Comments on: Google Product Search For Android Adds Barcode Scanning, Just As We Predicted

By: Stephan

Stephan — Tue, 19 May 2009 13:51:37 +0000

Hi Dean. What is your site?

By: Google Product Search For Android Phones Now Features Barcode Scanning

Google Product Search For Android Phones Now Features Barcode Scanning — Sat, 16 May 2009 13:11:49 +0000

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By: Brad Ackerman

Brad Ackerman — Sat, 16 May 2009 12:13:45 +0000

So they don’t want anyone buying stuff from them? Their loss. Got any names of stores that don’t want anyone’s business?

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Sat, 16 May 2009 11:39:30 +0000

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By: Sean Owen

Sean Owen — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:56:43 +0000

The strongest argument I can make against this is: Neomedia itself does not agree with you. We have spoken to their CEO — Alex from ShopSavvy has done the same — and heard nothing but support.

Certain investors keep making reckless statements about the patent, but, it does not make it true. I am not sure Neomedia appreciates the ‘help’, or their repetition, since it has damaged Neomedia by simply perpetuating its reputation as a patent troll.

I do suggest you read the amended patent — in particular the part about this only applying to predetermined relationships stored on a remote server. There is simply no barcode-to-URL mapping going on on a remote server here anywhere.

By: Elin Flint

Elin Flint — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:54:19 +0000

No. what he is saying is there is a direct link inside of the code to a website which runs the search on the UPC code. Neomedia does not own a patent on direct linking.

In reality, anyone can bypass the indirect route, by first linking to a page on the mobile web, and then have it forward to their desired result.

This is why Neomedia patent is useless. But they are too stubborn to realize the truth.

By: Elin Flint

Elin Flint — Fri, 15 May 2009 14:50:33 +0000

Um, no mention of Scanlife or Scanbuy?

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By: Bill Johnson

Bill Johnson — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:38:09 +0000

It has already been established that Google is infringing on Neomedia Technonolies’ patented technology… it has been a waiting game because of a re-review of a Neomedia patent, which was strongly upheld and confirmed. Now that that has concluded, Google will need to license Neomedia’s IP.

By: Puzzled

Puzzled — Fri, 15 May 2009 12:14:23 +0000

So you are saying that the contained within the phone itself a database of all the bar codes and the products they are printed on? It doesn’t refer to any remote server to associate the raw numbers from the code with the product associated with it?

By: EpicTrendz » Blog Archive » Google Product Search For Android Phones Now Features Barcode Scanning [Android]

Fri, 15 May 2009 09:51:08 +0000

[...] At the moment, Google claims that the service works best with “products like electronics, books, movies or video games,” but they are working to bring more products on board. Hopefully the iPhone will be able to take advantage of this service sometime in the near future. [Google via MobileCrunch] [...]

By: Sean Owen

Sean Owen — Fri, 15 May 2009 07:15:45 +0000

Yes, the scanning part is just Barcode Scanner, which has been around for a while and does also scan 2D barcodes. Launch it separately for that.

By: DigitalMediaBuzz.com

DigitalMediaBuzz.com — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:58:47 +0000

Does this scanning software also support 2D code scanning?

By: Sean Owen

Sean Owen — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:47:22 +0000

Neomedia does NOT own a patent on ‘all the technology relating to cell phone barcode scanning’ — read the patent to understand what it does cover, which is quite limited. In particular this is not an instance of ‘indirect’ encoding, nor is almost any barcode you would see.

By: mhall5

mhall5 — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:05:55 +0000

Won’t this constitute patent infringement lawsuit as NeoMedia Technologies owns all the technology relating to cell phone barcode scanning?

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ตามคาด! กูเกิลทำ Barcode Product Search สำหรับ Android แล้ว | Pantip Guide — Fri, 15 May 2009 06:02:04 +0000

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By: Lj Cweb

Fri, 15 May 2009 03:55:57 +0000

Yes this is cool. Hope to use this for our site CWEB.com in more ways than one….

By: Google and ShopSavvy | Texas Startup Blog

Google and ShopSavvy | Texas Startup Blog — Fri, 15 May 2009 03:51:07 +0000

[...] the Google Product Search group released a new feature that called the Android barcode intent. Greg Kumparak over at TechCrunch predicted that they would include the intent a while back and he must have been [...]

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Fri, 15 May 2009 02:48:00 +0000

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By: The Gungle – Android adds Barcode Scanning for Google Product Search

The Gungle – Android adds Barcode Scanning for Google Product Search — Fri, 15 May 2009 00:02:05 +0000

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By: Neno Brown

Neno Brown — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:32:32 +0000

Did google mention the fact that they will allow users to go in-store to shop for their goods via google maps with the use of the barcode technology.

Did they mention that they might allow the barcode reader to act as a make-shift metal detector to find those same said goods.

Google are on the tip, time to buy some more shares I thinks!

By: PanMan

PanMan — Thu, 14 May 2009 23:22:41 +0000

Anybody knows how to reach this?
google.com/products on my G1 shows the web version, and m.google doesn’t link to product search.

By: Thomas McKay

Thu, 14 May 2009 22:40:09 +0000

ZXing is a fantastic addition. My product, Wine by the Bar, uses it to skip past the tedious process of typing wine names. Just sip the wine, scan the barcode, and share with friends. (Or sip, save, search… or some other clever three-s tagline.)

Great stuff and ZXing deserves more credit than it gets.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 14 May 2009 22:39:37 +0000

Curious to see how well this works on non-autofocus Android phones when they come out in the mid-range. Zebra Crossing (zxing) needs sharp images. Or are they going to leave the barcode search feature out of mid-range Android implementations?

By: Sanjay Sharma

Sanjay Sharma — Thu, 14 May 2009 20:16:29 +0000

Yes! Because who wants to read all the google posts when twitter stories are surely to follow! Such is the word of Sanjay.