Data storage and communication systems and methods based on a scannable machine-readable code
AssigneeAdvanced Functional Fabrics of America, Inc.
InventorsYoel Fink, Nicholas Dimitruk, Federico Bescotti, Catherine Chapman
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Abstract
Exemplary embodiments use a single, physical embodiment that compiles independent machine-readable codes together with little to no space in between codes. This physical embodiment is in two primary forms—adhesive tape or fabric strips with hook and loop backing. A code reader device, with software compatible with the machine-readable codes, can rapidly or simultaneously aggregate independent codes together on the physical embodiment in order to assign them to one or more digital addresses.
Claims20
A data storage and communication system based on a scannable machine-readable code, the system comprising:
- at least one computer system in communication with a digital storage system and in communication with a plurality of code reader devices, each code reader device running an app and associated with an identifiable user among a plurality of users, the at least one computer system configured to perform computer processes comprising:
- receiving, from the app running on a first code reader device, a scan of the machine-readable code;
- receiving, from a first user of the first code reader device via the app running on the first code reader device, at least one digital content item and, for each digital content item, an access permission for the content item;
- associating, with the machine-readable code, a set of digital addresses in a digital storage system;
- storing each digital content item at a digital address of the set of digital addresses;
- receiving, from the app running on a second code reader device, a scan of the machine-readable code;
- determining an access permission for a second user of the second code reader device;
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- providing, to the second user via the app running on the second code reader device, access to one or more digital content items based on the access permission for the second user and the access permission for each digital content item.
In a system comprising at least one computer system in communication with a digital storage system and in communication with a plurality of code reader devices, each code reader device running an app and associated with an identifiable user among a plurality of users, a data storage and communication method based on a scannable machine-readable code, the method comprising:
- receiving, from the app running on a first code reader device, a scan of the machine-readable code;
- receiving, from a first user of the first code reader device via the app running on the first code reader device, at least one digital content item and, for each digital content item, an access permission for the content item;
- associating, with the machine-readable code, a set of digital addresses in a digital storage system;
- storing each digital content item at a digital address of the set of digital addresses;
- receiving, from the app running on a second code reader device, a scan of the machine-readable code;
- determining an access permission for a second user of the second code reader device;
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- providing, to the second user via the app running on the second code reader device, access to one or more digital content items based on the access permission for the second user and the access permission for each digital content item.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.