Patent ID: 6507864
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A method of integrating host application software with data collection devices located on remote, wireless terminals, the method comprisingexecuting the host application software and a data collection object on the host computer, using a predetermined interface between the host application software and the data collection object; configuring the interface and handling communication between the host application software and the data collection object so that to the host application software the data collection device appears to be local hardware on the host computer; the data collection object creating and executing threads of execution for controlling operation of the data collection device, with the threads communicating with the remote terminals via a host computer transport layer, the wireless link, and a remote computer transport layer at the remote terminals; and executing data collection device driver software on the remote terminal for receiving communications from the data collection object, and returning information to the data collection object, the information being returned to the data collection object over the remote computer transport layer, wireless link, and host computer transport layer.