Marking machine user interface supplementation via added, attached portable electronic device
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1. An interface comprising:
- an electronic device attached to a marking machine, the marketing machine includes a local user interface;
an input device with which a user can enter data into the electronic device;
a graphically rendered button on the electronic device that indicates to the marking machine that the data entry is coming from a source other than the local user interface, local user interface of the marking machine;
an application that is activated by the graphically rendered button to monitor communication ports on the marking machine for receipt of the data,a transmission system allowing transmission of the data from the electronic device to the local user interface of the marking machine, the local interface allows the user to initiate transmission of the data to the marking machine; and
an applet that includes a component resident on the marking machine that receives the data and inserts the data into an active field of the local user interface of the marking machine for possible immediate use.
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Abstract
A user interface extension allows data entry into a marking machine user interface field from an electronic device, such as a PDA, attached to the marking machine via compatible communications ports. The marking machine includes a UI field into which data must be entered, the user lets the machine know that data will come from the electronic device, and the machine begins monitoring its communications ports for the data. The user enters or selects data to be transmitted from the electronic device, then indicates that the data is ready to be sent, at which point the electronic device transmits the data to the machine via a communications port of the electronic device.
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1. An interface comprising:
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an electronic device attached to a marking machine, the marketing machine includes a local user interface; an input device with which a user can enter data into the electronic device; a graphically rendered button on the electronic device that indicates to the marking machine that the data entry is coming from a source other than the local user interface, local user interface of the marking machine; an application that is activated by the graphically rendered button to monitor communication ports on the marking machine for receipt of the data, a transmission system allowing transmission of the data from the electronic device to the local user interface of the marking machine, the local interface allows the user to initiate transmission of the data to the marking machine; and an applet that includes a component resident on the marking machine that receives the data and inserts the data into an active field of the local user interface of the marking machine for possible immediate use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of effectively extending a marking machine local UI comprising:
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providing an electronic device with a communications port and an input device; attaching the electronic device to a marking machine, the marking machine; entering data on the electronic device with the input device; indicating to the marking machine that the data entry is coming from a source other than the local user interface of the marking machine, via a graphically rendered button on the electronic device; activating an application by the graphically rendered button to begin monitoring communication ports on the marking machine for receipt of the data; prompting a user to initiate transmission of the data to the marking machine via a second graphically rendered button on the user interface of the marking machine; transmitting the data to the marketing machine via the communications port; inserting the transmitted data into an active area on the local UI of the marking machine for potentially immediate use; and using the transmitted data to perform a function of the marking device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An interface comprising:
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an electronic device attached to a marking machine;
an element of a local user interface of the marking machine by which a user may instruct the marking machine to monitor data transmitted by an electronic device;an input device with which a user can enter data into the electronic device; a graphically rendered button on the electronic device that indicates to the marking machine that the data entry on the electronic device is coming from a source other than the local user interface of the marking machine; an application that is activated by the graphically rendered button to monitor communication ports on the marking machine for receipt of the data, and a transmission system allowing transmission of the data from the electronic device to the local user interface of the marking machine, wherein the interface is an applet that includes a component resident on the marking machine that receives the data and inserts the data into an active field of the local user interface of the marking machine for potentially immediate use; the interface further comprising; providing the electronic device with a communications port and the input device; attaching the electronic device to the marking machine; entering the data on the electronic device with the input device; and transmitting the data to the marking machine via the communications port; and an element coupled to the user interface that initiates at least, one of monitoring and transmission of the data to the marketing machine from the electronic device.
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