Patent · US Expired

Hand-held portable printer with RFID read/write capability

US7180627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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15References
31Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 16, 2002
Grant dateFeb 20, 2007
Priority date
Expiry dateNov 29, 2024

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65C2210/0032
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A portable printer includes a number of input devices mounted in the printer housing including a barcode scanner, keypad, communication interface in a receive mode and an RFID read/write module in a read mode. The portable printer also includes a number of output devices including a printing system, the communication interface in a transmit mode and the RFID read/write module in a write mode for writing to an external RFID chip. A processor selects received data from one or more of the input devices, manipulates the data and/or combines it with other data for an output device wherein the data selected for one output device may be different then the data selected for another output device.

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