Apparatus and methods for monitoring one or more portable data terminals

US9047359B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9047359-B2
Application numberUS-66998707-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateFeb 1, 2007
Priority dateFeb 1, 2007
Publication dateJun 2, 2015
Grant dateJun 2, 2015

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A portable data terminal generally includes a housing supporting: a data collection device; a keypad; and a touch screen. One or more PDTs are provided with a monitoring system that records occurrences experienced by the portable data terminal. The record of occurrences may be analyzed to identify errors and/or failure prone parts of the PDT along with behaviors likely to lead to errors or failures. Additionally, the record of events may be analyzed to predict errors and/or failures for any given PDT.

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What is claimed is: 1. A portable data terminal system comprising: a portable data terminal, the portable data terminal comprising: a housing; a data collection device supported by the housing for reading at least one selected from a list comprising: bar codes, RF encoded data from a passive RFID tag, and data from a card; a keypad supported by the housing; a touch screen supported by the housing; and a monitoring system, the monitoring system comprising: at least one au…

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What does patent US9047359B2 cover?
A portable data terminal generally includes a housing supporting: a data collection device; a keypad; and a touch screen. One or more PDTs are provided with a monitoring system that records occurrences experienced by the portable data terminal. The record of occurrences may be analyzed to identify errors and/or failure prone parts of the PDT along with behaviors likely to lead to errors or fail…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Caballero Aldo M, French Daniel Brant, Hinson Douglas M, and 5 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification G06F11/3058. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Jun 02 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).