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US 6,484,943 B1Granted
Method and system for assigning a computer interaction priority based on a machine-readable code
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsWilliam L. Reber, Cary D. Perttunen
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Abstract
Machine-read bar code data is received from a network access apparatus (64). A priority level is determined based on the bar code data. The priority level is assigned for the network access apparatus (64) to interact with a computer via a computer network (12).
Claims17
A method comprising:
- receiving bar code data from a network access apparatus;
- associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority and a respective computer address;
- determining a priority based on the bar code data;
- assigning the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a computer via a computer network;
- wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data;
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- wherein said determining the computer address comprises determining which respective computer address has the associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.
4 more elements
A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable content which directs a first computer to perform acts of:
- receiving bar code data from a network access apparatus;
- associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority and a respective computer address;
- determining a priority based on the bar code data;
- assigning the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a second computer via a computer network;
- wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data;
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- wherein said determining the computer address comprises determining which respective computer address has the associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.
4 more elements
A system comprising:
- a priority assignor to receive bar code data from a network access apparatus, to determine a computer address of the computer based on the bar code data, to determine a priority based on the bar code data, and to assign the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a computer via a computer network;
- wherein the bar code data comprises a first portion and;
- a second portion, wherein the priority assignor is to determine the priority based on the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein the priority assignor is to determimne the computer address based on the second portion but not the first portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.