| 摘要 |
<p>The invention is a method and system (10, 20) for inputting the weight of a parcel into a web-based shipping application of a data processing system. The data processing system comprises a web site (106) for a provider server (104) and a client node (102) in communication with the provider server (104). The web site (106) further comprises web pages (106) and script (108) functionality for linking with a scale driver (112) resident in a weighing scale (30, 114) located at the client node (102). The weighing scale (30, 114) comprises a scale server (110) resident ultimately at the client node (102), but callable by the client node (102) under control of the script (108) functionality for allowing the script (108) at the client node (102) to link with the weighing scale (30, 114) by utilizing the scale driver (112). The method begins with the calling of the web site (106), from the client node (102), and requesting a scale activation routine be activated. The routine includes the use of script (108) to call an Active-X automation server, which is downloaded, with an appropriate scale driver (112), to the client node (102). Once the system user has logged onto the shipping application and the parcel has been weighed on a weighing scale, the shipping application requests the weight from the scale server (110) by way of the script (108) call and then enters the weight, through the browser into the shipping application.</p> |
