Patent ID: 8876005
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A soft keyboard management arrangement, comprising: an electro-optical, handheld reader including a data capture assembly in the reader for capturing data from a target, a manually actuatable trigger on the reader for initiating the data capture upon one type of manual actuation, a reader microprocessor in the reader for processing the data, and a Bluetooth-standard-compliant module in the reader; and a mobile terminal including a Bluetooth-standard-compliant module for establishing a wireless Bluetooth-standard-compliant paired connection with the Bluetooth-standard-compliant module in the reader via a human interface device (HID) profile, a display on the terminal, and a terminal microprocessor for enabling a soft keyboard to appear on the display, and for causing the soft keyboard to disappear upon manual actuation of the trigger with a different type of manual actuation; wherein the terminal microprocessor is operative for detecting the establishment of the Bluetooth-standard-compliant paired connection, and for automatically enabling the soft keyboard to appear on the display immediately upon the detection of the Bluetooth-standard-compliant paired connection; and wherein the one type of manual actuation is a single pull on the trigger, and wherein the different type of manual actuation is a double pull on the trigger, and wherein the terminal microprocessor is operative for detecting a first occurrence of the double pull to cause the soft keyboard to disappear.