Patents by Inventor Darren P. Smith

Darren P. Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Extensible application interface using machine-readable graphical codes
    Patent number: 7072974
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing data from a graphical code reading device to a software module. The system includes a graphical code reading device that scans a graphical code and provides graphical code data. A computer is in electronic communication with the graphical code reading device and receives the graphical code data from the graphical code reading device. The computer includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor and a communications port in electronic communication with the processor for communicating with the graphical code reading device. An association may include a data type and a software module identifier. A driver is used to receive the graphical code data and obtain the software module identifier through use of the data type to provide the graphical code data to the software module identified by the software module identifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: The Code Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Hepworth, Dimitri V. Yatsenko, Darren P. Smith
  • Extensible application interface using machine-readable graphical codes
    Publication number: 20020144017
    Abstract: A system is disclosed for providing data from a graphical code reading device to a software module. The system includes a graphical code reading device that scans a graphical code and provides graphical code data. A computer is in electronic communication with the graphical code reading device and receives the graphical code data from the graphical code reading device. The computer includes a processor, a memory in electronic communication with the processor and a communications port in electronic communication with the processor for communicating with the graphical code reading device. An association may include a data type and a software module identifier. A driver is used to receive the graphical code data and obtain the software module identifier through use of the data type to provide the graphical code data to the software module identified by the software module identifier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: October 3, 2002
    Applicant: The Code Corporation
    Inventors: Paul J. Hepworth, Dimitri V. Yatsenko, Darren P. Smith