# US 2018/0322374 A1 · Method for providing information in a machine-readable form > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0322374 A1 - Document ID: US20180322374A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/772,822 - Filed: 2016-11-02 - Published: 2018-11-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-02 - Inventors: Martin Voigt - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180322374A1 ## CPC - G06K 19/06037: {multi-dimensional coding} - G06F 16/9554: {by using bar codes} - G06K 1/12: otherwise than by punching - G06K 7/10386: {the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader} - G06K 19/06009: {with optically detectable marking (G06K19/063, G06K19/08 take precedence)} - G06K 19/06093: {the marking being constructed out of a plurality of similar markings, e.g. a plurality of barcodes randomly oriented on an object} - G06K 2019/06253: {for a specific application} - G06K: GRAPHICAL DATA READING (image or video recognition or understanding G06V); PRESENTATION OF DATA; RECORD CARRIERS; HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The invention relates to a method for providing information in a machine-readable form. The information is allocated a unique database reference identifier consisting of at least one character in an initialization step. In a subsequent generation process step, a 2D identifier matrix (1) is generated. The 2D identifier matrix (1) has cells (5), each of which is assigned a cell value (6). The 2D identifier matrix (1) has linear borders (4) for bordering the cells (5). The borders (4) and the cells (5) are designed such that the cell values (6) can be optically detected by a person. Immediately following the generation of the 2D identifier matrix (1), the database reference identifier is transmitted to the 2D identifier matrix (1) by marking specified cells (5) of the 2D identifier matrix (1) in the same generation process step (14). Each character of the database reference identifier is represented by precisely one cell value (6). ## Claims ### Claim at position 1 1-14. (canceled) ### Claim 15 A method (22) for the provision of first and second information in a machine-readable form, wherein the first information, in a first initialization step (13), is assigned a unique first database reference identifier, consisting of at least one character, wherein, in a subsequent creation operation (14), a 2-D identifier matrix (1) is created in a identifier matrix creation step (15), wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises cells (5), each of which is assigned a cell value (6), wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises line-shaped boundaries (4) to demarcate the cells (5), and wherein the boundaries (4) and the cells (5) are configured such that the cell values (6) can be optically detected by a person, wherein, immediately after the creation of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), in the same creation operation (14), the first database reference identifier, in a first identifier transmission step (16), is transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), and wherein each character of the first database reference identifier is represented by exactly one cell value (6). ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method (12) according to claim 15, wherein, in a later second identifier transmission step (18), a unique second database reference identifier is transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), and wherein the second database reference identifier has been assigned to second information in a second initialization step (19). ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method (12) according to claim 16, wherein at least one character of the first database reference identifier also comprises the second database reference identifier, so that at least one cell (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1) is marked both in the first identifier transmission step (16) and in the second identifier transmission step (18). ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The method (12) according to claim 16, wherein the first information and/or the second information is transferred to an electronic data processing device by a user, wherein the first information and/or the second information is assigned the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier in an automated manner by a correspondingly-configured software module stored and executed on the electronic data processing device, and wherein the first information and/or the second information is stored in a memory of the electronic data processing device together with the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier respectively identifying the first information and/or the second information. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The method (12) according to claim 18, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is displayed to a user on a digital-electronic display device of the electronic data processing device or on an electronic display device of a client connected to the electronic data processing device in a data-conductive manner. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The method (12) according to claim 18, wherein the electronic data processing device is one or multiple server(s) connected to one another in a data-conductive manner. ### Claim 21 (depends on 15) The method (12) according to claim 15, wherein a not yet used 2-D identifier matrix (1) is printed or drawn manually on a suitable medium. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The method (12) according to claim 16, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is manually transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) in the first identifier transmission step (16) or the second identifier transmission step (18). ### Claim 23 (depends on 16) The method (12) according to claim 16, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is assigned to other information in response to a corresponding user request. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The method (12) according to claim 18, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is read by a correspondingly-configured electronic reader in a detection step, and transmitted to a data processing device connected to the reader in a data-conductive manner, and wherein the electronic data processing device reads, from the memory, the first information or second information assigned to the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier, and transmits it to the reader. ### Claim 25 (depends on 24) The method (12) according to claim 24, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is detected by a camera device of the reader in an automated manner and processed by a correspondingly-configured software module executed on the reader. ### Claim 26 (depends on 24) The method (12) according to claim 24, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is transferred to the reader manually by the user of the reader through a corresponding input device. ### Claim 27 (depends on 24) The method (12) according to claim 24, wherein at least one cell (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises orientation identifiers (8, 10) in order to specify the orientation of the 2-D identifier matrix. ### Claim 28 A method (12) for provisioning of first information in a machine-readable form, wherein the first information, in a first initialization step (13), is assigned a unique first database reference identifier consisting of at least one character, wherein in a subsequent first identifier transmission step (16), the first database reference identifier is transmitted onto a 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1), wherein each character of the first database reference identifier is represented by exactly one cell value (6), wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises cells (5), each of which is assigned a cell value (6), wherein the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises line-shaped boundaries (4) to demarcate the cells (5) and wherein the boundaries (4) and the cells (5) are configured such that the cell values (6) can be optically detected by a person, wherein in a subsequent second identifier transmission step (18), a unique second database reference identifier is transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) by marking of predetermined cells (5), wherein the second database reference identifier has been assigned to second information in a second initialization step (19). ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein at least one character of the first database reference identifier also comprises the second database reference identifier, so that at least one cell (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1) is marked both in the first identifier transmission step (16) and in the second identifier transmission step (18). ### Claim 30 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein the first information and/or the second information is transferred to an electronic data processing device by a user, wherein the first information and/or the second information is assigned the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier in an automated manner by a correspondingly-configured software module stored and executed on the electronic data processing device, and wherein the first information and/or the second information is stored in a memory of the electronic data processing device together with the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier respectively identifying the first information and/or the second information. ### Claim 31 (depends on 30) The method (12) according to claim 30, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is displayed to a user on a digital-electronic display device of the electronic data processing device or on an electronic display device of a client connected to the electronic data processing device in a data-conductive manner. ### Claim 32 (depends on 30) The method (12) according to claim 30, wherein the electronic data processing device is one or multiple server(s) connected to one another in a data-conductive manner. ### Claim 33 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein a not yet used 2-D identifier matrix (1) is printed or drawn manually on a suitable medium. ### Claim 34 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is manually transmitted onto the 2-D identifier matrix (1) in the first identifier transmission step (16) or the second identifier transmission step (18). ### Claim 35 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is assigned to other information in response to a corresponding user request. ### Claim 36 (depends on 30) The method (12) according to claim 30, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is read by a correspondingly-configured electronic reader in a detection step, and transmitted to a data processing device connected to the reader in a data-conductive manner, and wherein the electronic data processing device reads, from the memory, the first information or second information assigned to the first database reference identifier or the second database reference identifier, and transmits it to the reader. ### Claim 37 (depends on 36) The method (12) according to claim 36, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is detected by a camera device of the reader in an automated manner and processed by a correspondingly-configured software module executed on the reader. ### Claim 38 (depends on 36) The method (12) according to claim 36, wherein the first database reference identifier and/or the second database reference identifier is transferred to the reader manually by the user of the reader through a corresponding input device. ### Claim 39 (depends on 28) The method (12) according to claim 28, wherein at least one cell (5) of the 2-D identifier matrix (1) comprises orientation identifiers (8, 10) in order to specify the orientation of the 2-D identifier matrix.