Appeal No. 98-0588
Application 08/501,293
providing a control bar code that carries
information identifying the communication channel of an
associated host computer;
causing the portable bar code scanner to scan the
control bar code associated with a desired host computer
and to decode the information contained in the control
bar code, to identify the communication channel
associated with the hose (sic) computer; and
configuring the bar code scanner’s radio transmitter
to communicate with the selected host computer, such
configuring including selecting the communication channel
of the radio receiver associated with that host computer.
40. Apparatus for scanning bar codes, comprising:
one or more host computers, each host computer
having an associated radio receiver configured to receive
data over a communication channel;
a control bar code associated with each host
computer, the control bar code containing information
identifying a predetermined parameter associated with the
associated host computer; and
a portable bar code scanner having a decoding device
that decodes the information contained in a bar code and
a radio transmitter configured to transmit data over the
communication channel, wherein the portable bar code
scanner, upon decoding a control bar code associated with
a selected host computer, configures itself by selecting
the parameter associated with that host computer, based
on the information contained in the decoded control bar
code.
Opinion
We reverse the rejection of claims 21, 37 and 40 under 35
U.S.C. § 102(e) as being anticipated by Reddersen. We affirm
the rejection of claims 21, 24-37, 39 and 40 under 35 U.S.C. §
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