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US 8,914,788 B2Granted
Universal connectivity for non-universal devices
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsJohn Pettinelli, John Izzo
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Abstract
A system including at least one data collection device, each connected to a corresponding data terminal via a primary communication channel; and a central connectivity point connected to each data collection device via a wireless secondary communication channel so as to communicate with the at least one data collection device without disrupting communication between the at least data collection device and the corresponding data terminal via the primary communication channel and to permit remote administration of each data collection device.
Claims11
A system comprising:
- at least one data collection device, the at least one data collection device connected to a corresponding data terminal via a primary communication channel,
- wherein the at least one data collection device comprises at least one of an imager, a laser scanner, an RFID scanner, and a magnetic media scanner, and
- wherein the at least one data collection device further comprises a processor, the processor configured to process the data collected by the at least one data collection device;
- and
- a central connectivity point connected to the at least one data collection device via a wireless secondary communication channel so as to communicate with the at least one data collection device by utilizing the secondary communication channel while the at least one data collection device concurrently communicates with the corresponding data terminal via the primary communication channel,
- wherein the central connectivity point remotely administers operations on the at least one data collection device via the secondary communication channel, and
- wherein the operations include monitoring a status of the at least one data collection device, providing software updating to the at least one data collection device, and providing real-time license to the at least one data collection device to enable use of at least one feature of the at least one data collection device.
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A data collection device comprising:
- at least one of an imager, a laser scanner, an RFID scanner, and a magnetic media scanner;
- a processor, the processor configured to process the data collected by the data collection device;
- a primary communication interface to communicate with a data terminal via a primary communication channel;
- a secondary communication interface to communication with a central connectivity point via a wireless secondary communication channel without affecting communication via the primary communication interface, so as to allow remote administration of the data collection device by the central connectivity point, wherein the administration includes monitoring a status of the at least one data collection device, providing software updating to the at least one data collection device, and providing real-time license to the at least one data collection device to enable use of at least one feature of the at least one data collection device;
- a controller to control operation of the data collection device and to respond to commands received from the central connectivity point;
- a first memory to store information related to communications with the data terminal;
- and
- a second memory other than the first memory to store information related to communications with the central connectivity point.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.