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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:
Jun. 30, 2009
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Thomas J. Koziol, Camillus, NY (US);
James W. Stewart, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Inventors:
Thomas J. Koziol, Camillus, NY (US);
James W. Stewart, East Syracuse, NY (US);
Assignee:
Hand Held Products, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/00 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating an indicia reader comprising the steps of: requesting upgrade software from a remote server; the remote server sending in response to the request an information bearing indicia (IBI) to a device local to the indicia reader; providing the IBI on a readable medium; reading the IBI; recognizing in the indicia the presence of indicia upgrade information regarding retrieval of the upgrade software; and, retrieving upgrade software from the remote server in response to the indicia upgrade information.