System and method of encoding item information from a scale in a self-service scanning solution

A method for scanning weight information, the method being implemented by a handheld device having an imaging device and one or more physical processors programmed with computer program instructions that, when executed by the one or more physical processors, programs the handheld device to perform the method, the method comprising:

• receiving, by the handheld device, an identification of an item that is to be weighed;
• reading, by the handheld device, via the imaging device, a machine readable code communicated from a scale, the machine readable code comprising a mask pattern associated with a service specific to the item and encoding information relating to the item comprising a weight of the item that is measured by the scale;
• determining, by the handheld device, at least the weight of the item based on the machine readable code;
• and
• adding, by the handheld device, the identification of the item and the weight to a listing of scanned items.

A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions for causing a processor to execute a method for scanning weight information, the method comprising:

• receiving, by a handheld device, an identification of an item that is to be weighed;
• reading, by the handheld device, via an imaging device of the handheld device, a machine readable code communicated from a scale, the machine readable code comprising a mask pattern associated with a service specific to the item and encoding information relating to the item comprising a weight of the item that is measured by the scale;
• determining, by the handheld device, at least the weight of the item based on the machine readable code;
• and
• adding, by the handheld device, the identification of the item and the weight to a listing of scanned items.