Patent ID: 11954557
Assignee: THE CODE CORPORATION
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 18:
19. A barcode-reading system, comprising:
a barcode-reading device comprising a barcode-reading device processor and a camera that is configured to capture images;
memory that is communicatively coupled to the barcode-reading device processor, the memory comprising: (i) a decoder that is executable by the barcode-reading device processor to decode barcodes in the images and generate decoded data, (ii) a usage log, and (iii) event logging instructions that are executable by the barcode-reading device processor to record information related to the barcode-reading device in the usage log; and
a host computing device that is communicatively coupled to the memory, the host computing device comprising a host processor and host memory that is communicatively coupled to the host processor, the host memory comprising data collection instructions that are executable by the host processor to retrieve at least one of the usage log or device statistics generated based at least in part on the usage log from the barcode-reading device and send at least one of the usage log or the device statistics to a remote server;
wherein the device statistics comprise at least one of (a) the number of barcode scans made during a particular time period, (b) the average number of barcode scans made per time period over a longer time interval, (c) the number of unsuccessful barcode scans made during a particular time period, (d) the average number of unsuccessful barcode scans made per time period over a longer time interval, (e) the number of successful barcode scans made during a particular time period, (f) the average number of successful barcode scans made per time period over a longer time interval, (g) the total number of barcode scans made since the barcode-reading device was powered on, (h) the number of unsuccessful barcode scans made since the barcode-reading device was powered on, or (i) the number of successful barcode scans made since the barcode-reading device was powered on.