System and method for presenting information about an object on a portable electronic device

摘要

Systems and methods are provided for enabling a portable electronic device to retrieve information about an object when the object's symbology, e.g., a barcode, is detected. According to one embodiment a method is providing in which symbology associated with an object is detected and decoded to obtain a decode string. The decode string is sent to one or more visual detection applications for processing, wherein the one or more visual detection applications reside on the portable electronic device, and receiving a first amount of information about the object from the one or more visual detection applications. The method also includes sending the decode string to a remote server for processing and receiving a second amount of information about the object from the remote server. The first amount of information is combined with the second amount of information to obtain cumulative information which is displayed on the portable electronic device.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
scanning an object using an electronic device wherein the object contains a Radio Frequency Identification Tag (RFID); detecting symbology associated with the object using the electronic device; decoding the symbology to obtain a decode string using one or more detection applications residing on the electronic device; sending the decode string to a remote server for processing; receiving information about the object from the remote server wherein the information is based on the decode string; displaying the information on a display device associated with the electronic device.