Quick response (QR) code based test data embedding and transmission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11720765-B2
Application number	US-202117504251-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2021
Priority date	Mar 27, 2020
Publication date	Aug 8, 2023
Grant date	Aug 8, 2023

Abstract

In some examples, QR code based test data embedding and transmission may include obtaining, by a test data analyzer that is executed by at least one hardware processor, test data based on operation of a test device to measure a parameter associated with an optical fiber. Based on an analysis of the test data, a report that includes the test data may be generated. A quick response (QR) code generator that is executed by the at least one hardware processor may compress the report that includes the test data to generate a compressed report. The QR code generator may generate, based on an analysis of the compressed report, a QR code that includes the compressed report. A display generator that is executed by the at least one hardware processor may generate a display of the QR code that includes the compressed report.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system comprising:
a test data analyzer, executed by at least one hardware processor, to
obtain data based on operation of a device, and
generate, based on an analysis of the data, a report that includes the data;

a quick response (QR) code generator, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to
compress the report that includes the data to generate a compressed report, and
generate, based on an analysis of the compressed report, a QR code that includes the compressed report; and

a display generator, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to
generate a display of the QR code that includes the compressed report.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the data is transmitted to a receiving device based on a scan of the QR code by the receiving device.

3. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device is a power meter to measure a parameter associated with an optical fiber.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the device is an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) to measure a parameter associated with an optical fiber.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the report includes a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) report.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the QR code generator is executed by the at least one hardware processor to compress the report that includes the data to generate the compressed report by:
formatting the report in a specified format for inclusion in the QR code.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the QR code generator is executed by the at least one hardware processor to format the report in the specified format for inclusion in the QR code by:
compressing the report from a specified number of bytes to a reduced number of bytes to generate the compressed report;
converting the compressed report to a specified base format to generate a converted report; and
generating the QR code based on the converted report.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the QR code generator is executed by the at least one hardware processor to generate, based on the analysis of the compressed report, the QR code that includes the compressed report by:
encrypting the data in the compressed report; and
generating, based on the analysis of the compressed report that includes the encrypted data, the QR code that includes the compressed report.

9. A system comprising:
a quick response (QR) code reader, executed by at least one hardware processor, to read, from a device, a QR code displayed on a display of the device; and
a test data extractor, executed by the at least one hardware processor, to extract, from the QR code, data obtained by the device.

10. The system according to claim 9 , wherein the test data extractor is executed by the at least one hardware processor to extract, from the QR code, the data obtained by the device for measurement of a parameter associated with an optical fiber by:
decompressing the data included in the QR code to generate a decompressed report that includes the data.

11. The system according to claim 10 , wherein the test data extractor is executed by the at least one hardware processor to extract, from the QR code, the data obtained by the device for measurement of the parameter associated with the optical fiber by:
decrypting the decompressed report that includes encrypted data to extract the data included in the QR code.

12. A method comprising:
obtaining, by at least one hardware processor, data based on operation of a device;
generating, by the at least one hardware processor, based on an analysis of the data, a report that includes the data;
generating, by the at least one hardware processor, based on an analysis of the report, a quick response (QR) code that includes the report; and
generating, by the at least one hardware processor, a display of the QR code that includes the report.

13. The method according to claim 12 , further comprising:
compressing, by the at least one hardware processor, the report that includes the data to generate a compressed report.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the data is transmitted to a receiving device based on a scan of the QR code by the receiving device.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the device is a power meter to measure a parameter associated with an optical fiber.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the device is an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) to measure a parameter associated with an optical fiber.

17. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the report includes a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) report.

18. The method according to claim 13 , wherein compressing, by the at least one hardware processor, the report that includes the data to generate the compressed report further comprises:
formatting, by the at least one hardware processor, the report in a specified format for inclusion in the QR code.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein formatting, by the at least one hardware processor, the report in the specified format for inclusion in the QR code further comprises:
compressing the report from a specified number of bytes to a reduced number of bytes to generate a compressed report;
converting the compressed report to a specified base format to generate a converted report; and
generating the QR code based on the converted report.

20. The method according to claim 12 , wherein generating, by the at least one hardware processor, based on the analysis of the report, the QR code that includes the report further comprises:
encrypting, by the at least one hardware processor, the data in the report; and
generating, by the at least one hardware processor, based on the analysis of the report that includes the encrypted data, the QR code that includes the report.

Assignees

• Viavi Solutions Inc

Inventors

• Roux Charlène
• Donzel Pascal

Classifications

• G06K7/1417 Primary

  2D bar codes · CPC title

• G06K19/06037

  multi-dimensional coding · CPC title

• H04L9/32

  including means for verifying the identity or authority of a user of the system {or for message authentication, e.g. authorization, entity authentication, data integrity or data verification, non-repudiation, key authentication or verification of credentials} · CPC title

• G01M11/3109 Primary

  Reflectometers detecting the back-scattered light in the time-domain, e.g. OTDR · CPC title

• H04B10/071

  using a reflected signal, e.g. using optical time domain reflectometers [OTDR] · CPC title