METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR BAR CODE DATA INTERCHANGE
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Abstract
A new method and system for bar code data interchange includes a bar code scanner, such as a high scan rate LED scanner, and reads bar coded information from a video display. This bar coded information is scanned from the video display into a host device. The bar coded information may be sent to a user in a variety of ways, including over the Internet, any intranet, or any type of telephony network. The bar coded information may be viewed by the user on the video display as part of an e-mail message, as displayed on a web-page, or as displayed on television programming. The scanned bar coded information is decoded and may then be used. A first software program may have been used to create the bar coded information, and a second and distinct software application may be used with the now decoded bar coded information.
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66 Claims
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43. A data exchange system, comprising:
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a processor; a display operatively coupled to the processor; and a computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising; displaying an electronic document in a first software application on the display, the electronic document having a bar code; receiving electronic data associated with the bar code; and inserting the electronic data into a data field in a second software application different than the first software application. - View Dependent Claims (44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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51. A bar code reader, comprising:
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a bar code scanner; a decoder operatively coupled to the bar code scanner; a microprocessor and a random access memory operatively coupled to the decoder;
the random access memory containing instructions that, when executed by the microprocessor, cause the bar code reader to perform a method comprising;capturing an image of a bar code with the bar code scanner, the bar code being included in an electronic document displayed on a video display; and decoding the bar code in the electronic document based on the captured image of the bar code; and obtaining decoded information associated with the bar code. - View Dependent Claims (52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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58. An apparatus, comprising:
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a video display for displaying an electronic document containing a bar code, means for capturing an image of the bar code in the electronic document when displayed on the video display; means for decoding the captured image of the bar code data into electronic data, and means for automatically inserting the decoded electronic data into a data field associated with a software application. - View Dependent Claims (59, 60, 61, 62)
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63. A computer-readable medium having instructions stored thereon, that if executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform acts, comprising:
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displaying an electronic document in a first software application on a display, the electronic document having a bar code; receiving electronic data associated with the bar code; and inserting the electronic data into a data field in a second software application different than the first software application. - View Dependent Claims (64, 65, 66)
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Specification