Cellular telephone for acquiring data encoded in bar code indicia
US6687346B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | May 15, 2000 |
| Grant date | Feb 3, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 15, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M1/725
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A system for transferring data between a centrally located site and a portable communications terminal via a telephone network, the site having associated therewith a look up table containing- plurality of data records correlating to items disposed at a retail establishment, wherein each of the items has associated therewith a bar code encoded with the indicia unique to each item, with each of the bar coded indicia corresponding to a particular record in the table, the data containing at least a portion of said record.
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