Showing posts with label mobile barcodes. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mobile barcodes. Show all posts
Wednesday, August 29, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
Mobile Barcodes And Patent Trolls
Phone Scoop has an interesting post about patent trolls, mobile barcodes and Physical World Connection.
"a company called neomedia would constantly give me a hard time whenever i wrote about mobile barcodes (especially in Asia) because they claimed to own all the patents on this idea and swore that they did it first.
Neomedia is still around, and still making these same claims. But neomedia never made anything, they bought the intellectual property from cuecat (remember them?) and then put up a web page with examples of how their technology would work. Supposedly Neomedia finally has a working barcode reader now, but of course so does every phone manufacturer outside the US."
It's interesting to hear views and opinions on companies associated with the Physical World Connection.
This view seems to be more the standard than the exception.
"a company called neomedia would constantly give me a hard time whenever i wrote about mobile barcodes (especially in Asia) because they claimed to own all the patents on this idea and swore that they did it first.
Neomedia is still around, and still making these same claims. But neomedia never made anything, they bought the intellectual property from cuecat (remember them?) and then put up a web page with examples of how their technology would work. Supposedly Neomedia finally has a working barcode reader now, but of course so does every phone manufacturer outside the US."
It's interesting to hear views and opinions on companies associated with the Physical World Connection.
This view seems to be more the standard than the exception.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Fergie Uses Barcodes For Mobile Ticketing
This is a great mobile marketing idea that will build a database for future advertising. If Verizon and Fergie get permission from the consumer, they will have created a database for future advertising (albums, apparel, concerts etc).
Verizon and Shakira offered mobile barcodes before too.
Who "owns" the database of these people?
Will Fergie or her record company have to pay Verizon to use this database for future promos?
From Reuters Fergie fans will phone it in for tickets
Verizon Wireless is sponsoring the Black Eyed Peas vocalist's 20-city U.S. solo tour -- which kicked off May 8 in Seattle -- and in an unprecedented move is controlling the entire ticket distribution process.
By doing so, Verizon is conducting what is perhaps the biggest mobile ticketing experiment in the United States to date.
Verizon Wireless subscribers can get a ticket to Fergie's show via any of the following mobile tie-ins: by downloading any of Fergie's songs from the V Cast Music full-song download service or any of the new Fergie TV content on V Cast; by buying any Verizon-enabled Motorola phone; or by attending any of several planned in-store events at either Verizon Wireless or Kohl's stores.
Verizon will then send each fan a unique barcode that will be scanned by a special reader at each venue for entry.
Verizon and Shakira offered mobile barcodes before too.
Who "owns" the database of these people?
Will Fergie or her record company have to pay Verizon to use this database for future promos?
From Reuters Fergie fans will phone it in for tickets
Verizon Wireless is sponsoring the Black Eyed Peas vocalist's 20-city U.S. solo tour -- which kicked off May 8 in Seattle -- and in an unprecedented move is controlling the entire ticket distribution process.
By doing so, Verizon is conducting what is perhaps the biggest mobile ticketing experiment in the United States to date.
Verizon Wireless subscribers can get a ticket to Fergie's show via any of the following mobile tie-ins: by downloading any of Fergie's songs from the V Cast Music full-song download service or any of the new Fergie TV content on V Cast; by buying any Verizon-enabled Motorola phone; or by attending any of several planned in-store events at either Verizon Wireless or Kohl's stores.
Verizon will then send each fan a unique barcode that will be scanned by a special reader at each venue for entry.
Saturday, April 28, 2007
Washington Nationals Use Mobile Barcodes For Tickets
From Moldova Washington Nationals to deliver tickets to mobile phonesThe US people (?) can now be happy, because the Washington Nationals, MLB Advanced Media and Tickets.com announced that the Nationals have become the first major organization in the U.S. to deliver event tickets to mobile phones.
Using technology provided by Tickets.com, the Tickets@Phone program allows users to have their tickets sent to their phone via MMS or picture message.
The message includes a unique barcode and standard ticket information. The ticket received is scanned from the phone at a designated gate, allowing users to quickly enter the ballpark
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