Patent ID: 7576876

Claim:
A relay device configured to relay data processed by a sensing device to a computer system and having a memory storing an ID of the relay device, the sensing device having an image sensor to sense coded data on a first interface, a processor for processing the sensed coded data to extract region data of the first interface, a memory storing an ID of the sensing device, and a transmitter for transmitting the extracted region data and sensing device ID to the relay device, the relay device comprising: a first communications module for receiving the extracted region data and sensing device ID from the sensing device, the extracted region data having a first communications format; a relay device processor for converting the first communications format of the received extracted region data into a second communications format; and a second communications module for transmitting the received sensing device ID and the relay device ID to the computer system, receiving, from the computer system, permission to communicate the received extracted region data based on a registration of the sensing device with the relay device recorded in the computer system, and transmitting the received extracted region data to the computer system in the second communications format when said permission is received.