Patent ID: 7594610
Filing Date: 2009-09-29
Classification: G06K

Abstract:
1. A method to create a custom function in an optical reader comprising the steps of: (a) providing a hand held optical reader having a host command mode; (b) providing a host computer to communicate with the optical reader and to send one or more script routine modules to the optical reader set to the host command mode; (c) providing a user interface enabling a user of a system comprising said hand held optical reader and said host computer to select said host command mode from a set of available alternative operating modes, the set of alternative available operating modes including said host command mode; (d) identifying one or more script routine modules to be transmitted to the optical reader; (e) transmitting the one or more script routine modules from the host computer to one or more optical readers set to the host command mode such that the script routine modules are executed together in succession by the optical reader as a custom function; and (f) executing the custom function on at least one of the optical readers.