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Scanner pairing in a bluetooth POS network

  • US 6,783,071 B2
  • Filed: 06/18/2001
  • Issued: 08/31/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. In a point of sale system for acquiring bar code data relating to a transaction, wherein a first bar code scanner is arranged to scan bar codes and provide data relating to scanned bar codes to a processor, the improvement comprising a second portable bar code scanner, said second scanner including a slave radio module for acting as a slave unit using a master-slave data communication protocol and said second scanner including an identifying bar code individually identifying said second scanner, and wherein there is provided a master radio module associated with said point of sale system and wherein said master radio module is arranged to act as a master for communication with said slave radio module in response to reading of said identifying bar code on said second scanner by said first bar code scanner.

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