US 12,223,487 B2
Interactive kiosk for displaying a code that is imaged by a portable electronic to cause the portable electronic device to perform an operation and method thereof
Alan J. Gilbert, Westerville, OH (US); Peter D. Scantland, Upper Arlington, OH (US); Gregory S. Walker, Jr., Newark, OH (US); and Graham D. Conzett, Columbus, OH (US)
Assigned to IKE SMART CITY, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed by IKE Smart City, LLC, Columbus, OH (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/747,929.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/841,999, filed on May 2, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2020/0349543 A1, Nov. 5, 2020
Int. Cl. G06Q 20/18 (2012.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); G07F 9/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06Q 20/18 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); G06Q 20/325 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3276 (2013.01); G06Q 50/26 (2013.01); G07F 9/001 (2020.05)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A kiosk that communicates with a portable electronic device, the kiosk comprising:
a base constructed for installation in a public setting;
an interface that is supportable by the base, and receives user input corresponding to content requested by a user;
a control system comprising at least one computer processor that, as a result of executing computer-accessible instructions, causes the control system to access information stored by a non-transitory computer memory and generate an output comprising a computer-readable code related to the content requested by the user, wherein the non-transitory computer memory is located remotely of the kiosk, and the at least one computer processor receives at least a portion of the information in a transmission over a communication network; and
a display device operatively connected to the control system to graphically display the computer-readable code in a manner to be captured by an optical imaging device provided to the portable electronic device, wherein the computer-readable code encodes data conveyed to the portable electronic device optically in an anonymous manner, and wherein the computer-readable code is interpreted by the portable electronic device as a result of being captured by the optical imaging device, causing the portable electronic device to execute computer-executable instructions stored by the portable electronic device to perform an operation corresponding to the computer-readable code, wherein the computer-readable code causes the portable electronic device to perform the operation without requiring the portable electronic device to transmit data to the kiosk and without requiring communicating to the kiosk contact information of the portable electronic device and without requiring communicating to the kiosk personal information of the user such that the portable electronic device interacts with the kiosk anonymously.