MMS text messaging for hand held indicia reader
AssigneeMetrologic Instruments, Inc.
InventorSean Philip Kearney
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Abstract
A method of operating a reader system includes: establishment a hand held reader configured to read an information bearing medium at an establishment and accepting text message communications from the establishment; reading the information bearing medium at the establishment with the reader; and, sending at least one text message communication to an operator of the reader at the establishment on the reader GUI from the establishment when the establishment recognizes a need for a specific notice requirement after reading the information bearing medium.
Claims18
A method of operating an indicia reader system comprising:
- providing a graphic user interface (GUI) on an indicia reader to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) at an establishment;
- reading an IBI at the POT with the indicia reader;
- sending at least one text message communication to an operator of the indicia reader at the POT on the indicia reader GUI from the establishment when the establishment recognizes a need for a specific notice,
- wherein the establishment signals the scanner operator that a text message has been sent.
An indicia reader system comprising:
- an indicia reader adapted to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) at an establishment, the indicia reader having a graphic user interface (GUI);
- a communication system at the establishment for sending at least one text message communication to an operator of the indicia reader at the POT on the GUI when the establishment recognizes a need for a specific notice,
- wherein the establishment signals the scanner operator that a test message has been sent.
A method of operating a reader system comprising:
- a reader configured to read an information bearing medium at an establishment and accepting text message communications from the establishment;
- reading the information bearing medium at the establishment with the reader;
- and,
- sending at least one text message communication to an operator of the reader at the establishment on the reader GUI from the establishment when the establishment recognizes a need for a specific notice requirement after reading the information bearing medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.