Utilizing on-device sensors to detect a scan

A system comprising:

• at least one processor;
• and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause the system to:
• receive, from a social networking system to a mobile client device, a scannable code, wherein the mobile client device corresponds to a user entity on a social networking system and the scannable code corresponds to a third-party entity on the social networking system;
• upon detection of a display of the scannable code within the mobile client device, by at least one processor on the mobile client device, activate multiple sensors of the mobile client device to capture multiple sensor outputs, wherein the multiple sensors comprise at least an audio sensor, a motion sensor, and a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
• determine, based on discrete signals identified from the multiple sensors of the mobile client device in relation to an external scanning device, a scanned status for the scannable code in relation to the user entity;
• determine that the scannable code was scanned;
• determine location data from the GPS sensor of where the scannable code was scanned;
• provide, via the mobile client device, an identity of the user entity, when the scannable code was scanned, the location data, and the scanned status to the social networking system to track usage of one or more scannable codes across multiple user entities on the social networking system;
• and
• provide, via the mobile client device, at least two of:
• the identity of the user entity, when the scannable code was scanned, the location data, and the scanned status to the social networking system to cause the social networking system to update demographic information corresponding to usage activity of the scannable code across the multiple user entities on the social networking system.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a mobile client device to:

• receive, from a social networking system, a scannable code, wherein the mobile client device corresponds to a user entity on a social networking system and the scannable code corresponds to a third-party entity on the social networking system;
• upon detection of a display of the scannable code within the mobile client device, activate multiple sensors of the mobile client device to capture multiple sensor outputs, wherein the multiple sensors comprise at least an audio sensor, a motion sensor, and a global positioning system (GPS) sensor;
• determine, based on discrete signals identified from the multiple sensors of the mobile client device in relation to an external scanning device, a scanned status for the scannable code in relation to the user entity;
• determine that the scannable code was scanned;
• determine location data from the GPS sensor of where the scannable code was scanned;
• provide an identity of the user entity, when the scannable code was scanned, the location data, and the scanned status to the social networking system to track usage of one or more scannable codes across multiple user entities on the social networking system;
• and
• provide, via the mobile client device, at least two of:
• the identity of the user entity, when the scannable code was scanned, the location data, and the scanned status to the social networking system to cause the social networking system to update demographic information corresponding to usage activity of the scannable code across the multiple user entities on the social networking system.