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System, method and apparatus for communicating information from a personal electronic device

  • US 7,857,225 B2
  • Filed: 11/30/2007
  • Issued: 12/28/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of using an accessory to communicate information from a personal electronic device to a bar code scanner, comprising:

  • positioning the accessory in proximity to the personal electronic device;

    receiving on the accessory encoded data from the personal electronic device;

    generating in the accessory a signal from the encoded data to simulate a reflection of a scanning beam being moved across a static visual image of a bar code formatted form of the encoded data; and

    transmitting the signal as light pulses from the accessory to the bar code scanner while the accessory is in proximity to the personal electronic device.

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