Pre-paid usage system for encoded information reading terminals
US9342827B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 13, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 17, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 13, 2035 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04L67/02
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A fleet management system for managing a fleet of encoded information reading (EIR) terminals can comprise one or more computers, a fleet management software module, and a payment processing software module in communication with the fleet management software module. The fleet management software module can be configured, responsive to receiving a customer initiated request, to generate an unlocking message upon processing a payment by the payment processing software module. The unlocking message can be provided by a bar code to be read by an EIR terminal, or by a bit stream to be transferred to an EIR terminal via network. Each EIR terminal can be configured to perform not more than a pre-defined number of EIR operations responsive to receiving the unlocking message.
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