Systems and methods for aiding data organization related applications
OwnerBlake A. Eganinventor
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Abstract
Presented are systems and methods for aiding data organization. Generally, the system includes an electronic signal processor that receives electronic signals from user input devices, such as a computer keyboard and/or bar code scanner, and that transmits electronic signals to user output devices, such as a visual display human machine interface and/or a label printer. Once a certain input, such as an electronic signal representing a scanned optical code, is received by the processor, the processor prioritizes the appropriate graphical user interface on the visual display to allow for data entry by a user of the system. Data entry prompts and responses to user input are at least partially customizable by a user.
Claims20
A method comprising the steps of:
- a. receiving a scan code at an electronic processing device, said scan code comprising a representation of a scanned optical code;
- b. prioritizing a software application graphical user interface on a graphical human machine interface, said graphical human machine interface in communication with said electronic processing device;
- c. accessing a database, said database having at least one entry associating said optical code with an entity;
- d. displaying a prompt for data entry in said software application graphical user interface;
- e. receiving entered data comprising a representation of association data, said association data comprising at least one data string to be associated with said optical code in said database;
- and,
- f. associating said association data with a representation of said optical code in said database.
A method comprising the steps of:
- a. scanning an optical code with an optical code scanner, said optical code scanner being in electronic communication with an electronic processing device;
- and,
- b. in response to a data entry prompt displayed in a prioritized, active data entry graphical user interface module, entering a customized response through a user input device, the customized response to be associated with said optical code.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.