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Also, in Wikipedia, Clawmann, scroll down a little further:
"Neomedia Technologies: System and method for automatic access of a remote computer over a network (USPTO upheld 2/2009; EFF challenge failed *[4]"
Up almost 5% today with 3.2 million shares traded so far.
You know, Success, when news of a successful patent re-certification gets out that covers exclusively on indirect barcode then that certainly bode very good news. What's more, prior that, you get people like Dennis Priddy, inventor of Data Matrix joining Neomedia ( http://streetstylz.blogspot.com/2008/07/data-matrix-inventor-joins-neomedia.html ), and you get Laura Marriott jumping on board a few months later ( http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS78260+07-Jan-2009+BW20090107 ) who is nationally recognized for her mobile marketing expertise. And so many other puzzle pieces that have fallen together over the last 6 months such as standardizations, successful trial studies and so on which bodes something that is about to take off. 2009 will be the beginning of a mobile marketing revolution and Neomedia is or will be smack dab in the middle of all this.
TFSA = Tax Free Savings Account.
http://ezinearticles.com/?TFSA---Tax-Free-Savings-Accounts-in-Canada-For-2009&id=1469664
Ah, the mask comes off. Why am I not surprised?
Haven't you been saying that for over a week?
Volvo campaign to include barcoded ads for quick response
LONDON - Volvo is set to launch a pan-European advertising campaign for its C70 marque that will include print ads with a specially integrated QR (Quick Response) barcode.
The Swedish car maker's Ice White campaign has been built around the theme "open up and come alive", and uses the print ads to provide readers with instant access to additional web content on their mobile.
Magazines included within the UK activity include Haymarket's What Car? and Autocar, and Dennis Publishing's Auto Express.
The five-month campaign, planned by Mindshare's Invention group, launches next week (9 March) in the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain and Sweden.
There will also be online display and search activity, driving traffic to a microsite with information about the Volvo C70.
In addition, banner ads and e-mail promotions will be served through an online affiliate program with the objective of generating a guaranteed number of leads.
Mindshare claims the activity will be highly targeted "in response to client's increasing need for deliverable results".
Activity has been coordinated by the worldwide Volvo team at Mindshare backed with local territory strategy.
Paul Walder, global marketing investment manager at Volvo Cars, said: "This is of course a rational, targeted approach, but also one that provides the best way to test and measure offer and media impact in terms of sales lead generation.
"In addition, the QR code application provides a great way to enable consumers to move from an offline to an online environment, to really enhance their information-gathering efforts."
http://www.mediaweek.co.uk/News/MostEmailed/887940/Volvo-campaign-include-barcoded-ads-quick-response/
Wait til the overall market hear about Neomedia and basement bargain prices.
Who Owns Mobile Marketing Strategies?
"As more consumers use the mobile Web, it's getting easier to reach them. According to a report from JP Morgan that used CTIA and Nielsen Mobile reports, there were about 56 million mobile Internet users in the United States. They project this number to grow to 77 million this year and 105 million in 2010.[ Smarter devices, better connectivity, and friendlier interfaces will fuel this growth."
http://www.clickz.com/3632998
In two years (2008 to 2010) the number of mobile internet users will doubled from 56 to 105 million mobile internet users. This would make up 1/3 of the U.S. Population (300+ million).
In China 2008 year alone the number of mobile internet users jumped 118% with almost 300 million mobile internet users. The growth pace will continue to be explosive for 2009 as well seeing that their 3G infrastructure is finally in place and continues to grow.
http://english.cri.cn/6826/2009/01/14/65s443600.htm
Since China's mobile internet users is at around 300 million with a country population of 1.3 billion which means the number of mobile internet users make up 1/4 of the country's population. By the end of 2009 that ratio should easily increase to 1/3 of the population.
From Nielsen on the definition of tipping point or critical mass:
"Nielsen Mobile believes that the mobile Internet marketing opportunity has reached critical mass in 2008 and will grow substantially into 2009. But what does “critical mass” actually mean? The term “critical mass,” now widely used to refer to a milestone point attained in a population, closely related to the idea of a tipping point, comes from the world of nuclear science, where it describes the point at which fissile material is of sufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction.
Mobile Internet is today at a point of sufficient mass to sustain a chain reaction of rapid growth in consumer adoption, and in turn, mobile Internet marketing. As with a nuclear reaction, mobile Internet has reached critical mass through the modification of several different attributes. While critical mass in nuclear reactions is affected by attributes such as fuel, shape, temperature and density, mobile Internet adoption reached critical mass through a confluence of device availability, network speeds, content availability and, most importantly, consumer interest."
http://www.nielsen.com/consumer_insight/issue9/ci_story6.html
"We believe mobile Internet has reached a critical mass as an advertising medium in the US. As ofMay 2008, there were 40 million active users of the mobile Internet in the US, with individual sites that attract millions of unique users. This provides scalable marketing potential with demographic
breadth." - this was reported in a June 2008 Nielsen report.
http://www.nielsenmobile.com/documents/CriticalMass.pdf
Dean Wood of Neomedia - "I am sure we will begin to see 2D barcodes appearing everywhere on a daily basis."
http://www.neom.com/press-030409.php
More stuff "Moving with the time" by Airline International- http://cargo2000.com/NR/rdonlyres/4965D81E-90F3-4A5A-BE9C-4A8BEE2FBA87/0/AIapril.pdf
Palate cleanser. Here's a cool YouTube video about QR code and Legos.
75% of respondents indicate an interest this year in entering or expanding an online marketing area like mobile marketing. "Client demand for online capabilities emerged as this year's key driver," AdMedia explains. "Driving this may be the maturing of interactive marketing services and the belief that interactive is now a standard component of the marketing mix."
http://www.thedeal.com/dealscape/2009/03/media_execs_bullish_about_ma.php
Um, when you sell somebody buys it. eom
0.007 at 2.9 million shares.
Up 9.4%.
Hope the shorts continue to eat their shorts. They deserve it.
Krays, it does look like it. http://neom.com/xelia.php
hijacker, hangdog was refering to 4 billion phones globally from rwandrw's copy and post of an article that said that.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=35994885
Such a dour person.
JP, Neom (see link) is no longer with Cellufun per bleedingedge.
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=26835675
2D barcode tag war game on YouTube video
I think Sean O. is trying patent the bob and weave method when it comes to answering questions about Neomedia's patent(s).
And just as well, this indirect encoding process is much more efficient for companies to have their hands on as way to gage users interaction with barcodes, get demographic results, other vitally important statistics and much more on the fly as soon as someone clicks on a barcode to get the information they're looking for. Neomedia patented this method long before anybody else did. So, with this down turn in the economy this process makes it even more valuable for companies to have in order to help boost profits, streamline their marketing efforts and so on. I'm sure companies do not want to wait but are anxious to get their ships moving in the mobile ad space.
(see http://www.neom.com/products.php )
From yesterday,
A report in to mobile audience metrics will aid firms in creating and running marketing campaigns, it is claimed.
The study, from international mobile body GSMA and a task force including Telefonica, Vodafone, Orange, T-Mobile International and 3, will take the guesswork out of mobile marketing, GSMA says.
“Access to transparent measurement is essential in establishing mobile as a legitimate advertising medium,” comments Rob Conway, chief executive officer and board member of the GSMA.
This is the first time marketers have had access to this sort of mobile audience data, he continues, and will enable them to better-plan marketing campaigns.
http://www.zerostrategy.com/mobile-marketing/835123-mobile-marketing-report-will-aid-campaign-success/
No kidding?
I think all of us longs and other institutions easily hold 35%, maybe 40% of the total number NEOM shares. Might be a factor on helping push the pps up a little each day.
rwandrw, we are not in the position to tell people in this forum (nor is it anybody business, btw) on when to buy or sell. You do your due diligence and know your risk tolerance when it comes to buying stocks. The key thing to remember is the USPTO ruling on Patent '048.
Please continue to ask questions here and elsewhere since it is your money. But if you hadn't noticed this board has become invaluable when it comes to learning about Neomedia and their patents by knowledgeable Neomites. After all, we're now just getting started with Web 2.0.
Yep. Just let them stew. Time to move on to *greener* pastures.
Yorkville Advisors.
http://www.yorkvilleadvisors.com/
Yorkville Advisors is the principle investor and majority debt holder for NeoMedia Technologies.
They helped provide the funding to Neomedia. For example,
http://www.gomonews.com/neomedia-secures-usd-87-million-financing-from-yorkville-advisors/
That may well mean EFF is no longer interested in pursuing after Neomedia for any of their patents.
NEOM...noooooo!!!! Outstanding shares back in April/May of 2005 was NOT 1.3B !
As of May 3, 2005, there were 448,480,725 outstanding shares of the issuer's Common Stock.
http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1022701/000114420405015843/v018098_10qsb.txt
Good week so far. Heck, even last night playing online poker against 8000 other players (stud high low, limit) I came out winning the tournament (freeroll) and will soon compete in the 2nd round of poker (Hold 'em) this Sunday for some free cash. Took me 5+ hours to finish and win the game even though I was the chip leader like for the last two hours of my game. LOL. A little fun there.
Just stay in there and perservere. In the end, you get your reward.
Up 33% since Monday this week. I guess stock shorting has been profitable this week.
This isn't over, not by a long shot. It's really just getting started now that '048 is rock diamond hard.
BC, one thing tho. I takes awhile to educate the consumers/"investors" about the patents that Neomedia holds and the vast differences between direct and indirect linking. If it took Neomedia 2, 3 or 5 years to educate the carriers, brand companies, phone makers, etc about the differences then how long would it take to educate new NEOM "investors" whose only see the very, very short term of things (ie penny flippers) rather than simply take advantage of basement prices, sit back and watch it grow. This is the Web 2.0 we're talking about. Google made billions off of Web 1.0 with immobile computers attached to a desk. We now have very mobile computers called cell phones that are now internet and camera capable. It takes a while for newbies to come in here and learn about Neomedia and be confident about their patents and what the future holds for them, which is pretty darned big.
Green. .0055/.0059 4.7 million.
0.0058/0.0059 4.1 million
Mobile Barcodes by Bena, a revisit.
Feb 22, 2008.
Mobile Barcodes 101: Understanding Mobile Barcodes (sponsored by NeoMedia Technologies)
Mobile barcodes are on the verge of becoming a global phenomenon, but what exactly are they, what do they do, and for whom? We became familiar with the original, linear barcodes (or 1D), from our supermarket shopping in the 1980’s (although the technology was patented in the 1950’s). They comprise a series of vertical black lines and white spaces of variable width, representing numbers, which are read (or decoded) by a barcode reader to extract the information they bear.
However, as barcodes were used in an ever greater variety of environments beyond straightforward stock control, they became longer and longer as people tried to pack more information onto them. A new generation of barcodes was devised in the 1990’s, usually referred to as 2D or matrix codes. They are formed by patterns of black and white squares arranged on a (usually) square grid and can encode thousands of alphanumeric and other characters in virtually any language. Immediately the size and capacity problem was solved, opening the way for applications that had never been considered.
Another radical and exciting advancement in barcode reader technology allowed the camera in a mobile phone to act as a reader. Mobile phones can now be enabled to read a variety of 2D mobile barcodes. These include QR codes, Data Matrix, Cool-Data-Matrix, Aztec, Upcode, Trillcode, Quickmark, shotcode, mCode and Beetagg.
The vast majority of symbologies are in the public domain, which means they can be used by anyone without restriction and without payment of a fee or royalty. This public approach gives rise to internationally recognised standards, global interoperability, and creates an economy of scale. This is a great boon for advertisers and consumers (both of whom are the mobile operators’ customers) because only one software client is required to read any code. For the operators, this translates to greater choice and more competitively priced equipment.
Unfortunately, some barcode developers have chosen the proprietary route, which means they keep control of their own codes, the information that is permitted to be encoded and charge a fee or royalty for their use. These issues and the lack of interoperability usually means that proprietary barcodes tend to be used in controlled, closed environments, rather than in open, public systems around the world.
The most common use of mobile barcodes is to request information or a service or content from a Web site. It might be details of a promotion, or a discount voucher via SMS or MMS, or to activate a download such as a ringtone, music track or game, or click to call an IVR or human agent, or buy a travel or concert ticket. The advertiser pays the set-up costs as well as its operator partner on a per-click, download, view, redeemed coupon, ticket sale or call, depending on the campaign.
The key is that mobile barcodes are a pull technology, a permission-based way for a consumer to engage with an advertiser or medium. This is a very important attribute since there is a great deal of consumer angst and regulatory concern about intrusive mobile marketing: mobile barcodes are a world away from pushing unsolicited spam via SMS or MMS. Big brands are understandably wary of engaging in any advertising activity that compromises their reputation by alienating their customers and have stayed away from these kinds of push campaigns.
The pull of mobile barcodes overcome these issues and offer a direct, accountable way of connecting with consumers. However, if mobile barcodes are to succeed as an advertising medium, a high level of back-office integration is necessary, which reinforces the importance of open standards for processes and interfaces. Operators will need to demonstrate to the world’s biggest brands that the barcode scanning transactions are accurate, reliable and defendable because they are going to charge that brand for every click.
The precedent is there: Google has built a multi-billion dollar, online business on this per click or interaction model with its Google AdWord/AdSense, which provides advertisers with reliable, accountable records of their users’ transaction history and an accurate invoice, plus timely and granular revenue share payments to other parts of the ecosystem. In mobile, unlike online, there is the additional challenge that these mechanisms have to work across carriers, across countries and across currencies.
So the stage is set. With 2D barcode scanning, advertisers have a reliable, permission-based mobile channel open to them. Consumers love them as an easy way of using mobile technology to engage with services and media they are interested in, as has been demonstrated in spades in Japan, where mobile barcodes are part of everyday life. This is because Japan is unusual in having a very dominant operator, NTT DoCoMo, which decided to endorse QR codes and ensured that all new handsets had QR code client software embedded in them. The rest is history, but this approach is not applicable to markets in most other countries, which typically have four or five operators competing against each other.
The challenge now is to ensure that any brand advertiser can run the same ad campaign in Singapore, London and Seattle instead of having to produce and run different campaigns in each country and for every operator. The inability to do this has been another big inhibitor to mobile advertising. Mobile barcodes have the potential to overcome these issues and become the mainstream, global phenomenon that they could and should be. However to attain this goal, the various parties that make up the ecosystem and the various warring factions within the mobile barcode industry need to come together and work on common standards* that will be to everyone’s advantage.
This paper was written independently but sponsored by NeoMedia Technologies
http://msearchblog.com/2008/02/22/mobile-barcodes.aspx
This is my last post for today.
70% of respondents used their mobile phones to access information through Internet search engines last year, reports ABI research from data in surveys in 2007 and 2008. That represents a substantial 14% increase over 2007. The consumption of mobile data services, including search, has steadily increased year over year as indicated by the use of email and web from a mobile phone.
That jump in mobile search usage is nearly double the increase in users who said they accessed mobile websites generally. "Mobile search represents a utility for information anytime and anywhere," says senior analyst Jeff Orr. "With a few keywords, one can quickly identify movie times, the discography of a musical artist, recommendations for a local eatery and so much more."
Some types of content accessed via mobile phones rose in popularity from 2007 to 2008. These included news, game downloads, music downloads, and especially video downloads. A significantly lower percentage in 2008 reported downloading a ringtone than the prior year, while the interest in location information, social networking and sports remained about the same.
February 25, 2009 -
http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/2009/02/mobile_search_doubled_news_games_music_video_popular_says_abi.html
A certain pessimistic "beer fellow" (all yellow with no body) complained somewhere recently in yahoo land that people won't be able to afford monthly internet connection, hence, a "dour" prospect for Neomedia. He needs to grow up.
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February 17, 2009 12:35 PM
The Mobile Entertainment Forum published its first quarterly Business Confidence Index (BCI) for the $32bn global mobile entertainment industry. It shows the industry is confident it will continue to grow despite the economic downturn. MEF members, predicted an average revenue growth of 27% in 2009.
As well as being optimistic about the growth of the industry as a whole, the MEF BCI identified a number of areas within mobile entertainment which are set to grow throughout 2009. The top five areas of growth were cited as:
Social Networking.
Music.
Video.
Games.
Infotainment.
When asked whether demand for mobile entertainment consumption would be impacted by the credit crunch, over half of respondents said they saw mobile entertainment as a 'feel good' affordable purchase and it would therefore be resilient to the effects of the downturn.
The MEF BCI also reveals the spread of mobile entertainment revenues across the globe, with China and Central & South America being seen as hotspots over the next twelve months and respondents predicting growth in excess of 50% in both regions.
http://www.wirelessandmobilenews.com/2009/02/mef_confident_that_mobile_content_will_profit_even_in_downturn.html
Can anyone explain in plain English "browser redirect command"?
Thanks! All clear now. eom
Claw, pretty big jump for a "typo" when letters and words are not even remotely similar.
US Supreme Court: Antitrust
Top Home > Library > Law & Legal Issues > US Supreme CourtAntitrust law consists of a body of statutes, judicial decisions, and enforcement activities designed to check business activities posing a threat to free‐market competition. The core antitrust concern with competition reflects a fundamental belief that economic questions are generally best determined in the American economy through a process of independent, competitive decision-making by profit-seeking firms striving to serve customers who seek maximum satisfaction through their choices among market alternatives. Antitrust law aims to protect economic competition by prohibiting collusive, exclusionary, and monopolistic practices that restrain competition and thereby pose a danger of increased prices and reduced output, quality, and innovation. It contrasts with other forms of economic regulation that directly prescribe the number, rates, and service offerings of particular firms, for example, in “natural monopoly” settings where economies of scale are thought to preclude active multifirm competition.
http://www.answers.com/topic/antitrust
And I wonder if this "federal question" would lead to the idea of an anti-trust concept pointing to Neomedia's patent(s) (i.e. '048)
Maybe because the cause of action is a "federal question" and not about infringement?
Claw?
http://dockets.justia.com/search?q=Neomedia+Technologies%2C+Inc.