Taking Device Inventory using Dynamically Generated Symbols
AssigneeTexas Instruments Incorporated
InventorBinu Ariyappallil Joseph
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Abstract
A method for inventorying one or more devices may be initiated by receiving an input command to request a device identification (ID) for one of the devices. A unique ID image that is indicative of the ID of one device may then be dynamically created. The unique ID image may be displayed on a display screen coupled to the one device, whereby the unique ID image is available to be observed by an inventory input device. The unique ID image may be a quick response (QR) bar code. The display screen may be part of a hand-held calculator, and the one device may be a network module coupled to the hand-held calculator.
Claims11
A method for inventorying one or more devices, the method comprising:
- receiving an input command to request a device identification (ID) for one of the devices;
- dynamically creating a unique ID image that is indicative of the ID of one device;
- and
- displaying the unique ID image on a display screen coupled to the one device, whereby the unique ID image is available to be observed by an inventory input device.
A method for inventorying one or more devices, the method comprising:
- creating a picture image using a camera of a dynamically created unique identification (ID) image from a display screen coupled to one of the devices, wherein the unique ID image is indicative of the ID of the one device;
- determining an ID number for the one device by processing the unique ID image contained in the picture image by a remote device;
- and
- recording the ID number for the one device in an inventory list maintained by the remote device.
A handheld calculator comprising:
- a processor coupled to a storage memory, the processor operable to execute software instructions stored in the memory;
- a display screen coupled to the processor;
- and
- a wireless module coupled to the processor, wherein a unique identification (ID) number is stored within the wireless module;
- wherein by executing the software instructions, the processor is operable to perform a method comprising:
- receiving an input command to request a device identification (ID) for the wireless module;
- dynamically creating a unique ID image that is indicative of the ID of the wireless module;
- and
- displaying the unique ID image on the display screen, whereby the unique ID image is available to be observed by an inventory input device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.