Patent ID: 7686216
Filing Date: 2010-03-30
Classification: G06Q,G07G

Abstract:
1. A bar code reading terminal for use in a retail store network having a plurality of cash registers external to said bar code reading terminal, the bar code reading terminal comprising: a bar code reader unit; a manual trigger; a hand held housing devoid of a display encapsulating at least one component of said bar code reader unit, the housing being configured so that a user can actuate said manual trigger when grasping said housing, the bar code reading terminal being configured so that when said manual trigger is actuated said bar code reader unit produces a decoded bar code data message; a radio transceiver encapsulated by said housing; wherein said bar code reading terminal is configured to wait for a cash register address to be wirelessly received from one cash register of said plurality of cash registers and to automatically enter a unique association mode of operation subsequent to receiving said cash register address, wherein said one cash register has a certain cash register address and wherein said unique association mode of operation is characterized by the bar code reading terminal for the time that said bar code reading terminal remains in said unique association mode utilizing only said certain cash register address when initiating a network connection for the transmission of decoded out bar code message data to an external device; and wherein said unique association mode is further characterized by said bar code reading terminal monitoring data transmissions and disconnecting from said one cash register if said bar code reading terminal is not actuated to send bar code message data to said one cash register within a timeout period, the unique association mode further being characterized by said bar code reading terminal attempting to reconnect to said one cash register utilizing said cash register address if actuated to read a bar code when in a disconnected state.