Distinctive notice for different symbology information

• US 9,189,669 B2
• Filed: 06/24/2010
• Issued: 11/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Zhu, Xiaoxun, Mao, Qian
• Primary Examiner(s): Hess, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US13/805,009
• Publication Number:
  US 20130087618A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,972 Days
• Field of Search: 23546201-46249
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10544 by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
• CPC Class Codes: G07G 1/0081 the reader being a portable scanner or data reader G07G1/009 takes precedence

Abstract

An indicia reader is adapted for hand held operation to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) and is operated by: configuring the indicia reader in a store to provide at least one store specific indicia read notice; reading an IBI at a POT with the indicia reader and providing the at least one store specific indicia read notice to a customer when each IBI is read.

Claims

1. A method of operating an indicia reader adapted for hand held operation to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) comprising:

configuring the indicia reader in a store to provide at least one IBI specific read notice for at least one IBI at the store, the at least one IBI specific read notice being based on the information encoded in the barcode;

reading an IBI at a POT with the indicia reader; and

,

providing the at least one IBI specific read notice to a customer when the at least one IBI at the store is read;

wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice are at least one of the following;

distinctive beeper tones;

customized music;

a distinctive LED blink mode; and

a vibration with a special period.

2. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein configuring is performed at a POT.

3. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein configuring is performed at a POT by an IBI carried by a customer.

4. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice is at least one of the following:

price of the item bearing the barcode;

the item description;

item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

5. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein a store creates one or more IBI-specific read notice configuration setting profiles in a host server and downloads the profiles to indicia readers in communication with the host server.

6. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 5, wherein a store:

creates the IBI-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader;

uploads the profile to a host server; and

,

downloads the profile to other indicia readers in communication with the host server.

7. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 5, wherein a store creates the IBI-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader and then uploads the profile to other indicia readers in communication with the first indicia reader.

8. A method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 5, wherein configuring is performed at a POT by an IBI carried by a customer and the IBI-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language, wherein the indicia reader is configured by the IBI carried by the customer to change the language of the indicia read notice.

9. The method of operating an indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice includes a distinctive beeper tone.

10. The indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice informs the customer if the barcode is scanned or not.

11. The indicia reader in accordance with claim 1, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice is defined by rules defined by the store based on the information encoded in the barcode.

12. An indicia reader adapted to be used at a store point of transaction (POT) comprising:

a housing configured for hand held operation;

an indicia reading assembly for reading information bearing indicia (IBI);

a trigger actuated by an operator for activating the indicia reader to read an IBI;

at least one notification device for notifying a customer when the IBI is read;

a memory for storing program instructions;

at least one processor for executing the program instructions for;

configuring the indicia reader in the store to provide at least one IBI specific read notice for at least one IBI at the store, the at least one IBI specific read notice being based on information encoded in the barcode;

reading an IBI at a POT with the indicia reader; and

,

providing the at least one IBI specific read notice to a customer when the at least one IBI at the store is read;

wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice are at least one of the following;

distinctive beeper tones;

customized music;

a distinctive LED blink mode; and

a vibration with a special period.

13. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein configuring is performed at a POT.

14. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein configuring is performed at a POT by an IBI carried by a customer.

15. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice is at least one of the following:

price of the item bearing the barcode;

the item description;

item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

16. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice is a configuration setting acquired from a host server.

17. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice is a configuration setting acquired from another indicia reader.

18. An indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein configuring is performed at a POT by an IBI carried by a customer and the IBI specific read notice configuration setting comprises a language, wherein the indicia reader is configured by the IBI carried by the customer to change the language of the IBI specific read notice.

19. The indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice includes a distinctive beeper tone.

20. The indicia reader in accordance with claim 12, wherein the at least one IBI specific read notice informs the customer if the barcode is scanned or not.