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Label generating and data tracking system for processing purchase orders

  • US 5,315,508 A
  • Filed: 09/03/1992
  • Issued: 05/24/1994
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/03/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A container packing verification and labeling system for use on a computer having a processor, a memory, at least one input device operable by a user to enter data and commands to said computer, a display and a communication interface for electronically receiving data for a plurality of purchase orders from a plurality of consignees to store data for each purchase order in a data file associated with the consignee issuing the purchase order, said computer being coupled to a printer for printing on a web of record members, each record member being affixable to a container, said container packing and verification system comprising:

  • a plurality of consignee specific configuration files accessible by said processor, said configuration files including information indicating how purchase order data stored in a data file for said specific consignee is to be interpreted;

    a nonconsignee specific purchase order translator for controlling, in accordance with a consignee specific configuration file, said processor to store purchase order data from a data file in a predetermined manner in a purchase order database to allow said purchase order database to be accessed by said processor when operating in accordance with a nonconsignee specific purchase order processing controller;

    a plurality of consignee specific display screen files accessible by said processor and associated with a plurality of consignees each requiring a different set of input data from a user to process a purchase order issued thereby, each display screen file being associated with a consignee and including data representing information to be depicted on said display to prompt a user to enter only that data required by said associated consignee to process a purchase order issued thereby and said display screen files including data associating particular user entered commands with a consignee specific purchase order processing operation; and

    a nonconsignee specific purchase order processing controller for controlling said processor to couple to the display prompt information for a specific consignee from an associated display screen file in response to user entered data including data representing the selection of said consignee, said controller controlling said processor in accordance with said display screen file to collect in said memory data entered by a user in association with a purchase order and to compare selected user entered data to said associated purchase order data from said database to validate said use entered data; and

    said controller controlling said processor to couple selected user entered data from said purchase order database to said printer for printing said information on a record member.

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