System, method, and apparatus for communicating information between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner
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Abstract
A system, method, and apparatus for communicating information encoded in a bar code format between a mobile communications device and a bar code scanner. Transmission information data is encoded into a bar code format. A signal is generated from the bar code format to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and the signal is transmitted as light pulses from the mobile communications device.
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37 Claims
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3. A method of providing transmission information to a bar code scanner from a mobile digital device comprising a display screen having a variable light level, comprising:
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providing transmission information as bar code formatted transmission information in the device;
generating in the device a signal from the bar code formatted transmission information to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and
controllably varying the light level of the display screen to transmit the signal as light pulses from the display screen. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A mobile digital device comprising:
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a display screen having a variable light level;
a stored program component for providing transmission information as bar code formatted transmission information in the device;
a stored program component for generating in the device a signal from the bar code formatted transmission information to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and
a stored program component for controllably varying the light level of the display screen to transmit the signal from the display screen as light pulses readable by a bar code scanner. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. A system for communicating transmission information comprising:
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a mobile digital device having;
a display screen having a variable light level;
a stored program component for providing transmission information as bar code formatted transmission information in the device;
a stored program component of the device for generating in the device a signal from the bar code formatted transmission information to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of the bar code format; and
a stored program component for controllably varying the light level of the display screen to transmit the signal from the display screen as light pulses; and
a bar code scanner for reading the light pulses from the display screen.
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