qCodes Granted US Patent for a New Location Encoding System

BRUSSELS, July 9, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- A US patent has been granted for a revolutionary new location encoding system specifically designed to meet the needs of the 21^st 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 all 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 21^st 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.

Unlike other location encoding methods such as What3Words or Google's Open Location Codes (Plus Codes); qCodes™ do not have to change when a more precise location becomes available or a location (parking entrance, bus stop, etc.) changes. qCodes™ specify a location much more accurately than any other method.

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.

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: [email protected]
www.our-qcodes.com

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