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Method and application for scanning a barcode with a smart device while continuously running and displaying an application on the smart device display

  • US 9,250,712 B1
  • Filed: 03/20/2015
  • Issued: 02/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A barcode scanning application for a smartphone, the smart phone having an embedded camera, a visual display, and an operating system, the operating system communicatively coupling the embedded camera and the visual display;

  • the barcode scanning application comprising;

    a custom software input panel, the custom software input panel being provided with a barcode scanning key;

    the custom software input panel occupying a first portion of the visual display;

    a keyboard wedge capable of translating barcode data into keyboard strokes;

    the barcode scanning application being communicatively coupled through the operating system to the embedded camera, the keyboard wedge and the custom software input panel;

    the barcode scanning application being configured to operate while a different application is running and being displayed continuously on a second portion of the visual display;

    the custom software input panel being configured to initiate the barcode scanning application when the barcode scanning key is touched;

    the barcode scanning application, once initialized, being configured to cause the custom software input panel to be removed from the first portion of the visual display and to open a barcode viewfinder on the portion of the visual display previously occupied by the custom software input panel;

    the barcode scanning application being configured to scan a barcode in the viewfinder, close the viewfinder, decode the scanned barcode, and send the barcode information to the keyboard wedge; and

    the keyboard wedge being configured to translate the decoded barcode information into keyboard strokes, and to send the keyboard strokes to be displayed within the different application running and displayed continuously on the second portion of the visual display.

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