ADAPTABLE INFORMATION EXTRACTION AND LABELING METHOD AND SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A computerized system for identifying a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes that are each compliant with a different coding standard, the computerized system comprising:
- a code reader that is operable to;
read a first machine-readable code compliant with a first coding standard and, in response, transmit a first signal that is indicative of the first machine-readable code, andread a second machine-readable code compliant with a second coding standard that is different from the first coding standard and, in response, transmit a second signal that is indicative of the second machine-readable code;
a recognition component that makes a determination that the first machine-readable code conforms to the first coding standard when the first signal is received and makes a determination that the second machine-readable code conforms to the second coding standard when the second signal is received;
a storage component that stores computer-executable instructions corresponding to each of the first and second coding standards and a medicinal-substance database that includes an identification the medicinal substance to be identified;
a selection component that selects, as selected instructions;
the computer-executable instructions corresponding to the first coding standard in response to the determination by the recognition component that the first machine readable code is compliant with the first coding standard, andthe computer-executable instructions corresponding to the second coding standard in response to the determination by the recognition component that the second machine readable code is compliant with the second coding standard; and
a processing component that performs a method according to the selected instructions to retrieve the identification of the medicinal substance from the medicinal-substance database.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a computerized method and system for identifying a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes that are each compliant with a different coding standard. A code reader reads a machine-readable code and transmits a signal indicative of the machine-readable code in response. A recognition identifies the coding standard with which the machine-readable code complies. Based on the identification by the recognition unit, computer-executable instructions specific to decoding information according the identified standard are selected and executed to decode the information encoded pursuant to the identified coding standard.
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20 Claims
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1. A computerized system for identifying a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes that are each compliant with a different coding standard, the computerized system comprising:
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a code reader that is operable to; read a first machine-readable code compliant with a first coding standard and, in response, transmit a first signal that is indicative of the first machine-readable code, and read a second machine-readable code compliant with a second coding standard that is different from the first coding standard and, in response, transmit a second signal that is indicative of the second machine-readable code; a recognition component that makes a determination that the first machine-readable code conforms to the first coding standard when the first signal is received and makes a determination that the second machine-readable code conforms to the second coding standard when the second signal is received; a storage component that stores computer-executable instructions corresponding to each of the first and second coding standards and a medicinal-substance database that includes an identification the medicinal substance to be identified; a selection component that selects, as selected instructions; the computer-executable instructions corresponding to the first coding standard in response to the determination by the recognition component that the first machine readable code is compliant with the first coding standard, and the computer-executable instructions corresponding to the second coding standard in response to the determination by the recognition component that the second machine readable code is compliant with the second coding standard; and a processing component that performs a method according to the selected instructions to retrieve the identification of the medicinal substance from the medicinal-substance database. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of identifying a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes that are each compliant with a different coding standard used to label the medicinal substance, the method comprising:
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using a code reader operatively connected to a computer system, receiving information from a machine-readable code used to label the medicinal substance and generating a signal indicative of the machine-readable code; with the computer system, evaluating the signal indicative of the machine-readable code to identify a compatible coding standard with which the machine-readable code complies from among the different coding standards available; with the computer system, selecting computer-executable instructions specific to the coding standard from among a library of available computer-executable instructions specific to each of the different coding standards, said library being stored on a computer-readable memory in communication with the computer system; using the computer system, executing the computer-executable instructions specific to the coding standard to extract information relating to the medicinal substance according to the compatible standard, wherein the information relating to the mechanical substance that is extracted includes at least an identification of the medicinal substance. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computerized system that can identify a medicinal substance from a plurality of different machine-readable codes compliant with a plurality of different coding standards, the computerized system comprising:
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a code reader that is operable to read a machine-readable code and, in response, transmit a signal that is indicative of the machine-readable code; a recognition component for identifying a plurality of different coding standards with which the different machine-readable codes conform, wherein the recognition component identifies a first coding standard with which the machine-readable code read by the code reader conforms from among the plurality of different coding standards in response to receiving the signal; a storage component that stores; a medicinal-substance database comprising an identification of a plurality of different medicinal substances, and first computer-executable instructions adapted to interpret machine-readable codes conforming with the first coding standard but not properly interpret machine-readable codes conforming to a second coding standard, wherein the computer-executable instructions, when executed, govern interpretation of the machine-readable code read by the code reader and establish a relationship between the machine-readable code read by the code reader and the identification of the medicinal substance in the medicinal-substance database; a selection component that selects the first computer-executable instructions adapted to interpret machine-readable codes conforming with the first coding standard in response to identification of the first coding standard by the recognition component; and a processing component that executes the first computer-executable instructions adapted to interpret the machine-readable codes conforming with the first coding standard to retrieve the identification of the medicinal substance from the medicinal-substance database. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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