NeoMedia Technologies, Inc (NEOM)

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DD on NEOM Patent #5978773 -

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

2. Article of Commerce

para. 4 - ... "It is likely that new types of identification numbers will arise in the future, as well as new organizations for assigning and administering those numbers, and the present invention contemplates use of both existing and future extrinsic identification numbers and formats." [emphasis added]

para. 6 - "Third, the identification numbers may be encoded in a standard, machine readable format -- namely, bar codes. Other machine readable formats may also be used for this purpose, including magnetic stripes or optical character recognition (OCR), and the present invention could be practiced with product identification numbers encoded in those formats as well." [emphasis added]