Patent ID: 9105139
Filing Date: 2015-08-11
Classification: G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A system for transmitting election results at poll closing from a plurality of voting devices to a central server, comprising: a plurality of voting devices located at a plurality of polling locations, wherein each voting device generates a machine-readable code that encodes the election results for the voting device and presents the machine-readable code by either displaying the machine-readable code on a display screen of the voting device or printing the machine-readable code on a printable medium; and a plurality of reading devices each of which is located at one of the polling locations, wherein each reading device comprises a smart phone or a tablet computer that uses a camera on the reading device to read the machine-readable code presented by at least one voting device at the polling location and transmits, at poll closing, the election results encoded in the machine-readable code for the voting device over a communication network to a central server located remote from each of the polling locations, wherein each reading device reads each machine-readable code and transmits the election results encoded in each machine-readable code to the central server by either (a) using the camera of the reading device to capture an image of the machine-readable code whereby the image is transmitted to the central server, wherein the central server decodes the election results from the image of the machine-readable code or (b) using the camera of the reading device to scan and decode the election results from the machine-readable code whereby the decoded election results are transmitted to the central server.