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

Claim 17:
18. A barcode-reading system, comprising:
a plurality of barcode-reading devices, each barcode-reading device comprising a barcode-reading device processor, a camera that is configured to capture images, and 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, wherein the plurality of barcode-reading devices collectively comprise a plurality of usage logs, 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;
at least one host computing device, each host computing device being communicatively coupled to a barcode-reading device, each 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 (a) 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 (b) send at least one of the usage log or the device statistics to a remote server; and
the remote server comprising a remote server processor and remote server memory that is communicatively coupled to the remote server processor, the remote server memory comprising data analysis instructions that are executable by the remote server processor to obtain device statistics about the plurality of barcode-reading devices and generate data analysis results, the device statistics about the plurality of barcode-reading devices being generated from the plurality of usage logs.