Computer configured to display multimedia content

• US 8,944,313 B2
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Original Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
• Inventors: Meier, Timothy, Williams, Timothy
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, THIEN MINH
• Application Number:
  US13/538,163
• Publication Number:
  US 20140001254A1
• Time in Patent Office: 949 Days
• Field of Search: 235/375, 235/382, 235/383, 235/492, 235/486, 235/487
• US Class Current: 235/375
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/43 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10524 Hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1439 including a method step for retrieval of the optical code
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1443 locating of the code in an image
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/1447 extracting optical codes from image or text carrying said optical code

Abstract

A computer can comprise a housing, a microprocessor disposed within the housing, a display, and a communication interface communicatively coupled to the microprocessor. The computer can be configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within content viewable on the display, to decode the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message. The computer can be further configured to display the content with decoded message data being embedded into the content. The decoded message data can be provided by at least one decoded message, data derived from the decoded message.

Claims

1. A computer comprising:

a housing;

a microprocessor disposed within said housing;

a display;

a communication interface communicatively coupled to said microprocessor, said communication interface at least partially disposed within said housing;

wherein said computer is configured to receive a byte stream of content viewable on said display, the byte stream including both multimedia content and at least one decodable indicia, said computer further configured to locate the decodable indicia in the byte stream and decode said decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message;

wherein said computer is further configured to display said content with decoded message data being embedded into said content;

wherein said decoded message data is provided by at least one of;

said at least one decoded message, data derived from said at least one decoded message.

2. The computer of claim 1, wherein said content is provided by at least one of:

a video stream, an image file, a document file.

3. The computer of claim 1, further configured to derive said decoded message data from said at least one decoded message by dereferencing a reference comprised by said decoded message.

4. The computer of claim 1, further configured to display said decoded message data responsive to a user interface action received while said content is being displayed.

5. The computer of claim 1, further configured to display said content responsive to a user interface action.

6. The computer of claim 1, further configured to decode said decodable indicia by transmitting at least part of said content to an external computer for decoding.

7. The computer of claim 1, further comprising an encoded information reading (EIR) device selected from the group consisting of:

a bar code reading device, an RFID reading device, and a card reading device;

wherein said EIR device is configured to perform at least one of;

outputting raw message data containing an encoded message and outputting decoded message data corresponding to an encoded message.

8. The computer of claim 1, wherein computer is provided by one of:

a Personal Computer, a Macintosh, an EIR terminal, a smart phone, a mobile phone, and a personal digital assistant (PDA).

9. The computer of claim 1, wherein said communication interface is provided by a wireless communication interface.

10. The computer of claim 1, wherein the computer is further configured to initiate the locating of decodable indicia in response to a graphical user interface action.

11. The computer of claim 10, wherein the graphical user interface action is selected from the group consisting of a tooltip display enacted with a cursor and a MouseOver event enacting with a hovering pointer on the display.

12. The computer of claim 1, wherein the computer is further configured to locate decodable indicia in the byte stream ahead of the time that the decodable indicia portion of the byte stream is displayed.

13. A method of displaying content comprising one or more images of decodable indicia by a computer, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving a byte stream of content, the byte stream including both multimedia content and at least one decodable indicia;

locating the decodable indicia within the byte stream;

decoding the decodable indicia to produce at least one decoded message; and

displaying the content with decoded message data being embedded into the displayed content;

wherein the decoded message data is provided by at least one of;

said at least one decoded message, data derived from said at least one decoded message.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein said content is provided by at least one of:

a video stream, an image file, a document file.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein said decoded message data is derived from said at least one decoded message by dereferencing a reference comprised by said decoded message.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of displaying content comprises visually embedding the decoded message data into the content.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the decoded message data is viewable responsive to a user interface action.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of displaying said content is performed responsive to a user interface action.

19. The method of claim 13, wherein said step of decoding said decodable indicia is performed by transmitting at least part of said content to an external server for decoding.

20. A data decoding system comprising a client computer and one or more server computers communicatively coupled to a network, said one or more server computers executing at least one decoding process;

wherein said client computer is configured, responsive to locating decodable indicia within a byte stream of content viewable on said display, to transmit a decoding request comprising at least part of said content to said one or more servers;

wherein said at least one decoding process is configured, responsive to receiving said decoding request, to decode said decodable indicia into at least one decoded message;

wherein said at least one decoding process is further configured, responsive to completing a decoding operation, to transmit at least one of;

said at least one decoded message, a decoding operation completion code to said client computer;

wherein said client computer is further configured to display said content with decoded message data being embedded into said content; and

wherein said decoded message data is provided by at least one of;

said at least one decoded message, data derived from said at least one decoded message.

21. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said content is provided by at least one of:

a video stream, an image file, a document file.

22. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client computer is configured to derive said decoded message data from said at least one decoded message by dereferencing a reference comprised by said decoded message.

23. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client computer is further configured to visually embed said decoded message data into said content.

24. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client computer is further configured to display said decoded message data responsive to a user interface action received while said content is displayed.

25. The data decoding system of claim 20, wherein said client computer is further configured to display said content responsive to a user interface action.