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Abstract

The NYTBridge allows a user to bridge the gap between data collected by hand-held scanning devices and conventional databases used in the field of inventory management without database or procedural programming knowledge on the part of the user. The NYTBridge does this by first allowing the user to access an existing database. The user may then select data fields, such as the location of an item in inventory, from the database without writing coded database queries. The NYTBridge then allows the user to download the selected data fields as a data set along with a scanner program that will read the created data set. Both the data set and the scanner program are either saved on a PCMCIA card to be used in a scanner, or downloaded directly into the hand held scanner via either serial port communication or communication dock tethering. When the scanner program is run on the scanner, the scanner program creates a scanner file for the collected, verified and/or corrected data. After the data is collected, verified and/or corrected, NYTBridge reads the scanner file from the hand held scanner and allows the user to update the relational database. The NYTBridge utilizes a graphical user interface and does not require low level programming by the user at any stage of the inventory management process.

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