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Press Release: Global 013 - July 19, 2004
ScoringSystem, Inc. and Semacode Corporation
Launch Joint Venture Using Nokia Cell Phones
New technology presented at the NACAA agricultural agents' national convention in Orlando uses 2D DataMatrix and other barcodes allows actual web-based site-specific records to be read where data is actually collected.
Sarasota, FL -- July
19, 2004 -- At the NACAA convention ,
ScoringSystem, Inc. demonstrated their latest
innovation in a growing line of unique barcode
applications. Using the photographic capability of
the Nokia 6600 mobile phone, 2D DataMatrix
barcodes containing URLs are captured and decoded,
providing access to ScoringSystem web pages over
the Internet connection provided by the Nokia
phone. Semacode Corporation software, developed by
Simon Woodside's organization in Toronto, Canada
and installed in the Nokia phone, is able to
interpret the DataMatrix barcode, pass the decoded
URL to the Opera web browser, and display the
corresponding ScoringSystem web page and entity
data.
In addition to Nokia's expanding list of mobile
phones with the Symbian operating system, a number
of manufacturers are (or are soon planned to be)
capable of using Semacode's DataMatrix barcode
interpreting software, including Siemens, Sony
Ericsson, Samsung, and others. The equipment on
this growing list offers the minimum capability
necessary to support barcode reading: a camera
with high-quality imaging, an Internet connection,
a browser capable of proper page navigation and
display, the Symbian operating system, and of
course Semacode software to link the DataMatrix
barcode to ScoringSystem's web pages. This latest
technology for data collection and ScoringSystem
databank access joins the existing barcode
scanning, RFID, and color-coded imaging currently
available for tracking entities and providing
input for ScoringSystem.
NACAA convention attendees that crowded around the
ScoringSystem booth expressed a high level of
interest in how DataMatrix and PDF-417 2D barcode
scanning, and RFID reading, were being used to
access and update information in the web-based
databank. Many of the people visiting the booth
had very specific problems and ideas that they
were eager to discuss with ScoringSystem personnel
staffing the booth and demonstrating the features
of this unique technology. Some of these
applications involved: direct access of
site-specific agricultural records in remote
locations, such as actual field data collected for
databank update in real time; collecting direct
field records on many varieties of citrus and
landscape trees to track their growth and
installation history; commercial and university
research projects involving data collection for
field management projects, legal documents
management, and EPA and environmental records;
data collection and tracking for fish farming,
worldwide; and a wide variety of other major
projects.
The number of different applications for
ScoringSystem's databank and associated technology
in agriculture and other fields emphasizes that:
tracking, traceback, and traceup of livestock,
crops, vegetables, and a host of other entities is
a continuing, and extremely important, aspect of
the entire global food supply system; an
Internet-based databank is the only sensible way
to collect, store, update, maintain, and report
the information needed to do the job – quickly and
efficiently; and ScoringSystem continues to be the
only global databank company that is ready to
answer to this challenge with Site-Specific
Recordkeeping™ and a real traceback / traceup
solution.
ScoringSoccer.com is a division of ScoringSystem,
Inc., which is located in Sarasota, Florida and
specializes in providing solutions with mobile
data. Whether a perishable commodity or sports
player,
www.ScoringSystem.com and
www.ScoringSoccer.com can make managing your
data easier, and do it in an extremely cost
effective manner.
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