XML SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An XML system configured to facilitate printing of bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encoding of RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML system comprising:
- a computer system having a memory subsystem;
a communication interface operatively coupled to a network;
an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream;
an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained;
an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device.
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Abstract
An XML system is configured to print bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encode RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream. The XML system includes a computer system having a memory subsystem, a communication interface operatively coupled to a network, an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream, and an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository. The XSLT processor transforms data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained. Also included is an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet, and a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device.
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25 Claims
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1. An XML system configured to facilitate printing of bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encoding of RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML system comprising:
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a computer system having a memory subsystem;
a communication interface operatively coupled to a network;
an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream;
an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained;
an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An XML system configured to facilitate printing of bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encoding of RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML system comprising:
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a computer;
a memory subsystem;
an XML processor configured to receive and process the XML input data stream;
an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained;
an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An XML system configured to facilitate printing of bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encoding of RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the XML system comprising:
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a computer;
a memory subsystem;
an XML processor configured to receive transformed XML data;
an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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23. A computer readable memory or data storage means encoded with data representing a computer program for an XML system, the XML system configured to facilitate printing of bar code labels, tags, tickets, cards, or other media, and/or encoding of RFID devices embedded in media, based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the computer readable memory or data storage means comprising:
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processing means having a memory subsystem operatively coupled thereto;
means for receiving and processing the XML input data stream;
means for transforming configured to obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the means for transforming configured to transform data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained;
means for formatting configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
means for rendering configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card, other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device.
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24. For use in a barcode and/or RFID apparatus, an XML processing system comprising:
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a computer system operatively coupled to the barcode or RFID apparatus;
the computer system further including an XML processor configured to receive and process an XML input data stream;
an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor configured to either obtain a stylesheet identified in the XML data stream or obtain the stylesheet from a stylesheet repository, the XSLT processor transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data based upon the stylesheet obtained;
extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor configured to format the transformed XML data into formatted XML data based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet; and
a rendering subsystem configured to receive the formatted XML data and generate a printable bit map representation of bar code label, tag, ticket, card, or other media, and/or generate encoding information for an RFID device.
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25. A method for generating a bar code label, tag, ticket, card, and/or encoding RFID devices embedded in media, in an XML system adapted based upon an extensible markup language (XML) input data stream, the method comprising:
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processing the XML input data stream by an XML processor;
obtaining a stylesheet either identified in the XML data stream or obtained from a stylesheet repository or other external source;
transforming data in the XML input data stream into transformed XML data using an extensible stylesheet language transformation (XSLT) processor based upon the stylesheet obtained;
formatting the transformed XML data into formatted XML data using an extensible stylesheet language formatting object (XSLFO) processor based upon XSLFO instructions contained in the stylesheet;
generating a printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card or other media, and/or generating encoding information for an RFID device, using a rendering subsystem based on the formatted XML data, the rendering subsystem processing a barcode-type or RFID-type instream foreign object defined in the stylesheet; and
printing or transmitting for printing, the printable representation of the bar code label, tag, ticket, card or other media and/or transmitting the encoding instructions to the RFID device.
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