Data collection system having reconfigurable data collection terminal
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1. A method, comprising:
- displaying, with a computer, a graphical user input prompting an operator to enter configuration data for reconfiguring a portable data collection terminal;
receiving, with the computer, configuration data entered by the operator;
building, with the computer, a data package based on configuration data entered by the operator; and
transferring, with the computer, an encoding command to an encoder to encode the data package into a tag, wherein the portable data collection terminal is configured, responsive to reading the tag, to reconfigure one or more of;
a device of the portable data collection terminal, a subsystem of the portable data collection terminal, an application executed by the portable data collection terminal, a peripheral device detachably attached to the portable data collection terminal.
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Abstract
There is provided in one embodiment a data collection system including a data collection terminal having an encoded information reader device and a computer spaced apart from the data collection terminal. The data collection terminal in one embodiment can be configured to be responsive to configuration data expressed in an extensible markup language.
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1. A method, comprising:
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displaying, with a computer, a graphical user input prompting an operator to enter configuration data for reconfiguring a portable data collection terminal; receiving, with the computer, configuration data entered by the operator; building, with the computer, a data package based on configuration data entered by the operator; and transferring, with the computer, an encoding command to an encoder to encode the data package into a tag, wherein the portable data collection terminal is configured, responsive to reading the tag, to reconfigure one or more of;
a device of the portable data collection terminal, a subsystem of the portable data collection terminal, an application executed by the portable data collection terminal, a peripheral device detachably attached to the portable data collection terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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displaying, with a computer, a graphical user interface (GUI) prompting an operator to enter configuration data for reconfiguring a portable data collection terminal; building, with the computer, a data package based on configuration data entered by the operator via the GUI; and transferring, with the computer via a physical and/or wireless communication link, an encoding command to the portable data collection terminal, wherein the portable data collection terminal encodes the data package into a tag. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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