Patent ID: 9576172
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method comprising: acquiring, by a computing system, a first machine-readable code; providing, by the computing system, the first machine-readable code on a display element; providing, by the computing system, a reader tool for reading at least a second machine-readable code, the reader tool being provided on the display element in conjunction with the providing of the first machine-readable code on the display element such that the reader tool and the first machine-readable code are at least temporarily displayed on the display element at a same time, wherein the second machine-readable code and a second reader tool for reading at least the first machine-readable code are provided on a second display element of a second computing system; and initiating, by the computing system, a reading of the second machine-readable code using the reader tool while the first machine-readable code is provided on the display element at the same time and while a representation of the second machine-readable code is displayed on the display element to appear at least partially within the reader tool, wherein the reader tool being provided on the display element enables a user to align the representation of the second machine-readable code on the display element at least partially within the reader tool on the display element, wherein the providing the first machine-readable code on the display element and the providing the reader tool on the display element are stopped by completing the reading of the second machine-readable code using the reader tool.