Cloud-based system for processing of decodable indicia

A server communicatively coupled to a network, wherein:

• a client computer is communicatively coupled to the network, the client computer comprises an integrated imaging device and/or a peripheral imaging device, and the client computer is configured to acquire and process an image of a decodable indicia and transmit the processed image to the server;
• the server is configured for:
• executing at least one decoding process;
• while executing the at least one decoding process and responsive to receiving a decoding request comprising an image of a decodable indicia, decoding the decodable indicia into a decoded message;
• and
• while executing the at least one decoding process and responsive to completing a decoding operation, transmitting a decoded message to the client computer, wherein the decoded message comprises only a source identifier that is transmitted by the client computer to an external computer locally connected to the client computer to retrieve additional information corresponding to the source identifier from the external computer.

A method for decoding a decodable indicia, the method comprising:

• receiving a decoding request from a client computer, the decoding request comprising an image of a decodable indicia;
• decoding the decodable indicia in the image;
• and
• transmitting, to the client computer, a decoded message comprising only a source identifier corresponding to the decodable indicia, the source identifier transmitted by the client computer to an external computer locally connected to the client computer to retrieve additional information corresponding to the source identifier from the external computer.