemented system, comprising:
one or more computers; and
one or more computer memory devices interoperably coupled with the one or more computers and having tangible, non-transitory, machine-readable media storing one or more instructions that, when executed by the one or more computers, cause the one or more computers to perform one or more operations comprising:
identifying original content to be encoded in a two-dimensional (2D) barcode structure, wherein the 2D barcode structure includes at least an identification field and a data field, the identification field indicating a presence or absence of one or more data elements in the data field, and the identification field including one or more bits as a bitmap field, wherein each bit in the bitmap field corresponds to a specific data element in the data field, wherein a particular bit of the one or more bits in the bitmap field having a first value indicates a presence of a corresponding data element of the one or more data elements in the data field, and the particular bit having a second value, different from the first value, indicates an absence of the corresponding data element in the data field, wherein the data field is adjacent to the bitmap field in the 2D barcode structure, and wherein each data element in the data field includes a length of the particular data element and a value; and
generating a 2D barcode associated with the original content based on at least the 2D barcode structure and the original content.

12. The computer-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein at least one of:
the identification field indicates the presence of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding service definitions of the one or more data elements in the data field;
the identification field indicates corresponding locations of the one or more data elements in the data field; and
the identification field indicates a matching relationship between one or more service scenarios and the one or more data elements in the data field.

13. The computer-implemented system of claim 11 , wherein the identification field includes a definition field

Assignees

• Advanced New Technologies Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sun Xi
• Luo Hongwei

Classifications

• G06K19/06046

  Constructional details · CPC title

• G06K7/1417 Primary

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K19/06131

  the marking comprising a target pattern, e.g. for indicating the center of the bar code or for helping a bar code reader to properly orient the scanner or to retrieve the bar code inside of an image · CPC title

• G06K19/06037 Primary

  multi-dimensional coding · CPC title