System for reading, storing and using bar-encoded data from a coded business card or other printed material
OwnerHerbert J. Smith, III, Thomas G. White, Jr.inventors
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Abstract
A system for reading, storing and using data from a business card or other printed material comprises a business card or other printed material having high density bar-encoded data imprinted thereon, the data being divided into discrete fields; a bar code reader adapted to read the bar-encoded data; and a computer coupled to the reader for storing and manipulating the data with respect to the fields.
Claims11
A system for reading and storing data from a business card, comprising:
- a) a business card having printed business data and a bar code containing said business data, said data being divided into discrete fields;
- b) a portable bar code reader adapted to read said bar code;
- c) a computer coupled to said reader for storing and manipulating said data with respect to said fields and providing an output report;
- d) said reader including means for storing and downloading the read data to said computer;
- e) said reader is pen-shaped having a removable cap;
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- f) said cap including said storage and downloading means.
A method for collecting data from a printed material, comprising the steps of:
- a) imprinting a printed material with data;
- b) imprinting the printed material with a bar code containing the data;
- c) scanning the bar-encoded information with a portable pen-shaped bar code reader having a removable cap;
- d) storing the read data in said cap;
- e) downloading the read data from the reader to a computer;
- f) sorting the data in the computer;
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- g) generating an output of the sorted data.
A system for reading, storing and using data from an encoded printed material, comprising:
- a) a printed material having printed data and a bar code containing said data, said data being divided into discrete fields;
- b) a portable pen-shaped bar code reader adapted to read said bar code;
- c) said reader including means for storing and downloading the read data to said computer;
- d) said reader is pen-shaped having a removable cap;
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- e) said cap including said storage and downloading means.
- c) a computer coupled to said reader for storing and manipulating said data with respect to said fields and providing an output report.
A portable bar code reader, comprising:
- a) a pen-shaped housing including a removable cap;
- b) a scanner disposed within said housing;
- c) means disposed within said cap for storing the scanned data;
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- d) means associated with said cap for downloading the stored data into a computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.