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A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data t

A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data to be captured, the apparatus enables a transducer associated with the selected data type to capture data. The apparatus also formats data from the transducer into a predetermined format, stores and displays the formatted data in the markup language form.

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A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data t

A computer implemented apparatus captures data from a user into a form specified in accordance with a markup language such as hypertext markup language. The user selects a data type such as text, handwriting, voice, image and video data type to be captured. Once the user indicates the type of data to be captured, the apparatus enables a transducer associated with the selected data type to capture data. The apparatus also formats data from the transducer into a predetermined format, stores and displays the formatted data in the markup language form. requested amounts which have not been cancelled within said pre-defined period of time. 9. A method as claimed in claim 8 further including calculating a difference between said provided total and said requested total. 10. A method as claimed in claim 9 further including displaying said difference. 11. A method as claimed in claim 1 further including calculating a sum of non-cancelled previous requested amounts. 12. A method as claimed in claim 11 further including displaying said sum of said non-cancelled previous requested amounts. 13. A method as claimed in claim 1 further including calculating a sum of non-cancelled previous provided amounts. 14. A method as claimed in claim 13 further including displaying said sum of said non-cancelled previous provided amounts. 15. A computer implemented method comprising: a) receiving information indicating at least one of: i) a new requested amount of at least one of a plurality of items; and ii) a new provided amount of at least one of said plurality of items; b) when said information indicating said new requested amount is received, storing said new requested amount and determining which of said items said new requested amount relates to and for said item cancelling a previous provided amount and reducing said new requested amount by the cancelled provided amount and adding any non-cancelled new requested amount to a previous requested amount; c) when said information indicating said new provided amount is received, storing said new provided amount and determining which of said items said new provided amount relates to and for said item cancelling the previous requested amount and reducing said new provided amount by the cancelled requested amount and adding any non-cancelled new provided amount to said previous provided amount; d) associating said previous requested amounts with respective time periods and associating said previous provided amounts with respective time periods; and e) signalling an operator by causing the computer to provide at least one of a visual signal and an audio signal to the operator when said non-cancelled new requested amount or said non-cancelled new provided amount is not equal to zero. 16. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein cancelling the previous provided amount includes cancelling the previous provided amounts associated with successively later time periods and reducing said new requested amount by each cancelled previous provided amount and adding any non-cancelled new requested amount to said previous requested amount associated with a latest time period. 17. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein cancelling the previous requested amount includes cancelling the previous requested amounts associated with successively later time periods and reducing said new provided amount by each cancelled previous requested amount and adding any non-cancelled new provided amount to said previous provided amount associated with a latest time period. 18. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein receiving said information indicating said new requested amount includes receiving said information indicating said new requested amount from a point of sale system. 19. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein receiving said information indicating said new provided amount includes receiving said information indicating said new provided amount from a fluid dispensing system. 20. A method as claimed in claim 15 wherein receiving said information indicating said new provided amount includes receiving said information indicating said new provided amount from a liquor dispensing system. 21. A method as claimed in claim 15 further including, for each item of said plurality of items, maintaining a provided total of each of said cancelled previous provided amounts and previous provided amounts which have not been cancelled within a predefined period of time. 22. A method as claimed in claim 21 further including, for each item of said plurality of items, maintaining a