Patent ID: 8639372

Claim:
An electronic lens processing system to facilitate the manufacture of lenses in a laboratory, comprising: a display; at least one memory component storing a software program and supplemental information, wherein the supplemental information includes laboratory information, and wherein the laboratory information pertains to equipment, tools, or materials at the laboratory used to physically machine a lens from a lens blank in the laboratory; at least one input/output device; a processor coupled among the display, the memory component, and the input/output device, wherein the processor is configured to execute the software program, the software program comprising: a first module operable to perform calculations based at least upon a received lens order and the laboratory information to generate a work ticket for the lens and to store information about the calculations and the laboratory information in the memory component as the supplemental information, wherein the lens order specifies a prescription and parameters for the lens, and the work ticket includes at least some of the laboratory information for physically machining the lens specified by the lens order from the lens blank at the laboratory; a second module operable to show on the display at least a portion of the work ticket and receive information regarding a position of a cursor or pointer movable by a user and shown in the display; and a third module operable to provide a portion of the supplemental information on the display corresponding to an element of the displayed work ticket indicated by the position of the cursor or pointer.