Systems and methods for barcode translation

A method comprising:

• receiving an image of a first barcode from a mobile device at a service provider system communications interface, the first barcode having a first barcode format and representing a transaction with a party including a payee other than the service provider, a first data set being encoded into the first barcode that includes data regarding the transaction;
• receiving a point-of-service identification from the mobile device at the service provider system communications interface, wherein the point-of-service is not the payee;
• determining by a processor of the service provider system that the first barcode format is not readable at the identified point-of-service;
• determining by the processor of the service provider system a second barcode format that is readable at the identified point-of-service;
• generating by the processor of the service provider system a second barcode in the second barcode format, the second barcode representing the proposed transaction;
• generating by the processor of the service provider system a link stored at the service provider system between the first barcode and the second barcode;
• sending the second barcode from the service provider system communications interface to the mobile device;
• receiving at the service provider system a confirmation from the identified point-of-service that a customer presented the second barcode and that the identified point-of-service read the second barcode and executed the transaction using the second barcode;
• correlating a payment received with the second barcode back to the payee information contained in the first barcode through the stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode to determine the transaction party and the payee by the processor of the service provider system;
• the service provider system sending the confirmation from the service provider system to the transaction party;
• and
• the service provider system paying the payee.

A method comprising:

• imaging a first barcode at a mobile device, the first barcode representing a transaction with a party including a payee other than the service provider, a first data set being encoded into the first barcode that includes data regarding the transaction;
• identifying a point-of-service at the mobile device, wherein the point-of-service is not the payee;
• sending the imaged first barcode and the point-of-service identification from the mobile device to a service provider system;
• receiving a second barcode in a second barcode format from the service provider system at the mobile device, the second barcode representing the transaction and being linked at the service provider system to the first barcode, the first barcode format not being readable at the identified point-of-service and the second barcode format being selected by the processor of the service provider as being readable at the identified point-of-service;
• and
• executing the proposed transaction by the mobile device at the identified point-of-service by presenting the second barcode by the mobile device to the identified point-of-service for reading at the identified point-of-service and a payment to the point-of-service, wherein the service provider correlates payment received with the second barcode back to the payee information contained in the first barcode through the stored link between the first barcode and the second barcode to determine the transaction party and the payee and pays the payee upon receiving confirmation of the transaction execution from the point-of-service.