Patent ID: 9715666
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: G06Q,Y02A

Claim:
1. A method for supply chain management using mobile devices comprising: receiving identifying information by a server from a mobile device via an electronic data network; the information identifying a product; querying a traceability server via the network for recall data, master data and event data related to the product using the identifying information; recording, on the server, a location at which the identifying information is acquired by the mobile device and comparing this location with shipping and location records in the master data event data to determine if the product is in an expected location; processing the location, recall data, master data, and event data to produce product data; and outputting the product data to the mobile device; in which the identifying information for a product comprises: a color barcode image acquired using a color camera on the mobile device, in which a weighting of at least one color channel of the barcode is reduced to reduce noise in the color barcode image.