Patent ID: 7866549

Claim:
For a system which reads and processes identification (ID) data by acquiring data from media with a reader, outputting a character data stream and processing the character data stream with a processing unit, a component interposed in the character data stream between the reader and processing unit; comprising; an electronic interface to the reader, an electronic interface to the processing unit; and, a element which receives the character data from the reader and provides character data to the processing unit, wherein: the element comprises; a function for receiving the character ID data, a function for reading the header of the character ID data and determining the type of the data, a function for extracting ID data characters, including name, date of birth, hair/eye color, height, weight, and address, known to be present in the determined data type, a function for re-arranging the extracted ID data characters into at least one predetermined ordering and arrangement known to the processing unit; and, a function for transmitting the re-arranged ID character data to at least one of the reader and processing unit.