Graphical user interface features for a mobile device coupled to a barcode scanner
AssigneeAllscripts Software, LLC
InventorsMatthew David Dreselly Thomas, Wyatt Nordstrom, Ariel Noel Norton
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Abstract
Described herein are various technologies pertaining to mobile computing devices that are communicatively coupled to barcode scanners. A mobile computing device is configured to provide feedback (visual and/or audible) pertaining to a scan of a barcode performed by a barcode scanner that is communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device.
Claims20
A mobile computing device comprising:
- a display;
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, from a barcode scanner that is external to the mobile computing device and communicatively coupled to the mobile computing device, an indication as to whether the barcode scanner successfully scanned a barcode, wherein an application executing on the mobile computing device is configured to receive data encoded in the barcode as input;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication and based upon the indication, causing the display to present graphical features thereon, wherein the graphical features are overlaid upon a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application executing on the mobile computing device, and further wherein the graphical features are indicative of whether the barcode scanner successfully scanned the barcode.
A method executed at a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
- receiving, from a barcode scanner that is external to the mobile computing device and in communication with the computing device, an indication as to whether a scan of a barcode by the barcode scanner was successful, wherein the mobile computing device executes an application that receives data encoded in barcodes as input;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication, and based upon the indication, displaying graphical features on a display of the mobile computing device, the graphical features are configured to inform an operator of the mobile computing device as to whether the scan was successful, and further wherein the graphical features are overlaid upon a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application that is being displayed on the display.
A mobile computing device comprising a computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by a processor of the mobile computing device, cause the processor to perform acts comprising:
- receiving, from a barcode scanner that is external to the mobile computing device and in communication with the mobile computing device, an indication as to whether a scan of a barcode by the barcode scanner was successful, wherein the mobile computing device executes an application that receives data encoded in barcodes as input;
- and
- responsive to receiving the indication and based upon the indication, displaying graphical features on a display of the mobile telephone, the graphical features indicative of whether the scan was successful, and further wherein the graphical features are overlaid upon a portion of a graphical user interface (GUI) of the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.