Method and system for assigning a computer interaction priority based on a machine-readable code

• US 6,484,943 B1
• Filed: 11/02/2000
• Issued: 11/26/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 11/02/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Intellectual Ventures I LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: Motorola, Inc. (Motorola Solutions, Inc.)
• Inventors: Reber, William L., Perttunen, Cary D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Lee, Michael G.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kim, Ahshik
• Application Number:
  US09/705,005
• Time in Patent Office: 754 Days
• Field of Search: 235/462.01, 235/375, 235/382, 707/104.1, 707/5
• US Class Current: 235/462.15
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/61 taking into account QoS or priority requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]

Abstract

Machine-read bar code data is received from a network access apparatus (64). A priority level is determined based on the bar code data. The priority level is assigned for the network access apparatus (64) to interact with a computer via a computer network (12).

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving bar code data from a network access apparatus;

associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority and a respective computer address;

determining a priority based on the bar code data;

assigning the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a computer via a computer network;

wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data; and

wherein said determining the computer address comprises determining which respective computer address has the associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority;

wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining a computer address of the computer based on the bar code data.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the bar code data comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein said determining the priority is based on the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein said determining the computer address is based on the second portion but not the first portion.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein said associating comprises:

associating a first bar code data element with a first computer address and a first priority; and

associating a second bar code data element with the first computer address and a second priority, wherein the second priority differs from the first priority.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein said associating further comprises:

associating third bar code data with a second computer address and the first priority.

7. A computer-readable medium comprising computer-readable content which directs a first computer to perform acts of:

receiving bar code data from a network access apparatus;

associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority and a respective computer address;

determining a priority based on the bar code data;

assigning the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a second computer via a computer network;

wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data; and

wherein said determining the computer address comprises determining which respective computer address has the associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

8. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 wherein the computer-readable content further directs the first computer to perform an act of:

associating each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority;

wherein said determining the priority comprises determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 wherein the computer-readable content further directs the first computer to perform an act of:

determining a computer address of the second computer based on the bar code data.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 9 wherein the bar code data comprises a first portion and a second portion, wherein said determining the priority is based on the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein said determining the computer address is based on the second portion but not the first portion.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 7 wherein said associating comprises:

associating a first bar code data element with a first computer address and a first priority; and

associating a second bar code data element with the first computer address and a second priority, wherein the second priority differs from the first priority.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 11 wherein said associating further comprises:

associating third bar code data with a second computer address and the first priority.

13. A system comprising:

a priority assignor to receive bar code data from a network access apparatus, to determine a computer address of the computer based on the bar code data, to determine a priority based on the bar code data, and to assign the priority for the network access apparatus to interact with a computer via a computer network;

wherein the bar code data comprises a first portion and;

a second portion, wherein the priority assignor is to determine the priority based on the first portion but not the second portion, and wherein the priority assignor is to determimne the computer address based on the second portion but not the first portion.

14. The system of claim 13 further comprising:

a computer-readable medium which associates each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority;

wherein the priority assignor cooperates with the computer-readable medium to determine the priority by determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

15. The system of claim 13 further comprising:

a computer-readable medium which associates each of a plurality of bar code data elements with a respective priority and a respective computer address;

wherein the priority assignor cooperates with the computer-readable medium to determine the priority by determining which respective priority has an associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data, and to determine the computer address by determining which respective computer address has the associated bar code data element which matches the received bar code data.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the computer-readable medium comprises computer-readable data which associates a first bar code data element with a first computer address and a first priority, and associates a second bar code data element with the first computer address and a second priority, wherein the second priority differs from the first priority.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the computer-readable data further associates third bar code data with a second computer address and the first priority.