System and method for acquiring and sharing scheduling data

摘要

A system and method for the encoding of schedule data on a computing device and the retrieval, sharing and presentation of the schedule data on mobile computing devices is presented. The recurrent static portion of the schedule data is encoded by the computing device in a first two dimensional barcode image. Dynamic event data is encoded by the computing device in a second two dimensional barcode image, the second image containing only numeric data. The first and second images are acquired for processing by the mobile computing device which may display the barcode images for subsequent acquisition and processing by a second mobile computing device.

主权项

1. A method of transferring schedule data for a plurality of users to a mobile computing device, the method comprising;
separating schedule data for a plurality of users into static schedule data and event schedule data, the static schedule data being substantially fixed information for the users including identification information for each of the users, the event schedule data being substantially non-fixed schedule data including scheduling information for events for each of the users; defining a first data string corresponding to the static schedule data, the first data string comprising alphanumeric data; defining a second data string corresponding to the event schedule data, the second data string comprising numeric-only data; encoding a first two dimensional barcode representing the first data string; encoding a second two dimensional barcode representing the second data string, the second data string being configured to maximize a number of events storable in the second barcode; the first barcode and second barcode being transferable to a mobile computing device.