US 11,809,932 B2
Printed products having machine-readable code for creating secure links
Patricia J. Donaldson, Pittsford, NY (US); Stuart Schweid, Pittsford, NY (US); Michael B. Monahan, Webster, NY (US); Roger L. Triplett, Penfield, NY (US); and Douglas R. Taylor, Webster, NY (US)
Assigned to Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed by Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US)
Filed on Dec. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/557,123.
Prior Publication US 2023/0196048 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 19/06103 (2013.01) [G06F 3/1222 (2013.01); G06F 3/1238 (2013.01); G06F 3/1243 (2013.01); G06K 19/06178 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method comprising:
providing access to a variable data printing app on at least one computer server, wherein the variable data printing app is adapted to:
be accessed by designer devices;
add machine-readable code to printable items while operating on the designer devices; and
create a decoder app adapted to decode the machine-readable code while operating on the designer devices; and
providing access to a code detection app on the computer server, wherein the code detection app is adapted to:
be accessed by user devices; and
receive user identification information while operating on the user devices,
wherein the designer devices validate a user device based on validity of the user identification information transmitted by the user device,
wherein the variable data printing app is adapted to transmit the decoder app to validated ones of the user devices while operating on the designer devices,
wherein the printable items are adapted to be physically printed as printed products,
wherein the user devices are adapted to capture at least one user-acquired image of at least one of the printed products, and
wherein the code detection app, operating on the user device, is adapted to decode the machine-readable code in the designer devices using the decoder app.