USING SCANABLE CODES TO OBTAIN A SERVICE

摘要

Disclosed are methods, systems and computer program products for surveying a user using a scanable information encoded graphic image, such as a bar code or a quick response (QR) code, near field communication (NFC) code/tag, radio frequency identification (RFID) code/tag. In one embodiment, a mobile communication device such as a smartphone, tablet computer or other mobile computer is adapted to include a scan client module for scanning and communicating scan-triggered service code in-formation to a scan-triggered application server. QR code scanning is accomplished by a camera module that is associated with the smartphone or other mobile computing device. The scan-enabled client module communicates the scanned QR code information to an associated server application for collecting, processing and reporting scan data.

主权项

1. A system for alerting a user to the presence of a food allergen or a food attribute via the scanning of a scanable code by a scan-enabled client module, the system comprising:
a computing platform including at least one processor: a server application module executable by or embodied within the at least one processor and configured to: receive, from the scan-enabled client module of a user, information that can be used to identify the user and food or beverage product identifying information obtained from the scanning of an associated scanable service code by a user; use the food or beverage product identifying information to access allergen information associated with the food or beverage product; use the user identifying information to access a food or beverage product allergen profile associated with the user; and based on the food or beverage product identifying information and the food or beverage product allergen profile associated with the user, determine if a food allergen notification should be provided to the user; and in response to determining that a food allergen notification should be provided to the user, provide the user with a food or beverage allergen alert notification.