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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2003
Applicants:
David Bradley Short, San Diego, CA (US);
Gary W. Gragg, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
David Bradley Short, San Diego, CA (US);
Gary W. Gragg, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 1/04 (2006.01); H04N 1/40 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a device with a scanning feature that includes a body and a scanner. An attachment with a scan code, including data or information, is positioned within the scanning range of the scanner and the data or information received from the scan code by the scanner is used by the device, for example, to configure one or more features associated with the device.