Using quick response code to generate an electronic consent database

摘要

Electronic consent for telemarketing calls can be obtained by soliciting consent from an individual using two-dimensional barcodes, such as quick response (“QR”) codes. The QR code can be printed on an advertisement and read by a smart phone. The reading of the QR code causes communication to be originated from the individual's smart phone for the purpose of requesting the individual to be contacted for a particular purpose. The communication can be construed by the enterprise as providing electronic consent for the enterprise to contact the individual with a subsequent telemarketing call. The sender's telephone number and other relevant information can be stored in an electronic consent database used to ensure compliance with appropriate marketing regulations.

主权项

1. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions thereon that when executed by a computer processor cause the computer processor to:
receive a message conveying consent for receiving at least one subsequent communication, wherein the message is sent in response to a device reading a two dimensional barcode (“2D Barcode”) provided on an advertisement associated with an advertising campaign and the message identifies the advertising campaign; identify an originating telephone number associated with the message; store a received date indicating when the message was received as proof of receiving the consent; receive a request for proof of the consent from a computer processing system, wherein the request is associated with the originating telephone number; and in response to receiving the request:
compare the originating telephone number to a list of do-not-call telephone numbers;in response to the originating telephone number matching one of the do-not-call telephone numbers on the list, determine whether the received date is later than a second date on which the do-not-call telephone number matching the originating telephone number was added to the list; andin response to determining the received date is later than the second date, provide verification of the consent to the computer processing system.