Patent ID: 9384374
Filing Date: 2016-07-05
CPC Classification: G06F,G06K

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising: providing a graphical user interface, the graphical user interface facilitating specification, by a user, of a desired data format for bar code data to be presented by an indicia reading apparatus, the providing comprising: obtaining and displaying bar code data, the bar code data decoded from an image of a bar code; providing a user input field, wherein based on input by the user to the user input field, the user input field is populated with a representation of the bar code data in the desired data format, wherein the representation comprises at least a portion of the displayed bar code data; and based on the representation of the bar code data in the desired data format populated in the user input field, determining, by a processor, one or more configuration settings for configuring the indicia reading apparatus to present bar code data in the desired data format; wherein the input by the user comprises dragging and dropping at least one character from the displayed bar code data into the user input field, wherein the dropped at least one character indicates a variable character input within the desired data format.