Web-based scan-task enabled system and method of and apparatus for developing and deploying the same on a client-server network

An object-oriented system development environment for developing a web-based scan-task enabled application implemented using object-oriented programming language on a selected deployment environment, said object-oriented system development environment comprising:

• a client side, and a server side;
• wherein said server side has a web server, an application server and a database server;
• wherein said client side has a client machine having a display surface, a code scanner, a scan driver, a web browser, and a task decoder;
• a task compiler running on a computer system during a task preparation phase;
• a scan task specification provided on said client side;
• wherein said scan task specification includes definitional components for type, description, parameter and scan task script;
• wherein said scan task specification is also provided on said server side;
• and
• wherein a developer of said web-based scan-task enabled application uses said task compiler and said scan task specification to generate a scan task and transferring said scan task to said application server for encapsulation on said server side,
• wherein said scan task specification defines said scan task for execution in a web page, said scan task specifying a context-aware scripted scan response action to be performed.

A development environment for developing a web-based scan-task enabled application to be deployed on a client-server network having a client side and a server side, said development environment comprising:

• a task compiler, along with a scan task specification, for defining and generating a scan task for encapsulation on the server side of said client-server network;
• wherein said web-based scan-task enabled application has web pages that are served from a web server on said server side, supported by said application server and database server;
• wherein at least one of said web pages is associated with said scan task encapsulated on said server side;
• and
• transferring said scan task to said application server;
• wherein said scan task specification defines said scan task for execution in a web page of at least one of said web pages, said scan task specifying a context-aware scripted scan response action to be performed.

A method, comprising:

• providing a scan task specification to a task compiler, running on a computer system, wherein said scan task specification includes definitional components for type, description, parameter and scan task script;
• providing the scan task specification to an application server supporting a web server;
• using the task compiler and the scan task specification to generate a scan task, implemented in an object-oriented programming language;
• transferring the generated scan task to the application server;
• and
• with the application server, encapsulating the transferred scan task using the scan task specification,
• wherein the scan task specification defines said scan task for execution in a web page, said scan task specifying a context-aware scripted scan response action to be performed.

A system, comprising:

• a client side comprising a client machine having a display surface, a code scanner, a scan driver, a web browser, and a task decoder;
• a server side comprising an application server and a database server;
• a task compiler running on a computer system during a task preparation phase;
• wherein the client side is configured for providing a scan task specification comprising definitional components for type, description, parameter, and scan task script;
• wherein the server side is configured for receiving the scan task specification;
• and wherein a developer of a web-based scan-task enabled application uses the task compiler and the scan task specification to generate a scan task and transferring said scan task to said application server for encapsulation on the server side, wherein the scan task specification defines the scan task for execution in a web page, the scan task specifying a context-aware scripted scan response action to be performed.