Apparatus with extended markup language data capture capability
AssigneeSymbol Technologies, Inc.
InventorsJohn Raymond Klein, Joel Kahn
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Abstract
A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data to be captured, the apparatus enables a transducer associated with the selected data type to capture data. The apparatus also formats data from the transducer into a predetermined format, stores and displays the formatted data in the markup language form.
Claims26
A computer implemented method for capturing data from a user into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, comprising:
- selecting a nontext data type to be captured;
- enabling a transducer associated with the selected nontext data type;
- capturing nontext data from the transducer;
- formatting data from the transducer using a predetermined format;
- and
- storing and displaying the formatted data in an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
A method for capturing data from a transducer into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance a markup language, comprising:
- determining whether a focus has been placed on a transducer aware input text field in a form object specified in accordance a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer;
- enabling the transducer to collect data;
- collecting the nontext data from the transducer;
- formatting and saving the data generated into the field;
- and
- disabling the transducer;
- wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
An apparatus for capturing data from a user into an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, comprising:
- a processor;
- a display unit coupled to the processor;
- one or more transducers coupled to the processor, each transducer adapted to generated a predetermined nontext data type;
- and
- code for selecting and enabling one of the transducers, the code further formatting data from the transducer using a predetermined format and storing the formatted data in an input text field of a form object specified in accordance with a markup language, wherein the form object is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
A method in a computer system for providing for entry of data in a mobile wireless computer unit for communication over a wireless data communications network from a transducer associated with the mobile unit, the mobile unit including a display and executing a display program having a graphical user interface using a markup language that enables hypertext documents to be portable from the platform to another comprising the steps of:
- a) detecting in the mobile unit if the user has selected a nontext data source selected from a group including a bar code reader and a microphone;
- b) determining the nontext data source that the user has selected;
- c) receiving nontext data from the transducer corresponding to the selected source;
- d) converting such nontext data into a predetermined format depending upon the selected source;
- e) representing such data in an input text field of an object appearing in the display in the hypertext document, wherein the object is specified in accordance with a markup language and is adapted for handling the formatted data from the transducer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.