Fixed retail scanner with multi-port network switch and related methods of managing access to network devices
AssigneeDatalogic IP Tech S.R.L.
InventorsBrett Howard, Kyle Frischman
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a fixed retail scanner including a data reader having a multi-port network switch disposed within a housing of the data reader. The multi-port network switch is configured to be configurable to provide security features to the network, including method for locking ports of the switch to specific scanner accessories and other devices, creating virtual local area networks for the devices of the date reading system, and other locating features over the network.
Claims20
A fixed retail scanner, comprising:
- a housing;
- a base scanner including one or more internal camera modules and a main board including one or more processors disposed within the housing;
- one or more scanner accessories;
- and
- a multi-port network switch operably coupled with the base scanner and the one or more scanner accessories, wherein the multi-port network switch is configured to configure access to the network responsive to a user input received by at least one of the base scanner or the one or more scanner accessories,
- wherein the base scanner is configured to read a configuration barcode and instruct the multi-port network switch to lock access to each port on a per port basis based on detecting unique identifiers of each individual device currently connected to the multi-port network switch at its respective port during a learning phase.
A fixed retail scanner comprising:
- a housing;
- a base scanner including one or more internal camera modules and a main board including one or more processors disposed within the housing;
- one or more scanner accessories;
- and
- a multi-port network switch operably coupled with the base scanner and the one or more scanner accessories, wherein the multi-port network switch is configured to configure access to the network responsive to a user input received by at least one of the base scanner or the one or more scanner accessories,
- wherein the base scanner is configured to read a configuration barcode and instruct the multi-port network switch to create one or more virtual local area networks (VLANs) in response thereto.
A fixed retail scanner comprising:
- a housing;
- a base scanner including one or more internal camera modules and a main board including one or more processors disposed within the housing;
- one or more scanner accessories;
- and
- a multi-port network switch operably coupled with the base scanner and the one or more scanner accessories, wherein the multi-port network switch is configured to configure access to the network responsive to a user input received by at least one of the base scanner or the one or more scanner accessories,
- wherein at least one of the base scanner or the one or more scanner accessories is configured to provide feedback to a user in response to a locator request generated by the user's device connected to a common network as the multi-port network switch.
A method for configuring network access to a fixed retail scanner, the method comprising:
- connecting a base scanner to a multi-port network switch disposed within a common housing of the fixed retail scanner;
- connecting one or more scanner accessories to the multi-port network switch;
- receiving a user input via at least one of the base scanner or the one or more scanner accessories;
- and
- configuring the multi-port network switch to manage access to the network for communication through the multi-port network switch responsive to the user input, wherein configuring the multi-port network to manage access to the network includes creating one or more virtual local area networks (VLANs) responsive to the user input.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.