Apparatus with extended markup language data capture capability
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1. A computer implemented method for capturing data from a user into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, comprising:
- selecting a nontext data type to be captured;
enabling a transducer associated with the selected nontext data type;
capturing nontext data from the transducer;
formatting data from the transducer using a predetermined format; and
storing and displaying the formatted data in an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
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Abstract
A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data to be captured, the apparatus enables a transducer associated with the selected data type to capture data. The apparatus also formats data from the transducer into a predetermined format, stores and displays the formatted data in the markup language form.
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26 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for capturing data from a user into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, comprising:
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selecting a nontext data type to be captured;
enabling a transducer associated with the selected nontext data type;
capturing nontext data from the transducer;
formatting data from the transducer using a predetermined format; and
storing and displaying the formatted data in an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method for capturing data from a transducer into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance a markup language, comprising:
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determining whether a focus has been placed on a transducer aware input text field in a form object specified in accordance a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer;
enabling the transducer to collect data;
collecting the nontext data from the transducer;
formatting and saving the data generated into the field; and
disabling the transducer;
wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25)
saving the data into a predetermined format in the form; and
displaying the data to a user.
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12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data collecting step further comprises collecting one or more user strokes.
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13. The method of claim 12, wherein the form has a clear stroke area in the form, comprising determining whether the user stroke is in the clear stroke area and if so, deleting previously stored user strokes.
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14. The method of claim 12, wherein the stroke collecting step further comprises deleting duplicate points in the user stroke.
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15. The method of claim 12, wherein the stroke collecting step further comprises storing deltas between previous and current user strokes.
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16. The method of claim 12, further comprising compressing the strokes.
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25. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising code segment for compressing user strokes.
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17. An apparatus for capturing data from a user into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, comprising:
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a processor;
a display unit coupled to the processor;
one or more transducers coupled to the processor, each transducer adapted to generated a predetermined nontext data type; and
code for selecting and enabling one of the transducers, the code further formatting data from the transducer using a predetermined format and storing the formatted data in an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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26. A method in a computer system for providing for entry of data in a mobile wireless computer unit for communication over a wireless data communications network from a transducer associated with the mobile unit, the mobile unit including a display and executing a display program having a graphical user interface using a markup language that enables hypertext documents to be portable from the platform to another comprising the steps of:
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a) detecting in the mobile unit if the user has selected a nontext data source selected from a group including a bar code reader and a microphone;
b) determining the nontext data source that the user has selected;
c) receiving nontext data from the transducer corresponding to the selected source;
d) converting such nontext data into a predetermined format depending upon the selected source;
e) representing such data in an input text field of an object appearing in the display in the hypertext document, wherein the object is specified in accordance with a markup language and is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
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