Web based document tracking and management system

• US 20050236483A1
• Filed: 01/10/2005
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/24/1997
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Metrologic Instruments Incorporated (Honeywell International Inc.)
• Inventors: Wilz, David M. Sr., Knowles, Carl Harry
• Granted Patent: US 7,337,968 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 235/462.10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9554 by using bar codes
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10891 the scanner to be worn on a finger or on a wrist
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

A bar code symbol driven system for accessing information resources from information servers connected to communication networks, including the Internet. The system includes a bar code symbol reader (7a) for reading bar code symbols encoded with information representative of information resources stored in information servers connected to the Internet and supporting the TCP/IP standard. A computing platform (6) is provided for supporting an Internet browser. A telecommunication modem is operably connected to the computing platform in order to establish a two way telecommunication link between the Internet browser and an Internet service provider (ISP) connected to the Internet. In response to reading bar code symbols (8), the Internet browser automatically accesses information resources from Internet information servers (2) using the information encoded in bar code symbols read by the bar code symbol reader (7a).

Claims

1-105. -105. (canceled)

106. A Web-based document tracking and management system, in which each document to be tracked and managed within said system is uniquely assigned and affixed with a printed URL-encoded bar code symbol that specifies a particular information storage location within an HTML-encoded relational database management system (RDBMS), realized on a Web-based information server located on the Internet or behind a corporate firewall.

107. The Web-based document tracking and management system of claim 106, wherein each document is selected from the group consisting of brochure, a drawing, 3-D objects or specimens, a photograph, a specification, a blue-print, and the like.

108. The Web-based document tracking and management system of claim 106, wherein information relating to a document registered within the system can be accessed therefrom by simply scanning the printed URL-encoded bar code symbol on the document using the bar code symbol reader associated with an Internet access terminal.

109. The Web-based document tracking and management system of claim 107, wherein said Internet access terminal comprises:

means for assigning a URL-encoded bar code symbol to any document to be registered with the system;

means for entering document-related information into the information storage location assigned to the document within the RDBMS;

means for printing URL-encoded bar code symbols for attachment to corresponding documents registered within the system;

means for modifying the document-related information currently stored in the information storage location assigned to the document within the RDBMS; and

means for accessing document related information from the system by reading its corresponding URL-encoded bar code symbol.