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US 8,985,457 B2Granted
Reprogramming system and method for devices including programming symbol
AssigneeHand Held Products, Inc.
InventorsRobert M. Soule, III, Guy H. Berthiaume, Aldo Mario Caballero, Brian V. Conti, Jeffrey Dean Harper, Larry K. Hooks, Adam Edward Meggitt, James T. Sauerwein, Daniel D. Yeakley
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Abstract
A system and method is provided wherein a device can be reprogrammed utilizing one or more programming symbols. A device subject to reprogramming can be a portable device. In one embodiment a device subject to reprogramming can be a portable symbol reading device capable of reading programming symbols.
Claims5
A bar code data reading system comprising:
- a display equipped device operated to successively display a plurality of bar codes at a fixed position on said display,
- wherein the plurality of bar codes encode file data of at least one formatted file;
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- a plurality of readers oriented at a location so that the plurality of readers can read bar codes at the fixed position, wherein the plurality of readers are operated to continuously read bar codes at the fixed position,
- wherein the plurality of readers are configured to read bar codes without relative movement between the display and the plurality of readers,
- wherein the at least one formatted file is downloaded from a remote computer by the display equipped device, the remote computer connected to a network operated by one of a manufacturer of at least one reader of the plurality of readers or a supplier of the one reader of the plurality of readers, and
- wherein the display is disposed on a portable device that includes a connector sleeve aiding a connection between a motherboard and a radio circuit board therein, the radio circuit board having a radio communication link for use in receiving data.
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