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US 7,028,906 B2Granted
System, method, and apparatus for communicating information between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner
Assigneeecrio, inc.
InventorsNagesh Challa, Venkata T. Gobburu
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for communicating information encoded in a bar code format between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner. Transmission information data is encoded into a bar code format. A signal is generated from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and the signal is transmitted as light pulses from the mobile communications device.
Claims6
A method of providing transmission information to a bar code scanner from a mobile phone comprising:
- receiving on the mobile phone the transmission information via a wireless transmission;
- storing the transmission information on the mobile phone as stored transmission information;
- presenting representative information for the stored transmission information on a screen of the mobile phone;
- encoding in the mobile phone the stored transmission information into a bar code format;
- generating in the mobile phone a signal from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format;
- and
- transmitting the signal as light pulses from the mobile phone.
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A mobile phone comprising:
- a receiver section for receiving on the mobile phone transmission information via a wireless transmission;
- a memory for storing the transmission information from the receiver section on the mobile phone as stored transmission information;
- a screen for presenting representative information for the stored transmission information from the memory;
- a program component for encoding in the mobile phone the stored transmission information into a bar code format;
- a program component for generating in the mobile phone a signal from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format;
- and
- a light source for transmitting the signal as light pulses.
4 more elements
A mobile phone comprising:
- means for receiving on the mobile phone transmission information via a wireless transmission;
- means for storing the transmission information on the mobile phone as stored transmission information;
- means for presenting representative information for the stored transmission information on a screen of the mobile phone;
- means for encoding in the mobile phone the stored transmission information into a bar code format;
- means for generating in the mobile phone a signal from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format;
- and
- means for transmitting the signal as light pulses from the mobile phone.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.