Appeal No. 98-0588
Application 08/501,293
The invention is directed to a portable bar code scanner
that decodes information contained in a control bar code that
is associated with a host computer, and configures itself
based on that information in order to communicate with the
host computer. The independent claims 21, 37 and 40 are
reproduced below:
21. 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 predetermined communication channel;
a control bar code associated with each host
computer, the control bar code containing information
identifying a predetermined communication channel
associated with the associated host computer; and
a portable bar code scanner having a decoding device
that decodes the information in a bar code and a radio
transmitter configured to transmit data over a selected
one of a plurality of communication channels, wherein the
portable bar code scanner, upon decoding a control bar
code associated with a selected host computer, configures
its radio transmitter to communicate with the radio
receiver associated with the selected host computer, such
configuring including selecting the predetermined
communication channel of that radio receiver, based on
the information contained in the decoded control bar
code.
37. A method for configuring a portable bar code
scanner of a kind having a bar code scanning device, a
bar code decoding device and a radio transmitter that
transmits data over a selected one of a plurality of
communication channels to communicate with a selected
host computer via an associated radio receiver that
receives data over a predetermined communication channel,
comprising:
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