Data management system and method

• US 20070183688A1
• Filed: 02/03/2006
• Published: 08/09/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Gary Hollfelder
• Original Assignee: Gary Hollfelder
• Inventors: Hollfelder, Gary
• Application Number:
  US11/347,143
• Publication Number:
  US 20070183688A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A method includes: acquiring at least one digital image; acquiring a first data identifier associated with each digital image; receiving a scan of a paper including at least one scan of handwritten information and a second data identifier associated with each handwritten information; and associating each digital image with a corresponding scan of handwritten information in accordance with the first data identifier corresponding to the second data identifier.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

acquiring at least one digital image;

acquiring a first data identifier associated with each digital image;

receiving a scan of a paper including at least one scan of handwritten information and a second data identifier associated with each handwritten information; and

associating each digital image with a corresponding scan of handwritten information in accordance with the first data identifier corresponding to the second data identifier.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first identifier and second data identifier include bar codes.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing the digital image, the scan of handwritten information, the first data identifier and the second data identifier in a database.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising printing the digital image and the associated scan of handwritten information.

5. A method, comprising:

acquiring at least one piece of first data;

acquiring a first data identifier associated with each piece of first data;

receiving a scan including at least one second piece of data and a second data identifier associated with each piece of second data; and

associating each first piece of data with a corresponding second piece of data in accordance with the first data identifier corresponding to the second data identifier.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first piece of data includes at least one of (a) a digital image and (b) a digital sound recording.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the second piece of data includes a scan of handwritten information.

8. The method according to claim 5, wherein the scan includes a scan of a paper.

9. The method according to claim 5, wherein the first identifier and the second data identifier include bar codes.

10. The method according to claim 5, further comprising storing the first piece of data, the second piece of data, the first data identifier and the second data identifier in a database.

11. The method according to claim 5, further comprising printing the first piece of data and the second piece of data.

12. A system, comprising:

a medium including at least one second data identifier and a second piece of data associated with each second data identifier;

a data capture device including an identifier scanner adapted to capture the each second data identifier from the medium as a first data identifier and a sensor adapted to capture a first piece of data corresponding to each captured data identifier, the data capture configured to associate each first piece of data with the corresponding data identifier;

a medium scanner configured to scan the medium to acquire each second data identifier and each second piece of data; and

a processor adapted to receive each first piece of data and each first data identifier associated with the first piece of data from the data capture device, to receive each second piece of data and each second data identifier associated with the second piece of data from the medium scanner, and to associate each first piece of data with a corresponding second piece of data in accordance with the first data identifier corresponding to the second data identifier.

13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the medium includes a paper.

14. The system according to claim 12, wherein the medium includes a medium identifier.

15. The system according to claim 12, wherein each data identifier includes a bar code.

16. The system according to claim 12, wherein the first piece of data includes a digital image.

17. The system according to claim 12, wherein the second piece of data includes a scan of handwritten information.

18. The system according to claim 12, wherein the data capture device includes-a digital camera.

19. The system according to claim 12, wherein the sensor includes an image sensor.

20. A system, comprising:

a paper including (a) at least one first data identifier that includes a bar code and (b) a space arranged to receive handwritten information corresponding to each first data identifier;

a camera adapted to capture an image;

a barcode scanner adapted to scan the first data identifier from the paper as a second data identifier;

a scanner adapted to scan the paper and acquire the first data identifier and the handwritten information; and

a processor adapted to receive the image from the camera, to receive the first data identifier and the handwritten information from the scanner, to receive the second data identifier from the barcode scanner, and to correlate the image and the handwritten information in accordance with the first data identifier corresponding to the second data identifier.