Client-Server Interface

All Retriever Software Applications are capable of operating in client-server mode on Windows or Windows Mobile platforms.

Store-and-Forward Advantage

Client-Server mode of operation provides end users with significant advantages.  Foremost is that store-and-forward data collection is supported.  Users can operate in areas where wireless network coverage is intermittent or non existent.  Once the data is collected, and the user returns to an area where wireless network coverage is good, the data is automatically synchronized with the central database.  This makes for the most robust, fault-tolerant system possible.

Functional Advantages

Client-server mode of operation allows for the use of peripherals.  Windows Mobile devices, such as the Motorola line of rugged mobile computers, have integrated components such as GPS, RFID readers, bar code scanners, magnetic strip reader and Bluetooth portable printers, that can only be effectively utilized in client-server mode, by a Windows Mobile application running on the device.  The Retriever Software Window Mobile Client supports all of these peripherals and more.