System and method for intelligent data input from a machine-readable medium
First Claim
1. A method of populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read from portable high-capacity machine-readable media comprising the steps of:
- loading and executing an interpretive software program in the computer;
reading a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium with a reading device coupled to the computer; and
using the interpretive software program to identify any instructor characters that are present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, and reformat the data in the machine-readable medium that follows the corresponding instructor character in a manner associated with the instructor character.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read from portable high-capacity machine-readable media. The method of the present invention includes the steps of: loading and executing an interpretive software program in the computer; reading a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium with a reading device coupled to the computer; and using the interpretive software program to identify any qualifier character that is present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, ignore the data if no qualifier character is identified, and populate the database and/or software screen with the data read from the machine-readable medium if a qualifier character is identified. The method may additionally, or alternatively, include the step of using the interpretive software program to identify any instructor characters that are present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, identify a data field within the database and/or software screen that corresponds to each identified instructor character, and populate the identified data field with data in the machine-readable medium that follows the corresponding instructor character.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read from portable high-capacity machine-readable media comprising the steps of:
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loading and executing an interpretive software program in the computer;
reading a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium with a reading device coupled to the computer; and
using the interpretive software program to identify any instructor characters that are present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, and reformat the data in the machine-readable medium that follows the corresponding instructor character in a manner associated with the instructor character. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read from portable high-capacity machine-readable media comprising the steps of:
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loading and executing an interpretive software program in the computer;
reading a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium with a reading device coupled to the computer; and
using the interpretive software program to identify any instructor characters that are present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, identify a data field within the database and/or software screen that corresponds to each identified instructor character, and populate the identified data field with data in the machine-readable medium that follows the corresponding instructor character. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A method for populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read from portable high-capacity machine-readable media comprising the steps of:
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loading and executing an interpretive software program in the computer;
reading a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium with a reading device coupled to the computer; and
using the interpretive software program to identify any qualifier character that is present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, ignore the data if no qualifier character is identified, and populate the database and/or software screen with the data read from the machine-readable medium if a qualifier character is identified. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read using a reading device coupled to the computer, said system comprising:
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a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium representing data having a plurality of characters, said machine-readable medium being in a format that the reading device may read; and
an interpretive software program stored in the computer for identifying any qualifier character that is present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, ignoring the data if no qualifier character is identified, and populating the database and/or software screen with the data read from the machine-readable medium if a qualifier character is identified. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A system for populating a database and/or software screen in a computer with data read using a reading device coupled to the computer, said system comprising:
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a portable high-capacity machine-readable medium representing data having a plurality of characters, said machine-readable medium being in a format that the reading device may read; and
an interpretive software program stored in the computer for identifying any instructor characters that are present in the data read from the machine-readable medium, identifying a data field within the database and/or software screen that corresponds to each identified instructor character, and populating the identified data field with data in the machine-readable medium that follows the corresponding instructor character. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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