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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 2008
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2002
Allan Herrod, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Curt Croley, Stony Brook, NY (US);
James Fuccello, Patchogue, NY (US);
Ted Trask, Melville, NY (US);
Donald Schaefer, Wantagh, NY (US);
Sudhir Bhatia, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Allan Herrod, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Curt Croley, Stony Brook, NY (US);
James Fuccello, Patchogue, NY (US);
Ted Trask, Melville, NY (US);
Donald Schaefer, Wantagh, NY (US);
Sudhir Bhatia, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Symbol Technologies, Inc., Holtsville, NY (US);
Abstract
An application program interface in a computer for allowing application programs executing in the computer to access a wireless RF input/output facility or port in the computer, which emulates a serial port in the computer by the steps of opening a handle to a virtual COM port from an application program executing in the computer; opening and configuring a serial port by the application program; starting a thread to receive characters to be communicated through the RF facility; and utilizing the virtual COM port to open a component interface to allow communications through wireless RF communications.