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Patent US7990556 - Association of a portable scanner with input/output and storage devices - Google PatentsSearch Images Maps Play YouTube News Gmail Drive More »Sign inAdvanced Patent SearchPatentsA device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response...http://www.google.com/patents/US7990556?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US7990556 - Association of a portable scanner with input/output and storage devicesAdvanced Patent SearchPublication numberUS7990556 B2Publication typeGrantApplication numberUS 11/365,983Publication dateAug 2, 2011Filing dateFeb 28, 2006Priority dateDec 3, 2004Also published asUS8531710, US20060256371, US20110299125, US20140111827, WO2006124496A2, WO2006124496A3Publication number11365983, 365983, US 7990556 B2, US 7990556B2, US-B2-7990556, US7990556 B2, US7990556B2InventorsMartin T. King, Dale L. Grover, Clifford A. Kushler, James Q. Stafford-FraserOriginal AssigneeGoogle Inc.Export CitationBiBTeX, EndNote, RefManPatent Citations (131), Non-Patent Citations (306), Referenced by (7), Classifications (31), Legal Events (2) External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, EspacenetAssociation of a portable scanner with input/output and storage devicesUS 7990556 B2Abstract A device identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to a service provider. The service provider associates the device with the portable scanner. Information is scanned from a printed source and communicated to the service provider and subsequent information is received in response at a device identified by the device identifier. In some embodiments, a communication session identifier is scanned with a portable scanner and communicated to the service provider rather than (or in cooperation with) the device identifier.
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