Method and apparatus for accessing a remote location with an optical reader having a programmable memory system
First Claim
1. A method of accessing a remote location on a network using an optical reader, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting representation of a code from an optical reader to a first computer disposed on the network wherein the optical reader is a self-contained unit;
the optical reader including an optical scanning system, a programmable memory system and an output circuit for interfacing to the first computer, and being user-switchable between a scan mode, a record mode and a playback mode;
the code representation being indicative, when the optical reader is in the scan mode, of information representative of an encoded indicia just scanned by the optical scanning system;
the code information being indicative, when the optical reader is in the playback mode, of information retrieved from a user-selectable memory in the programmable memory system, which information was previously stored in the user-selectable memory relating to a prior scan of an encoded indicia when the optical reader was in the record mode which playback of information occurs in time after the recording of the played back information and in response to a user initiating the playback mode;
determining from the received code representation routing information to the remote location; and
accessing the remote location on the network in accordance with the routing information determined from the step of determining.
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Abstract
A method of accessing a remote location on a network using an optical reader. The optical reader includes an optical scanning system, a programmable memory system and an output circuit and is user-switchable between a scan mode, a record mode and a playback mode. The optical reader transmits a code to a first computer disposed on the network. When the optical reader is in the scan mode, the code is indicative of information extracted from an encoded indicia just scanned by the optical scanning system. When the optical reader is in the playback mode, the code is indicative of information retrieved from a user-selectable memory in the programmable memory system. The information in the user-selectable memory was previously stored in the user-selectable memory after being extracted from an encoded indicia scanned by the optical scanning system when the reader was in the record mode. In response to the first computer receiving the code from the optical reader, a second computer disposed on the network is accessed. A lookup operation is performed at the second computer to match the code received from the optical reader with a routing information for a remote location on the network. The routing information is returned from the second computer to the first computer. The remote location on the network is then accessed in accordance with the routing information returned from the second computer.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of accessing a remote location on a network using an optical reader, comprising the steps of:
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transmitting representation of a code from an optical reader to a first computer disposed on the network wherein the optical reader is a self-contained unit; the optical reader including an optical scanning system, a programmable memory system and an output circuit for interfacing to the first computer, and being user-switchable between a scan mode, a record mode and a playback mode; the code representation being indicative, when the optical reader is in the scan mode, of information representative of an encoded indicia just scanned by the optical scanning system; the code information being indicative, when the optical reader is in the playback mode, of information retrieved from a user-selectable memory in the programmable memory system, which information was previously stored in the user-selectable memory relating to a prior scan of an encoded indicia when the optical reader was in the record mode which playback of information occurs in time after the recording of the played back information and in response to a user initiating the playback mode; determining from the received code representation routing information to the remote location; and accessing the remote location on the network in accordance with the routing information determined from the step of determining. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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