Patent ID: 9286498
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A system, comprising: a computer comprising an application, device management client software, a communication interface comprising a unidirectional logical interface and a bidirectional logical interface, and a background service; and a barcode reader that scans one or more barcodes to generate scanned data; wherein: the barcode reader is in communication with the computer by way of the communication interface; the application on the computer expects to receive data from the barcode reader via the unidirectional logical interface; a first thread of the background service reads the scanned data from the unidirectional logical interface and sends the scanned data to the application; and a second thread of the background service enables the device management client software to modify configuration parameters that control operation of the barcode reader via the bidirectional logical interface.