qCodes™ Granted US Patent for a New Method for
Encoding & Communicating Addresses and Locations.
Every postal address and useful location worldwide is
assigned a unique, short, easy-to- communicate code
BRUSSELS -- A US patent has been granted for a revolutionary new method for encoding and communicating addresses and locations. The system was specifically designed to meet the needs of the 21st century. Classical postal addresses don’t meet these needs and latitude/longitude coordinates are not user-friendly. This new system, called qCodes™, assigns a unique human-friendly code to every postal address and virtually every useful location in the world using a maximum of 7 characters.
qCodes™ are not meant to replace classical postal addresses - they will always be with us. Latitude/longitude coordinates are the gold standard and are unbeatable when computers and software are communicating. qCodes™ are designed to offer a very easy-to-use way to pin-point and communicate postal address and other locations. They are very easy to transcribe and remember.
A qCode™ can be in any language and use any alphabet making them easily adoptable worldwide. qCodes™ for postal addresses will be free to use, just like postal/ZIP codes.
The qCode™ system helps to solve several 21st century location related issues where postal addresses are no longer sufficient or don’t even exist:
qCodes™ work easily with voice recognition systems such as Alexa and indoor geolocation systems.
The qCodes™ are assigned in a mnemonic manner making them very easy to transcribe and remember. For example: all addresses in Dallas Texas could have a qCode™ beginning with DA, such as DA-ABCD, DA-23DR, etc. Think of each postal address or useful location as having its own unique postal/ZIP code.
With smartphone accuracy to soon be 12 inches/30 cm, users can be guided directly to the front door of a building or business with pin-point accuracy.
Corporations can purchase custom Corporate qCodes™. Starbucks, for example, could have unique codes for each of their locations in the format, STB-DA23, a Starbucks in Dallas. Revenue from Corporate qCodes™ could easily exceed $150 million per year in the US alone.
Individuals can purchase Personal qCodes™, just like vanity license plates. In the US, revenue from this type of Custom qCodes™ is expected to easily exceed $200 million per year.
Merton Hale, the developer of qCodes™ said: “I set out to develop a system that could identify any location in the world with as short a code as possible. The result is qCodes™. I know it is hard to believe, but with only 6 or 7 characters a unique qCode™ can be assigned to every address or useful location in the world. Being only 6 or 7 characters long they make communicating addresses and locations fast, easy and very human friendly.”
qCodes™ is actively seeking funding and partners to bring qCodes™ to market.
About qCodes™
The qCode™ system was developed by a Belgian based start-up. US Patent 9,952,052 was granted on 24 April 2018. The qCode™ system is patent pending with the European Patent Office. More information at www.our-qcodes.com.
For more information contact:
Eoin O’Cuilleanain
qCodes™
Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 475 67 42 39
Email: eoin (at) our-qcodes.com
www.our-qcodes.com
A qCode™ can be in any language and use any alphabet making them easily adoptable worldwide. qCodes™ for postal addresses will be free to use, just like postal/ZIP codes.
The qCode™ system helps to solve several 21st century location related issues where postal addresses are no longer sufficient or don’t even exist:
- The “last mile problem” – precisely locating desired delivery locations which frequently do not have postal addresses.
- High definition addressing for autonomous vehicles.
- Makes “smart parking” even smarter.
- Easily and precisely locate objects that make up the Internet of Things (IOT).
- The vast amount of Open Data now available can be made more accessible and useful.
- Provides a low cost, flexible and efficient way to give addresses to the 4 billion people in the world currently without an addresses.
qCodes™ work easily with voice recognition systems such as Alexa and indoor geolocation systems.
The qCodes™ are assigned in a mnemonic manner making them very easy to transcribe and remember. For example: all addresses in Dallas Texas could have a qCode™ beginning with DA, such as DA-ABCD, DA-23DR, etc. Think of each postal address or useful location as having its own unique postal/ZIP code.
With smartphone accuracy to soon be 12 inches/30 cm, users can be guided directly to the front door of a building or business with pin-point accuracy.
Corporations can purchase custom Corporate qCodes™. Starbucks, for example, could have unique codes for each of their locations in the format, STB-DA23, a Starbucks in Dallas. Revenue from Corporate qCodes™ could easily exceed $150 million per year in the US alone.
Individuals can purchase Personal qCodes™, just like vanity license plates. In the US, revenue from this type of Custom qCodes™ is expected to easily exceed $200 million per year.
Merton Hale, the developer of qCodes™ said: “I set out to develop a system that could identify any location in the world with as short a code as possible. The result is qCodes™. I know it is hard to believe, but with only 6 or 7 characters a unique qCode™ can be assigned to every address or useful location in the world. Being only 6 or 7 characters long they make communicating addresses and locations fast, easy and very human friendly.”
qCodes™ is actively seeking funding and partners to bring qCodes™ to market.
About qCodes™
The qCode™ system was developed by a Belgian based start-up. US Patent 9,952,052 was granted on 24 April 2018. The qCode™ system is patent pending with the European Patent Office. More information at www.our-qcodes.com.
For more information contact:
Eoin O’Cuilleanain
qCodes™
Brussels, Belgium
Phone: +32 475 67 42 39
Email: eoin (at) our-qcodes.com
www.our-qcodes.com