NeoMedia has been awarded a patent covering the capture and processing of bar codes explicitly from camera cell phones. NeoMedia’s technology enables capturing the image of a bar code by the camera device on a Web-enabled cell phone, and processing the bar code so as to deliver the appropriate URL – or Web-based information – to the user’s cell phone screen.

[via The Pondering Primate]

Another display of how the US patent office will issue a patent at the drop of a hat in orde to make a buck. This concept has been in commercial practice in Japan for a few years now. So very innovative NeoMedia...

Posted by: Kris Honeycutt at February 7, 2006 05:47 PM

more or less it's something like the Semapedia project

Posted by: Matteo at February 7, 2006 10:08 PM

It's also been done before with OP3 technology, 2 years ago. Not very innovative indeed.

Posted by: Flo at February 8, 2006 01:04 PM