Distinctive notice for different symbology information

• US 9,922,219 B2
• Filed: 03/02/2017
• Issued: 03/20/2018
• 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 A
• Application Number:
  US15/447,487
• Publication Number:
  US 20170220833A1
• Time in Patent Office: 383 Days
• Field of Search: 23546201-46249
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/06037 multi-dimensional coding
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 2007/10524 Hand-held scanners
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10544 by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10554 Moving beam scanning
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10603 Basic scanning using moving elements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 3/10 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/38 using flashing light
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

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, comprising:

reading a symbol at a point of transaction with an indicia reader; and

providing a symbol-specific read notice for the symbol to a user;

wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol is based on information encoded in the symbol; and

wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs the user if the barcode is scanned or not.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice is defined by rules defined by a store based on the information encoded in the barcode.

5. The method of claim 1, comprising configuring the indicia reader at the point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol.

6. The method of claim 1, comprising configuring the indicia reader at the point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol by reading a symbol carried by a user.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following:

a price of the item bearing the symbol;

a description of the item bearing the symbol;

an item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

8. The method of claim 1, comprising:

creating a symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile; and

downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to the indicia reader.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader;

uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to a host server; and

downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the host server.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader; and

uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the first indicia reader.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising:

creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile by reading a symbol carried by a user, wherein the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and

configuring the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language.

12. An indicia reader, comprising:

an indicia reading assembly for reading a symbol;

a notification device for notifying a user when a symbol is read;

a memory storing program instructions; and

a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader;

reads a symbol at a point of transaction with the indicia reading assembly;

provides a symbol-specific read notice for the symbol to a user with the notification device;

wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol is based on information encoded in the symbol; and

wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

13. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the program instructions are stored onto the memory at the point of transaction.

14. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader configures the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a user.

15. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following:

a price of the item bearing the symbol;

a description of the item bearing the symbol;

an item on sale notification; and

sales savings information.

16. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from a host server to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

17. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from another indicia reader to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

18. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein:

the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and

when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader configures the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language for the symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a user.

19. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

20. The indicia reader of claim 12, wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs the user if the barcode is scanned or not.