DYNAMIC GENERATION OF QUICK RESPONSE (QR) CODES FOR SECURE COMMUNICATION FROM/TO A MOBILE DEVICE

摘要

Dynamically generated quick response (QR) codes are used for secure communication to/from mobile devices. In one example, a QR code identifies a product or service selected by a user using a mobile device. The mobile device generates the QR code identifying the user's selection, and displays the QR code for reading by a retail kiosk. The retail kiosk, such as movie-rental kiosk, extracts the product or service selection encoded in QR code and provides the identified product or service to the user. The QR code can additionally identify a user account, such that payment for the product or service is automatically charged to the account identified from the QR code. In another example, the QR code is used to transfer money and/or credits between a user and a retailer, or between two users.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, in a mobile device executing a retail application, selection of a product or service by a user of the mobile device; generating, in the mobile device and based on the received user selection of the product or service, a quick response (QR) code encoding identification of the selected product or service and identification of a user account of the user of the mobile device; displaying, by the mobile device, the generated QR code such that the QR code can be communicated to a retail kiosk associated with the retail application to allow the retail kiosk to provide the selected product or service from the retail kiosk in response to having read the displayed QR code.