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Automatic data collection device having a network communications capability
Assignee: Intermec IP Corp
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Filing: 1999-05-03
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Granted: 2003-03-25
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Expires: 2019-05-03
Abstract
Abstract The invention provides a system and method for controlling a plurality of automatic data collection (ADC) device platforms. In the invention, a remote computing system having browsing software adapted for receiving and sending Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents, Dynamic Hypertext Mark-Up Language (DHTML) documents, and Exstensible Mark Up Language (XML) documents over the World Wide Web communicates with a network of ADC platform devices. A Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) master agent at the ADC device platform communicates with the remote computing system and a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server sends HTML documents, DHTML documents, and XML documents to the remote computing system over the World Wide Web. A translator translates SNMP-formatted data sent to the attached ADC devices into a format suitable for reception by each ADC device. Another translator translates data received from the ADC devices into the SNMP format. The SNMP master agent communicates with the remote computing system using the TCP protocol, the UDP/IP protocol, and the UDP+ protocol. The ADC platform device may utilize a wireless communications system for communicating with the remote computing system.
Inventors
- 👤 Jeffrey M. Hunt
- 👤 Jon R. Ramberg
- 👤 Paul D. Shoeman
- 👤 James T. Katsandres
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 18:30
CPC Classifications
H; H04; H04L; H04L41/00; H04L41/08; H04L41/085; H04L41/0853; G; G06; G06F; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/12; G06F40/14; G06F40/143; G06Q; G06Q30/00; G06Q30/06; H04L41/02; H04L41/0213; H04L41/0226; H04L41/0246; H04L41/0253; H04L41/04; H04L41/046; H04L41/0803; H04L41/0813; H04L41/082; H04L9/00; H04L9/40
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
180 words
A system for controlling a plurality of hand-held devices having at least one automatic data collection reader, comprising: a remote computing system having a modem and a browser that receives Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents, Dynamic Hypertext Mark-Up Language (DHTML) documents, and Exstensible Mark Up Language (XML) documents over the World Wide Web; for each hand-held device of the plurality of hand-held devices: a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) master agent that communicates with the remote computing system; a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that receives document queries from the browser of the remote computing system and sends HTML documents, DHTML documents, and XML documents to the remote computing system over the World Wide Web; a first translator that translates SNMP-formatted data sent from the SNMP master agent to the at least one automatic data collection reader into a format suitable for reception by the at least one automatic data collection reader; and a second translator that translates data received from the at least one automatic data collection reader into the SNMP format for transmission to the remote computing system.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
180 words
A system for controlling a plurality of hand-held devices having at least one automatic data collection reader, comprising: a remote computing system having a modem and a browser that receives Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) documents, Dynamic Hypertext Mark-Up Language (DHTML) documents, and Exstensible Mark Up Language (XML) documents over the World Wide Web; for each hand-held device of the plurality of hand-held devices: a Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) master agent that communicates with the remote computing system; a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server that receives document queries from the browser of the remote computing system and sends HTML documents, DHTML documents, and XML documents to the remote computing system over the World Wide Web; a first translator that translates SNMP-formatted data sent from the SNMP master agent to the at least one automatic data collection reader into a format suitable for reception by the at least one automatic data collection reader; and a second translator that translates data received from the at least one automatic data collection reader into the SNMP format for transmission to the remote computing system.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
58 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the HTML documents, DHTML documents, and XML documents sent by the HTTP server of a hand-held device of the plurality of hand-held devices to the remote computing system include application programs that provide the browser with a capability for performing data transactions on the hand-held device of the plurality of hand-held devices.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the hand-held device communicates with the remote computing system using the TCP protocol.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the hand-held device communicates with the remote computing system using the UDP/IP protocol.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
The system of claim 1 wherein the hand-held device communicates with the remote computing system using the UDP+ protocol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
32 words
The system of claim 1 wherein communications from at least one hand-held device of the plurality of hand-held devices passes through a wireless communications system en route to the remote computing system.
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