Distinctive notice for different symbology information

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9589164-B2
Application number	US-201514940650-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 13, 2015
Priority date	Jun 24, 2010
Publication date	Mar 7, 2017
Grant date	Mar 7, 2017

Abstract

An indicia reader is adapted for hand held operation to read information bearing indicia (IBI) at a point of transaction (POT) and is operated by: configuring the indicia reader in a store to provide at least one store specific indicia read notice; reading an IBI at a POT with the indicia reader and providing the at least one store specific indicia read notice to a customer when each IBI is read.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
reading a symbol at a point of transaction with an indicia reader; and
if the symbol read with the indicia reader is a target symbol, providing a symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol to a customer;
wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol is based on information encoded in the target symbol; and
wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs the customer if the barcode is scanned or not.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice is defined by rules defined by a store based on the information encoded in the barcode.

5. The method of claim 1 , comprising configuring the indicia reader at the point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol.

6. The method of claim 1 , comprising configuring the indicia reader at the point of transaction to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol by reading a symbol carried by a customer.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following: a price of the item bearing the target symbol; a description of the item bearing the target symbol; an item on sale notification; and sales savings information.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising:
creating a symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile; and
downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to the indicia reader.

9. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader;
uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to a host server; and
downloading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the host server.

10. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile in a first indicia reader; and
uploading the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile to another indicia reader in communication with the first indicia reader.

11. The method of claim 8 , comprising:
creating the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile by reading a symbol carried by a customer, wherein the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and
configuring the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language.

12. An indicia reader, comprising:
an indicia reading assembly for reading a symbol;
a notification device for notifying a customer when a symbol is read;
a memory storing program instructions; and
a processor for executing the program instructions, wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader:
reads a symbol at a point of transaction with the indicia reading assembly;
if the symbol read with the indicia reading assembly is a target symbol, provides a symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol to a customer with the notification device;
wherein the symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol is based on information encoded in the target symbol; and
wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises distinctive beeper tones, customized music, a distinctive LED blink mode, and/or a vibration with a special period.

13. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein the program instructions are stored onto the memory at the point of transaction.

14. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader configures the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice for the target symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a customer.

15. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises at least one of the following: a price of the item bearing the target symbol; a description of the item bearing the target symbol; an item on sale notification; and sales savings information.

16. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from a host server to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

17. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein, when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader acquires a configuration setting from another indicia reader to determine the symbol-specific read notice.

18. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein:
the symbol-specific read notice configuration setting profile comprises a language; and
when the processor executes the program instructions, the indicia reader configures the indicia reader to provide the symbol-specific read notice in the language for the target symbol in response to reading a symbol carried by a customer.

19. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice comprises a distinctive beeper tone.

20. The indicia reader of claim 12 , wherein the symbol-specific read notice informs the customer if the barcode is scanned or not.

Assignees

• Metrologic Instr Inc

Inventors

• Zhu Xiaoxun
• Mao Qian

Classifications

• G06K7/10603 Primary

  Basic scanning using moving elements · CPC title

• G08B6/00

  Tactile signalling systems, e.g. tactile personal calling systems · CPC title

• G06K7/10544 Primary

  by scanning of the records by radiation in the optical part of the electromagnetic spectrum · CPC title

• G06Q10/00

  Administration; Management · CPC title

• G06K7/10554

  Moving beam scanning · CPC title