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Handheld scanner and accompanying remote access agent

  • US 6,081,629 A
  • Filed: 09/17/1997
  • Issued: 06/27/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/17/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for automatically connecting a communications device to a remote site identified in printed text, comprising the combination of:

  • a handheld scanner including a housing adapted to be held in the hand of a user and scanned over a line of printed text, and containing an image scanning device for converting optical images of text scanned by said scanner into electrical signals representative of the optical images, a memory for storing said electrical signals, a character recognition engine for converting said stored electrical signals into data representative of characters of text, a display unit providing a visual display of the characters represented by said data, a wireless transmission device for transmitting said data to said communications device, and a set of user controls for manipulating the display and transmission of said character data; and

    a software agent that operates on said communications device for receiving the data transmitted from said handheld scanner and controlling said communications device to initiate a connection to a remote site that is identified by the characters of text represented by the transmitted data.

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