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US 8,851,383 B2Granted
Data collection system having reconfigurable data collection terminal
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsDaniel D. Yeakley, Aldo Mario Caballero
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Abstract
There is provided in one embodiment a data collection system including a data collection terminal having an encoded information reader device and a computer spaced apart from the data collection terminal. The data collection terminal in one embodiment can be configured to be responsive to configuration data expressed in an extensible markup language.
Claims21
A data collection system comprising:
- at least one portable data collection terminal having an RFID reader/writer device;
- and
- a computer spaced apart from said hand held portable data collection terminal, said computer being configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) prompting an operator of said data collection system to enter configuration data for reconfiguring said portable data collection terminal, said computer further being configured to build a data package based on configuration data entered by said operator via said GUI;
- wherein said computer is configured to encode said data package into an RFID tag by transferring an RFID encoding command to said portable data collection terminal over a physical communication link.
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A data collection system comprising:
- at least one portable data collection terminal having an RFID reader device;
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- a computer spaced apart from said hand held portable data collection terminal, said computer comprising an RFID encoder, said computer being configured to display a graphical user interface (GUI) prompting an operator of said data collection system to enter configuration data for reconfiguring said portable data collection terminal, said computer further being configured to build a data package based on configuration data entered by said operator via said GUI;
- wherein said computer is configured to encode said data package into an RFID tag by transferring an RFID encoding command to said RFID encoder;
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- wherein said at least one portable data collection terminal is configured, responsive to reading said RFID tag, to reconfigure one of:
- a device of said portable data collection terminal, a subsystem of said portable data collection terminal, an application executed by said portable data collection terminal, a peripheral device detachably attached to said portable data collection terminal.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.