US 7,367,514 B2
Reprogramming system including reprogramming symbol
Robert M. Soule, III, Harrisburg, N.C. (US); Daniel D. Yeakley, Monroe, N.C. (US); Aldo Mario Caballero, Charlotte, N.C. (US); James T. Sauerwein, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Guy H. Berthiaume, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Jeffrey Dean Harper, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Adam E. Meggitt, Charlotte, N.C. (US); Larry K. Hooks, Jr., Indian Trail, N.C. (US); and Brian V. Conti, Matthews, N.C. (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Skaneateles Falls, N.Y. (US)
Filed on Sep. 23, 2003, as Appl. No. 10/669,894.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/504557, filed on Sep. 18, 2003.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/484755, filed on Jul. 03, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0039092 A1, Feb. 17, 2005
Int. Cl. G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 235—494  [235/462.01; 341/50] 37 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
28. A symbol generator comprising:
a graphical user interface including a first data input area facilitating designation of one or more files available for encoding, the symbol generator being configured so that types of files available for encoding by said symbol generator include at least one of a document file, an image file, and a video file, the graphical user interface including a second data input area facilitating entry of command data, the second data input area enabling a user to input a command for encoding which when decoded and run by a reader causes a reader to download from a server a file of a type selected from the group consisting of document files, image files, and video files; and
an encoder encoding into at least one symbol at least one of the following: (a) a file of a file type selected from the group consisting of a document file, an image file, and a video file; and (b) a command to download from a server a file of a file type selected from the group consisting of a document file, an image file, and a video file.