Encoding, updating, and decoding barcodes in a document
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsMatthew R. Scott, Jonathan Tien
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Abstract
Method for inserting a barcode image in a document including receiving a request to encode one or more properties about the document as a barcode image in the document, the request being received through a document editor, generating the barcode image based on the properties, wrapping the barcode image inside a container object, and inserting the container object into the document.
Claims20
A method for inserting a barcode image in a document, comprising:
- receiving a request to encode one or more properties pertaining to the document as the barcode image in the document, the request being received through a document editor;
- generating the barcode image based on the properties;
- wrapping the barcode image inside a container object;
- and
- inserting the container object into the document.
A method for updating a barcode image in a document, comprising:
- receiving a request to save, print, or update the document;
- retrieving current property values of the document;
- replacing the barcode image with a new barcode image based on the current property values;
- and
- updating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) document to reflect the current property values of the document.
A computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to:
- receive a barcode image;
- decode the barcode image into an aggregated string;
- determine whether the aggregated string comprises a file path;
- search a computing system for the file path if the aggregated string comprises the file path;
- and
- open a file corresponding to the file path if the file path is found on the computing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.