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

Claim 0:
1. 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:
a decoder that is executable by the barcode-reading device processor to decode barcodes in the images and generate decoded data;
a usage log; and
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, the event logging instructions being executable by the barcode-reading device processor to (i) record certain information in the usage log whenever the barcode-reading device scans a barcode, and (ii) record certain other information about events that are not associated with a barcode scan 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.