# BCODE

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{{Short description|SMS message for encoding tickets}}
{{more citations needed|date=June 2013}}

A '''bCODE''' is an identifier that can be sent to a [mobile phone](/source/mobile_phone)/device and used as a ticket/voucher/identification or other type of token.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.questia.com/read/1G1-254261945/smart-subscribers-enjoy-free-movie-tickets-and-treats|title=SMART Subscribers Enjoy Free Movie Tickets and Treats Via BCODE Technology|date=18 April 2011|work=Manila Bulletin|accessdate=|archive-date=23 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140323085731/http://www.questia.com/read/1G1-254261945/smart-subscribers-enjoy-free-movie-tickets-and-treats|url-status=dead}}</ref> The bCODE is an [SMS](/source/SMS) message that can be read electronically from the screen of a [mobile device](/source/Handheld_device).  Bcodes can be sent by [text message](/source/Short_message_service), and as they are just a standard SMS they can be received on over 99% of all devices.

Bcodes have many uses such as [advertising](/source/advertising), [loyalty program](/source/loyalty_program)s, promotions, [ticketing](/source/Mobile_ticketing) and more.

== History ==
bCODE was developed by an [Australia](/source/Australia)n company from 2003 to 2005.

== bCODE Technology ==
A bCODE is a simple SMS text message that looks something like this:

{| class="wikitable"
|-
| bCODE
|-
| =TYHGV=WPLKN=
|-
| =XCNET=9Y32<=
|-
| =5YUFK=4UWKX=
|}

This text message is read from the screen of a mobile phone/device and decoded into a unique token ID.  This ID can then be used to supply the consumer with their own unique experience.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.bcode.com bCODE]

Category:Barcodes
Category:Encodings
Category:Automatic identification and data capture
Category:Access control

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