CTIA Endorses 2D Barcodes
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Nothing misguided. My comments are directed towards two entities that hurt "openness" and free competition.
...and i'm not angry with "you" as an individual - you're only annoying.
David Harper
Whoa, don't shoot the messenger!
You anger is misguided ........ CTIA is the one who decided to adopt a proprietary 2D barcode symbology and indirect encoding for both Data Matrix and EZcodes.
I was just wondering where NeoMedia's patents fit into the overall scheme of things.
BTW, I have a feeling NeoMedia's patent will be just fine.
Cheers,
streetstylz
WTF are you thinking?
Support for an inferior, proprietary, and closed code format controlled by a few.
Indirect access though closed gateways rather then direct URLs resolved by DNS.
Lack of support for the open, standard, and IMHO superior QR Code format -- used worldwide with great success.
I'm disappointed that another walled garden is so easily going up.
...and ready to start tearing it down.
David Harper
Founder & CEO, Winksite
Every time a post mentioning 2D codes goes up on the web you or one of the other frustrated NeoMedia shareholders pop in with the same tired comments about the NeoMedia patent.
Which incidentally is in the process of being over turned by effort of the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Maybe just once one of you guys could step away from your obsessive, self-centered greed and think about supporting an open marketplace where anyone with an idea could have a chance to flourish.
Oh, how silly of me. What was i thinking?
I am curious where NeoMedia Technologies fits into the overall picture here?
Indirect encoding (patented by NeoMedia) is the process of linking the target information to an index (364528 for example) and putting that unique identifier into a 1D UPC/EAN or 2D barcode. The code reader on the mobile phone reads the barcode and sends the code data over the Internet to a central resolution server that will tell the mobile phone what action is associated with the index, i.e. access a URL, download media, initiate a phone call, ect.
NeoMedia Technologies has a suite of twelve issued patents covering the core concepts behind linking the physical world to the electronic world dating back to 1995. These patents cover various linkage methods including: Barcodes, RFID, Mag Stripe, Voice, and Other machine readable and keyed entry identifiers.
http://neom.com/13.html
Looking forward to your reply.
Thanks & best regards,
streetstylz