Dual encoding of machine readable code for automatic scan-initiated purchase or uniform resource locator checkout

A method comprising:

• scanning, by a scanning device in a first electronic device comprising a compliant machine readable code reader module, a machine readable code associated with a product;
• decoding, by a first decoding module in the first electronic device, the machine readable code to form decoded barcode data, wherein the decoded barcode data comprises a network address associated with a host site operated by a central server computer and recognizable additional information related to the product, the recognizable additional information identified by decoding an unrecognizable additional data within the scanned machine readable code;
• populating a form using the recognizable additional information by the electronic device;
• and
• providing the populated form, by the first electronic device, to the host site operated by the central server computer using the network address,
• wherein the central server computer comprises a second decoding module configured to decode the unrecognizable additional information received from a second electronic device comprising a non-compliant machine readable code reader module, the unrecognizable additional information being received by the central server computer after the second electronic device scans the machine readable code associated with the product, the second electronic device identifying the network address from the machine readable code but being unable to decode the unrecognizable additional data within the machine readable code.

A first electronic device comprising:

• a scanning device;
• a processor;
• and
• a memory including instructions that, when executed with the processor, cause the first electronic device to, at least:
• receive, from the scanning device, information obtained from a machine readable code associated with a product;
• decode, by a compliant decoding module stored in memory of the first electronic device, the information obtained from the machine readable code to form decoded barcode data, wherein the decoded barcode data comprises at least a network address associated with a host site operated by a central server computer and recognizable additional information related to the product, the recognizable additional information identified by decoding an unrecognizable additional data within the information obtained from the machine readable code;
• populating a form using the recognizable additional information;
• and
• providing the populated form, by the first electronic device, to the host site operated by the central server computer using the network address,
• wherein the unrecognizable additional data is unable to be decoded except by the compliant decoding module, such that a second electronic device without the compliant decoding module is caused to submit a request that includes the unrecognizable additional data to the central server computer at the network address obtained from the machine readable code.