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| barcodes | |
| encodings | |
| automatic identification and data capture | |
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HISTORY bCODE was developed by an Australian company ( bCODE ) from 2003-2005. The reliability of the technology and its widespread compatibility with old and new mobile handsets has placed it at the forefront of the upcoming mobile revolution. USES A number of companies have identified a place in the market for delivering some form of identifying token to mobile phones. These tokens could be used in a number of ways as follows:
With the huge number of mobile phones/devices in the market today, mobile distribution is an excellent way of reaching a very large number of consumers. BCODE TECHNOLOGY A bCODE is a simple SMS text message that looks something like this: This text message is read from the screen of a mobile phone/device and decoded into a unique token ID. This ID can then be used to supply the consumer with their own unique experience. OTHER TECHNOLOGIES There are many types of identifying tokens in use today such as Barcode and RFID . These are often printed on or embedded in products so that they can easily be identified by computer systems. Typical uses include security passes, stock management, parcel tracking and asset management. Mobile forms of both barcodes and RFID have been implemented and are described as follows: Mobile Barcodes Mobile Barcodes are barcodes that are sent to a phone/device using picture messaging. They can be 1-dimensional (a set of parallel lines) or 2-dimensional (a graphic image). Mobile Barcodes have a number of limitations:
NFC NFC is a standard being developed to allow mobile phones to be identified wirelessly by a scanning device. NFC uses an RFID chip that is fitted to the mobile phone during manufacture. NFC has a number of limitations:
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