JumpScan Creates Digital Calling Cards From Small Town of Brevard

Ok, I have to admit that when I first saw this article I was interested because I saw the name "Brevard" next to Tech. I live in Brevard County Florida and was hoping that this awesome tech company was local! As I began to read farther, I realized that the article was about the company I used to provide my QR Code. (It appears in the upper right hand corner of my blog) I just wanted to pass along the good press and an inspirational story! Way to go JumpScan!

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Jason Sandford

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BREVARD — Phil Davis and his partners have created a physical link to the digital world they believe will forever change the way people share their contact information.

Their company is called JumpScan, and their innovation is a Web-based platform that allows a user to create a specialized bar code and easily share it. The QR code, which looks more like a blotchy stamp than a traditional stripy bar code, can contain all kinds of information, from a Web address to a phone number.

“I first saw QR codes in March or April of last year,” Davis said. “We started looking around, and we began to realize that there really wasn't a Web-based platform for the codes,” he said of his partners: his son, Ben Davis, and Web developer Mike McKearin.

So the company created JumpScan (www.jumpscan.com), a site that allows anyone to create a profile, then spit out a QR code that directs a user to a mobile-friendly profile page when it's scanned by a smart phone.

The result is the equivalent of a digital business card, Davis said.

“Imagine going to a restaurant, and the doors are closed, but there's a QR code right there on the door,” he said. “Anyone with a smart phone can scan it and get directed to a page that tells you what time it opens, what their lunch special is and Flickr photos of their food.”

The company launched in September. After tech websites Lifehacker and Mashable published stories about JumpScan on New Year's Eve, the company captured 5,000 users in one week, Davis said.

Interest is high in technology such as QR codes because “the digital epicenter is moving from the laptop to the palm-top,” and companies are focusing on mobile users, Davis said.

He cited statistics that show that Web-enabled phones will reach 50 percent market penetration in coming months, and that by 2013, more people will be accessing the Internet by mobile phones than by desktop computers.

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QR Codes: What Are They And What Do They Mean To You?

A Quick Response (QR) code is a two-dimensional code (similar to the bar code system) that can be scanned by smartphone cameras to automatically pull up text, photos, videos, music and URLs.

These codes are revolutionizing the way Americans interact in their offline world with online resources.

An example of a QR code is the one in the upper right hand corner of my blog. This is a QR Code generated by JumpScan This mobile-friendly Code allows me to point you the user to my social networking information in a snap.

These codes have been around since 1994 when invented by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave. They are already popular in Japan, consumers in the United States are just now beginning to take notice.

Relevant Links: How To Use QR Codes for Businesses?

JumpScan, Easy as Pie!

When I first came across JumpScan, I was confused. Sort of like the first time a teacher tried to explain pi to me.

Me in Math Class: "What??? Pi? Pie? the ratio of...what? A circle? 3.14...What?"

Me looking at JumpScan for the first time: "What??? I take a picture of what? And that lets me do what?"

But, as soon as I watched their video on youtube, I was sold on just how easy this program is.

It is simple, the website produces a QR code, you take a photo with your smart phone. The app downloads the information attached to the code and BAM, like a pie in the face you have contact information for all the various ways to reach you.

Take a photo of your friends QR code and BAM, their info is in your phone with nothing more than the press of one button!

Here is what the website says about it:

"JumpScan combines all your contact and social media information for quick, on-the-go sharing. No more typing, texting, entering and memorizing. Just generate your own JumpScan QR Code, and anyone with a smart phone can take a picture of the image, which automatically links to your personal JumpScan page. Point. Click. Connect. It's that easy!"

Check it out for yourself, jumpscan.com.

Hmm, I wanna go have pie now!