DATA WEDGE PROFILE SWITCHING

• US 20090204621A1
• Filed: 02/11/2008
• Published: 08/13/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Fagioli, James, Kadur, Prashanth, Woloszczuk, Roman
• Application Number:
  US12/029,266
• Publication Number:
  US 20090204621A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

Systems, devices and/or methods that facilitate automatic data wedge configuration profile switching are presented. An automatic data wedge configuration profile switching system can improve productivity and reduce errors associated with manually switching data wedge configuration profiles. The automatic data wedge configuration profile switching system can automatically switch profiles based in part on indications related to foreground applications. This indication can be related to changing from a first foreground application to a second foreground application, can be related to changing from a first information input scheme to a second information input scheme within a foreground application, can be related to messages sent from foreground applications, or combinations thereof.

Claims

1. A system that facilitates automatic data wedge configuration profile switching comprising:

a data wedge component; and

a switching component communicatively coupled to the data wedge component, wherein the switching component automatically switches a configuration profile of the data wedge component.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising a configuration profile store.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein at least one configuration profile is stored on the configuration profile store.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein an indication related to a foreground application is received.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the indication related to a foreground application relates to a change from a first to a second foreground application, relates to an information input scheme change within a foreground application, relates to a message sent from a foreground application, or some combination thereof.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the switching component selects a most appropriate data wedge configuration profile from the at least one configuration profile stored.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile selected is a configuration profile matching the foreground application.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile selected is a default data wedge configuration profile.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile selected is a near match data wedge configuration profile.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein a configuration profile can be created, edited, stored, loaded, accessed, imported, exported, shared, or some combination thereof, either in whole or in part.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising an inferential component, wherein the inferential component can form an inference related to an appropriate data wedge configuration profile to facilitate automatic data wedge configuration profile switching.

12. An electronic device comprising the system of claim 1.

13. A method that facilitates automatic data wedge configuration profile switching comprising:

receiving an indication related to a foreground application; and

automatically applying a data wedge configuration profile, based at least in part on the indication received.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the indication received is related to a change from a first foreground application to a second foreground application.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the indication received is related to a change from a first information input scheme to a second information input scheme in the foreground application.

16. The method of claim 13, further comprising selecting a most appropriate data wedge configuration profile to automatically apply.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile is a default data wedge configuration profile.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile is a data wedge configuration profile matching the foreground application.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the most appropriate data wedge configuration profile is a near match data wedge configuration profile.

20. The method of claim 13, wherein the indication can inferred based at least in part on determinations, inferences, or combinations thereof, relating to historical configuration profile switches, historical work flows, user profiles, foreground application software versions, or combinations thereof.