Two-dimensional cryptographic poly-chromatic poly-digital code
View Patent ↗A system and method employing two-dimensional, cryptographic, poly-chromatic, poly-digital codes (“polycodes”) that may be employed in connection with various digital transactions and communications applications are disclosed. In some implementations, a polycode may generally comprise a plurality of discrete code cells arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, each of the plurality of code cells displaying a combination of zero or more pure chromatic inputs representing an encoded integer; the number of possible combinations of pure chromatic inputs is equal to the number of possible integer values such that a discrete combination of pure chromatic inputs is unique to a discrete integer that is used in the polycode.
1. A polycode data structure comprising:
a plurality of discrete code cells arranged in a two-dimensional matrix, wherein the matrix comprising the plurality of discrete code cells represents a unique code string of integer values, each of the plurality of code cells displaying a combination of zero or more pure chromatic inputs representing an encoded integer in the unique code string, wherein a number of possible combinations of pure chromatic inputs is equal to a number of possible integer values such that a discrete combination of pure chromatic inputs is unique to a discrete integer that is used in the polycode.
2. The polycode data structure of claim 1 further comprising a non-code cell positioned in a known location within the matrix.
3. The polycode data structure of claim 2 wherein the non-code cell is an orientation cell that establishes a principal orientation of the matrix.
4. The polycode data structure of claim 2 wherein the non-code cell is a validation cell that establishes that the polycode is not corrupted.
5. The polycode data structure of claim 1 wherein the matrix is a regular polygon.
6. The polycode data structure of claim 1 wherein the matrix is a circle.
7. The polycode data structure of claim 1 wherein the matrix is disposed on an article of manufacture.
8. The polycode data structure of claim 1 where in the matrix is presented on a display.
9. The polycode data structure of claim 1 wherein the matrix is associated with metadata.
10. The polycode data structure of claim 9 where in the metadata are representative of information related to a good or service.