IP Library Granted Patent US 9,082,052
Granted Patent B2
US 9,082,052 · App. 14/102,902 · Granted Jul 14, 2015

Generating a hybrid quick response (QR) code

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Patent No.
US 9,082,052
App. No.
14/102,902
Granted
Jul 14, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An apparatus supporting hybrid quick response (QR) codes may include: a computer chassis; a dynamic display on the exterior of the computer chassis, the dynamic display configured to render dynamic QR code portions; and a static display that includes static QR code portions, where the static display is adapted to the chassis such that the static QR code portions and dynamic QR code portions rendered by the dynamic display comprise a single, hybrid scannable QR code.

Claims (27)

1. An apparatus for generating a hybrid Quick Response (QR) code for a computer system, the apparatus comprising a computer processor, a computer memory operatively coupled to the computer processor, the computer memory having disposed within it computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

identifying portions of a display that remain static for each of a plurality of QR codes, where each of the plurality of QR codes represents one of a plurality of error codes; and

generating a static display that comprises each of the identified static portions.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising computer program instructions that, when executed by the computer processor, cause the apparatus to carry out the steps of:

printing a static QR code display that includes the static portions;

adhering the static QR code display to an area proximate to a dynamic display of a computer system;

utilizing the dynamic display of the computer system to display dynamic portions of a QR code, wherein the dynamic portions and the static portions comprise a single, hybrid QR code.

3. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

printing the static QR code display includes printing a sticker that includes the static portions.

4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein:

adhering the static QR code display to an area proximate to a dynamic display of a computer system comprises adhering the static QR code so that a plurality of static portions border at least one side of the dynamic display of the computer system.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the error codes comprise a plurality of predefined error codes assigned to errors and a plurality of error codes reserved for assignment to errors.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein identifying portions of a display that remain static for each of a plurality of QR codes further comprises:

identifying the plurality of error codes capable of being displayed as a QR code including:

determining a number of error codes to be displayed;

identifying a range of Uniform Resource Locators (URLs) for the identified number of error codes to be displayed; and

identifying a number of QR code permutations for the range of URLs.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein:

the static portions of the static display comprise unique, scannable QR code.

8. An apparatus supporting hybrid quick response (QR) codes, the apparatus comprising:

a computer chassis;

a dynamic display on the exterior of the computer chassis, the dynamic display configured to render dynamic QR code portions; and

a static display comprising static QR code portions, the static display adapted to the chassis such that the static QR code portions and dynamic QR code portions rendered by the dynamic display comprise a single, hybrid scannable QR code.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the static QR code portions of the static display comprise a unique, scannable QR code.

10. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus comprises a rackmount server.

11. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the apparatus comprises a blade server.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 6, 2019
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE ASSIGNMENT DOCUMENT CONTAINING TYPO ERRORS PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 037101 FRAME: 0969. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Dec 28, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037689/0190 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 12, 2015
From: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
To: LENOVO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037101/0969 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2014
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: LENOVO ENTERPRISE SOLUTIONS (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.
Reel/Frame 034194/0353 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 11, 2013
From: RODRIGUEZ, ADRIAN X.; SOTO, FELICIA N.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 031758/0800 →