System and method for capturing digital data directly from an electronic device and processing the data into XML form on a computer chip

A computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having control logic stored therein for causing a computer to capture digital data directly from an electronic device's port and process the data into a specified output format, comprising:

• first computer readable program means for capturing data transmitted via a computer port;
• second computer readable program means for determining a data format of the data transmitted via the computer port;
• third computer readable program means for identifying a parser appropriate for the data format;
• fourth computer readable program means for parsing the data using the identified parser;
• fifth computer readable program means for determining a template to apply to the parsed data;
• sixth computer readable program means for applying the template to identify at least one field and corresponding data for each of the at least one field;
• and
• seventh computer readable program means for transforming the field and corresponding data into the specified output format.

A system for capturing digital data directly from an electronic device's port and process the data into a specified output format, comprising:

• means for capturing data transmitted via a computer port;
• means for determining a data format of the data transmitted via the computer port;
• means for identifying a parser appropriate for the data format;
• means for parsing the data using a the identified parser;
• means for determining a template to apply to the parsed data;
• means for applying the template to pull out at least one field and corresponding data for each of the at least one field;
• and
• means for transforming the field and corresponding data into a specified output format.