Active tag codes

A game console, comprising:

• a logic subsystem configured to execute computer-readable instructions;
• and
• a storage subsystem holding instructions executable by the logic subsystem to:
• receive an input of a frame of audio and/or image data from a sensor system capturing information presented by a mobile computing device;
• detect in the frame of audio and/or image data a first portion of an active tag code, the active tag code generated by a remote service based on user-input information including an identification of a game to be obtained for the game console;
• receive an input of a later frame of audio and/or image data from the sensor system;
• detect in the later frame of audio and/or image data a second portion of the active tag code;
• decode the first portion and the second portion of the active tag code to obtain respectively a first subset of a set of information encoded by the active tag code and a second subset of a set of information encoded by the active tag code, the set of information including the identification of the game;
• and
• obtain the game identified in the set of information.

On a mobile computing device comprising a display, a method of conducting a transaction in which a game is purchased for a game console, the method comprising:

• receiving an input of user information to be encoded in an active tag code, the input including an identification of the game;
• generating the active tag code, the active tag code comprising a set of information including the user information;
• displaying a visual representation of a first portion of the active tag code on the display to a sensor system communicatively connected with the game console, the first portion of the active tag code encoding a first subset of the set of information;
• and
• after displaying the visual representation of the first portion of the active tag code, displaying a visual representation of a second portion of the active tag code to the sensor system, the second portion of the active tag code encoding a second subset of the set of information.