US6356949B1 — Automatic data collection device that receives da…

Claim 1

Independent Claim 69 words

A method for routing a data set having characteristics, comprising: receiving a data routing instruction for the at least one automatic data collection (“ADC”) device from at least one client application; analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction specifies a data routing mechanism; and storing the data routing instruction in an output mechanism grid if the data routing instruction specifies a data output mechanism.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 69 words

A method for routing a data set having characteristics, comprising: receiving a data routing instruction for the at least one automatic data collection (“ADC”) device from at least one client application; analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction specifies a data routing mechanism; and storing the data routing instruction in an output mechanism grid if the data routing instruction specifies a data output mechanism.

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 57 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; and examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 90 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application; and selecting a default output mechanism if the output mechanism grid does not identify an output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 74 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application; and routing the data set to the at least one client application using the identified data output mechanism.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 109 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; and examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application, wherein the output mechanism grid for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application includes as data output mechanisms at least one of pipes, remote procedure calls (“RPC”), sockets, network Basic Input/Output System (“NetBIOS”), mail slots, network Dynamic Data Exchange (“NetDDE”), and shared memory.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 106 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; and examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application, wherein the data set is received by an ADC data server in an ADC device platform that contains the at least one ADC device, wherein the ADC data server also receives the data routing instruction for the at least one ADC device from the at least one client application.

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 99 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device for routing to the at least one client application; and examining the output mechanism grid to identify the data output mechanism for routing data from the at least one ADC device to the at least one client application, wherein the data set comprises one of bar code data, radio frequency (“RF”) tag data, resonator data, SmartCard data, magnetic stripe data, optical character recognition (“OCR”) data, text data, ASCII data, AIMI-ECI data, two-dimensional data, dipole device data, and speech input data.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 73 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; and storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 139 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application; receiving the data set having characteristics from the at least one ADC device; identifying the characteristics of the data set; and examining the ADC data grid to determine if the at least one client application should receive the data set by comparing the data routing instructions stored for the at least one client application in the ADC data grid with the identified characteristics of the data set.

Claim 11

Dependent Claim 84 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application; and routing the data set to the at least one client application.

Claim 12

Dependent Claim 88 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application; and identifying at least another client application to receive the data set using the identified characteristics.

Claim 13

Dependent Claim 122 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application; and identifying at least another client application to receive the data set using the identified characteristics, wherein the at least one client application resides in an ADC device platform that contains the at least one ADC device and the at least another client application resides on a remote computing system.

Claim 14

Dependent Claim 126 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: analyzing the data routing instruction to determine if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application from the at least one ADC device; storing the data routing instruction in an ADC data grid if the data routing instruction identifies a data type that may be received by the at least one client application; and identifying at least another client application to receive the data set using the identified characteristics, wherein the at least one ADC device resides in an ADC device platform, the at least one client application resides on a remote computing system, and the at least another client application resides on another remote computing system.

Claim 15

Dependent Claim 48 words

The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one client application resides on a remote computing system, the method further comprising communicating with the remote computing system using one of the Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”), the User Datagram Protocol (“UDP”), and the User Datagram Protocol Plus (“UDP+”).

Claim 16

Dependent Claim 38 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising communicating with the at least one client application over at least one of an intranet, an internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and the World Wide Web.

Claim 17

Dependent Claim 55 words

The method of claim 1 wherein the at least one ADC device is one of a bar code reader, a radio frequency (“RF”) tag reader, a resonator reader, a SmartCard reader, a magnetic stripe reader, an optical character recognition (“OCR”) reader, a two-dimensional data reader, a dipole device reader, and a speech input recognizing device.

Claim 18

Dependent Claim 57 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a data reading instruction from the at least one client application for the at least one ADC device; sending the data reading instruction to the at least one ADC device; and receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device that performs the data reading instruction.

Claim 19

Dependent Claim 102 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a data reading instruction from the at least one client application for the at least one ADC device; sending the data reading instruction to the at least one ADC device; and receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device that performs the data reading instruction, wherein the data set is received by an ADC data server that also receives the data reading instruction from the at least one client application and directs the translation of the data reading instruction into a native format of the at least one ADC device.

Claim 20

Dependent Claim 113 words

The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a data reading instruction from the at least one client application for the at least one ADC device; sending the data reading instruction to the at least one ADC device; and receiving the data set from the at least one ADC device that performs the data reading instruction, wherein the data set is received by an ADC data server that also receives the data reading instruction from the at least one client application and wherein the ADC data server directs a protocol handler and a device handler to translate the data reading instruction into a native format of the at least one ADC device.

Claim 21

Independent Claim 91 words

A system for routing a plurality of data sets, comprising: an automatic data collection (“ADC”) data server that receives data sets having data characteristics from a plurality of ADC devices; an output mechanism grid that contains routing mechanism instructions for at least one client application of a plurality of client applications; and an output method organizer that attempts to locate a routing mechanism instruction for each client application of the plurality of client applications that will receive a data set of the plurality of data sets from the ADC data server.

Claim 22

Independent Claim 91 words

A system for routing a plurality of data sets, comprising: an automatic data collection (“ADC”) data server that receives data sets having data characteristics from a plurality of ADC devices; an output mechanism grid that contains routing mechanism instructions for at least one client application of a plurality of client applications; and an output method organizer that attempts to locate a routing mechanism instruction for each client application of the plurality of client applications that will receive a data set of the plurality of data sets from the ADC data server.

Claim 23

Dependent Claim 51 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising a data router that routes at least one data set of the plurality of data sets to at least one client application of the plurality of client applications using an output mechanism located in a routing mechanism instruction in the output mechanism grid.

Claim 24

Dependent Claim 80 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising a data router that routes at least one data set of the plurality of data sets to at least one client application of the plurality of client applications using an output mechanism located in a routing mechanism instruction in the output mechanism grid and wherein the output mechanism is one of pipes, remote procedure calls (“RPC”), sockets, mail slots, network Basic Input/Output System (“NetBIOS”), network Dynamic Data Exchange (“NetDDE”), and shared memory.

Claim 25

Dependent Claim 23 words

The system of claim 20 wherein the ADC data server resides in an ADC device platform that contains the plurality of ADC devices.

Claim 26

Dependent Claim 53 words

The system of claim 20 wherein each data set of the plurality of data sets comprises one of bar code data, radio frequency (“RF”) tag data, resonator data, SmartCard data, magnetic stripe data, optical character recognition (“OCR”) data, text data, ASCII data, AIMI-ECI data, two-dimensional data, dipole device data, and speech input data.

Claim 27

Dependent Claim 59 words

The system of claim 20 wherein at least one ADC device of the plurality of ADC devices is one of-a bar code reader, a radio frequency (“RF”) tag reader, a resonator reader, a SmartCard reader, a magnetic stripe reader, an optical character recognition (“OCR”) reader, a two-dimensional data reader, a dipole device reader, and a speech input recognizing device.

Claim 28

Dependent Claim 85 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set of the plurality of data sets and matches the identified data type against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set.

Claim 29

Dependent Claim 122 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set of the plurality of data sets and matches the identified data type against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set; and a data router that routes a data set of the plurality of data sets to at least one client application using an output mechanism located for the at least one client application in the output mechanism grid.

Claim 30

Dependent Claim 162 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set of the plurality of data sets and matches the identified data type against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set; and a data router that routes a data set of the plurality of data sets to at least one client application using an output mechanism located for the at least one client application in the output mechanism grid, wherein the output mechanism for routing the data set to the at least one client application is one of pipes, remote procedure calls (“RPC”), sockets, mail slots, network basic input/output system (“NetBIOS”), network dynamic data exchange (“NetDDE”), and shared memory.

Claim 31

Dependent Claim 115 words

The system of claim 20 , further comprising: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set of the plurality of data sets and matches the identified data type against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the grid data matcher identifies more than one client application of the plurality of client applications to receive the data set based upon examination of the ADC data grid.

Claim 32

Dependent Claim 47 words

The system of claim 20 wherein at least one client application to receive the data set resides in an ADC device platform that contains the at least one ADC device and at least another client application to receive the data set resides on a remote computing system.

Claim 33

Dependent Claim 55 words

The system of claim 20 wherein the ADC data server and the plurality of ADC devices reside in an ADC device platform, at least one client application to receive the data set resides on a remote computing system, and at least another client application to receive the data set resides in another remote computing system.

Claim 34

Dependent Claim 71 words

The system of claim 20 wherein the ADC data server and the plurality of ADC devices reside in an ADC device platform, and the at least one client application to receive the data set resides on a remote computing system, and the ADC device platform communicates with the remote computing system using one of the Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”), the User Datagram Protocol (“UDP”), and the User Datagram Protocol Plus (“UDP+”).

Claim 35

Dependent Claim 77 words

The system of claim 20 wherein the ADC data server and the plurality of ADC devices reside in an ADC device platform, and the at least one client application to receive the data set resides on a remote computing system, and communications between the at least one client application and the ADC device platform pass over at least one of an intranet, an internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and the World Wide Web.

Claim 36

Dependent Claim 99 words

An automatic data collection (“ADC”) network that routes data, comprising: a plurality of ADC device platforms, such that at least one ADC device platform comprises: at least one ADC device; an ADC data server that receives a plurality of data sets having characteristics from the at least one ADC device; an output mechanism grid that contains routing mechanism instructions for a plurality of client applications; and an output method organizer that attempts to locate a routing mechanism instruction for each client application that will receive a data set of the plurality of data sets from the ADC data server.

Claim 37

Dependent Claim 99 words

An automatic data collection (“ADC”) network that routes data, comprising: a plurality of ADC device platforms, such that at least one ADC device platform comprises: at least one ADC device; an ADC data server that receives a plurality of data sets having characteristics from the at least one ADC device; an output mechanism grid that contains routing mechanism instructions for a plurality of client applications; and an output method organizer that attempts to locate a routing mechanism instruction for each client application that will receive a data set of the plurality of data sets from the ADC data server.

Claim 38

Dependent Claim 63 words

The system of claim 34 , further comprising a data router in the at least one ADC device platform that routes a data set of the plurality of data sets to a client application of the plurality of client applications using an output mechanism located in a routing mechanism instruction in the output mechanism grid of the at least one ADC device platform.

Claim 39

Dependent Claim 44 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the output mechanism for routing a data set to at least one client application is one of pipes, remote procedure calls (“RPC”), sockets, mail slots, network basic input/output system (“NetBIOS”), network dynamic data exchange (“NetDDE”), and shared memory.

Claim 40

Dependent Claim 55 words

The system of claim 34 wherein at least one data set of the plurality of data sets comprises one of bar code data, radio frequency (“RF”) tag data, resonator data, SmartCard data, magnetic stripe data, optical character recognition (“OCR”) data, text data, ASCII data, AIMI-ECI data, two-dimensional data, dipole device data, and speech input data.

Claim 41

Dependent Claim 62 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device of at least one ADC device platform is one of a bar code reader, a radio frequency (“RF”) tag reader, a resonator reader, a SmartCard reader, a magnetic stripe reader, an optical character recognition (“OCR”) reader, a two-dimensional data reader, a dipole device reader, and a speech input recognizing device.

Claim 42

Dependent Claim 91 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set.

Claim 43

Dependent Claim 126 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set; and a data router that routes a data set of the data sets to at least one client application using an output mechanism located for the at least one client application in the output mechanism grid.

Claim 44

Dependent Claim 166 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set; and a data router that routes a data set of the data sets to at least one client application using an output mechanism located for the at least one client application in the output mechanism grid, wherein the output mechanism for routing the data set to the at least one client application is one of pipes, remote procedure calls (“RPC”), sockets, mail slots, network basic input/output system (“NetBIOS”), network dynamic data exchange (“NetDDE”), and shared memory.

Claim 45

Dependent Claim 121 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the grid data matcher identifies more than one client application of the plurality of client applications to receive a data set based upon examination of the ADC data grid.

Claim 46

Dependent Claim 148 words

The system of claim 34 wherein at least one ADC data device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the grid data matcher identifies more than one client application of the plurality of client applications to receive a data set based upon examination of the ADC data grid, and wherein at least one identified client application resides in the ADC device platform and at least another identified client application resides on a remote computing system.

Claim 47

Dependent Claim 148 words

The system of claim 34 wherein at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the grid data matcher identifies more than one client application of the plurality of client applications to receive a data set based upon examination of the ADC data grid and wherein the at least one identified client application resides on a remote computing system and at least another identified client application resides in another remote computing system.

Claim 48

Dependent Claim 137 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the the at least one identified client application resides on a remote computing system and the ADC device platform communicates with the remote computing system using one of the Transmission Control Protocol (“TCP”), the User Datagram Protocol (“UDP”), and the User Datagram Protocol Plus (“UDP+”).

Claim 49

Dependent Claim 143 words

The system of claim 34 wherein the at least one ADC device platform further comprises: an ADC data grid that contains data type requests for the plurality of client applications; and an ADC grid data matcher that identifies the data type of each data set received from the ADC device and matches the identified data types against the data type requests for each client application of the plurality of client applications in the ADC data grid to determine if one or more than one client application should receive the data set, wherein the at least one identified client application resides on a remote computing system and communications between the at least one identified client application and the ADC device platform pass over at least one of an intranet, an internet, a local area network, a wide area network, and the World Wide Web.

Annuity Stage	Window Opens	Payment Deadline	Surcharge Period Until	Estimated Fee	Status
3.5 Years (Year 4)	2005-03-11	2005-09-10	2006-03-12	$2000.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
7.5 Years (Year 8)	2009-03-11	2009-09-10	2010-03-12	$3760.00	Window Closed / Lapsed
11.5 Years (Year 12)	2013-03-11	2013-09-10	2014-03-12	$7700.00	Window Closed / Lapsed

Automatic data collection device that receives data output instruction from data consumer

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