Thank you JP
What a great post !! Definitely 5-stars :)
In addition, as Success uncovered, Scanbuy's patent applications covering this space were either non-final rejections or final rejections:
20060011728 Mobile device gateway providing access to instant information
Transaction History
Date Transaction Description
03-22-2006 Mail Non-Final Rejection
03-20-2006 Non-Final Rejection
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20050011957 System and method for decoding and analyzing barcodes using a mobile device
Status: Final rejection
02-28-2006 Mail Final Rejection (PTOL - 326)
02-21-2006 Final Rejection
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20050004844 Integrating barcode scanner enabled services in existing e-commerce applications
Status
Transaction History
Date Transaction Description
03-23-2006 Mail Non-Final Rejection
03-20-2006 Non-Final Rejection
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20050029356 Scanner reader Active-X plug-in
Transaction History
Date Transaction Description
05-02-2006 Mail Final Rejection (PTOL - 326)
05-01-2006 Final Rejection
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20050029354 System associating sets of data into one barcode
Transaction History
Date Transaction Description
02-28-2006 Mail Non-Final Rejection
02-21-2006 Non-Final Rejection