PAIRING METHOD FOR WIRELESS SCANNER VIA RFID
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1. A method comprising:
- reading, with a wireless scanner, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag address from one of a plurality of wireless scanner bases; and
automatically establishing a wireless communication session from the wireless scanner to the one wireless scanner base indicated by the RFID tag address.
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Abstract
A wireless scanner is described that performs a pairing operation with a wireless scanner base before commencing scanning operations in a wireless scanner network. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is used to achieve the pairing operation of the wireless scanner with the wireless scanner base by using an RFID tag associated with the wireless scanner base. The RFID tag in the wireless scanner base may contain pairing information such as a network address of the wireless scanner base for use in automatically establishing a wireless communication session with the wireless scanner base in accordance with another wireless protocol.
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1. A method comprising:
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reading, with a wireless scanner, a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag address from one of a plurality of wireless scanner bases; and automatically establishing a wireless communication session from the wireless scanner to the one wireless scanner base indicated by the RFID tag address. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A wireless scanner, comprising:
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a radio transceiver; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader; and a controller coupled to the radio transceiver and the RFID reader; wherein the controller reads, with the RFID reader, an RFID tag address from one of a plurality of wireless scanner bases, and wherein the controller automatically establishes a wireless communication session from the wireless scanner to the one wireless scanner base indicated by the RFID tag address. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A scanner, comprising:
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an encoded information module for reading indicia and generating data corresponding to indicia; a radio transceiver for transmitting and receiving radio-frequency signals; a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader for reading RFID tags; and a controller coupled to the radio transceiver and RFID reader for; reading, with the RFID reader, an RFID tag associated with one of a plurality of scanner bases; and establishing a wireless communication session between the scanner and the scanner base corresponding to the read RFID tag. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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