APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DATA INPUT DEVICE
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a container application to display web pages to a customer, to receive input from an input device, and to request web pages from a web server; and
a plurality of configuration files each having user-configured settings to control the operation of the container application.
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Abstract
A client apparatus to receive scan data. The client apparatus comprises configuration files including a plurality of settings to control operations of the client apparatus, logic to receive scan data and to request web pages from a web server using the scan data and the settings in the configuration files. The configuration files separate the functionality of the client apparatus from the content of the web pages so that neither the configuration files nor the web pages depend on the particular platform or hardware setup of the client apparatus.
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59 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a container application to display web pages to a customer, to receive input from an input device, and to request web pages from a web server; and a plurality of configuration files each having user-configured settings to control the operation of the container application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 57, 58, 59)
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24. A method to display a web page comprising:
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loading a web page received from a web server; determining if the web page has decode functionality enabled; enabling decode functionality if the web page has decode functionality enabled, based on information contained in a configuration file; and displaying the web page. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 33, 34)
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29. A method to provide information to a customer by separating platform-dependent functionality from platform-independent functionality, the method comprising:
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decoding input from a customer; retrieving the name of a redirect page and query string parameters from at least one platform-independent configuration file; constructing a URL query string using the name, the parameters, and the decoded input; and navigating to the constructed URL, wherein the web page addressed by the URL does not contain plafform-dependent code.
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30. A method to automatically update configuration files stored on a computer, the method comprising:
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determining the location of updated configuration files based on information contained in existing configuration files; downloading the updated configuration files from a server listed in the existing configuration files; applying settings contained in the updated configuration files; and loading a web page based on information contained in the updated configuration files. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 35, 36)
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37. A computer readable medium comprising:
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configuration files having a plurality of settings to control operation of a container application to receive scan input from an input device, to request web pages from a web server based on the scan input and the plurality of settings, and to display the web pages received from the web server; and wherein the configuration files separate the functionality of a client apparatus from the content of the web pages so that neither the configuration files nor the web pages depend on the platform or hardware configuration of the client apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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- 45. A computer readable medium comprising configuration files having a plurality of settings to control operation of a container application to automatically download updated configuration files onto a computer.
- 48. A computer readable medium comprising configuration files having a plurality of settings to control operation of a decoding device to decode data input by a user.
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51. A system comprising:
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a web server to store a plurality of web pages; and a client apparatus including a container application to receive input data and to request web pages from the web server and a plurality of configuration files having settings to control the inputting of data and the requesting of web pages; wherein the configuration files separate the functionality of the client apparatus from the content of the web pages so that neither the configuration files nor the web pages depend on the platform or hardware configuration of the client apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54)
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55. A client apparatus comprising:
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a plurality of configuration files having settings to control operations of the client apparatus; logic to receive scan input from a customer, to determine the content of the settings in the configuration file, to construct a request for a web page using the information in the configuration file, and to request a web page using the constructed request; wherein the configuration files and the web pages are independent of a particular platform supported by the logic and the hardware setup of the client apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (56)
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