Abstract: A photo ID badge issuing system includes a scanning unit operable to capture an electronic copy of a government issued picture ID or passport of a person. The photo ID badge issuing system then extracts an electronic image of the person from the electronic copy of the government issued picture ID or passport and generates a photo ID badge using the extracted electronic image. By using the electronic image from the government issued picture ID or passport, the photo ID badge issuing system eliminates the need to interface with a digital camera or similar device, and also eliminates the extra time spent capturing a new digital image of the person with the digital camera.

Abstract: An organizational system that can organize all of the parts associated with a given system down to a nth or least/lowest replaceable/repairable component in a hierarchical manner and store the parts as a Bill of Materials (BOM). Each of the different parts listed in the BOM is associated with a unique part number. The organizational system can display or print the BOM such that the hierarchy between the parts is apparent so that the BOM can be used to build actual systems (assemblies).

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.