Not-connected product data exchange via symbology

摘要

An electronic device, such as a print device, generates barcodes that contain encoded data corresponding to a functional destination and a variety of electronic device operational parameters. When a user selects a functional category, the electronic device determines the category's destination and relevant parameters, and generates the barcode with destination data and the parameters. A user may then use a barcode scanner to scan the barcode and automatically transmit the parameters to the destination.

主权项

1. A method for capturing operational information for a print device, comprising:
monitoring, by a processor of a print device located at a customer facility, a plurality of operational parameters of the print device, where each of the operational parameters corresponds to at least one of a plurality of different functional categories; receiving, via a user interface of the print device, a first user selection that corresponds to a first functional category of the plurality of different functional categories; retrieving, by the processor, a first subset of operational parameters that corresponds to the first functional category; encoding, by the processor, data containing the first subset of operational parameters into a first barcode; encoding, by the processor into the first barcode, first destination data specifying how to access a first destination resource to which the first subset of operational parameters is to be subsequently communicated from an intermediary device, where the first destination resource is associated with the first functional category and not a second functional category of the plurality of different functional categories; causing, by the processor, the first barcode to be output via a readable medium such that the first barcode can be scanned by the intermediary device for provision to a service provider system, where the intermediary device and service provider system are not network accessible to each other; receiving, via the user interface of the print device, a second user selection that corresponds to the second functional category of the plurality of different functional categories; and in response to the second user selection, dynamically generating by and outputting from the print device a second barcode different from the first barcode which comprises a second subset of operational parameters that corresponds to the second functional category and second destination data specifying how to access a second destination resource to which the second subset of operational parameters is to be subsequently communicated from the intermediary device, where the second destination resource is associated with the second functional category and not the first functional category.