Information processing methodology
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1. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
- (a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document;
(b) a display to display information;
(c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and
(d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device;
said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of;
(1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program;
(2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and
(3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program;
wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during the interactive mode.
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Abstract
An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.
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1. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during the interactive mode. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said interactive template creation mode. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein, in said interactive mode, said located information is located for and transferred to at least two fields.
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15. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during the interactive mode. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said computer is operative in said interactive mode for locating said at least one field of information required by said at least one application program by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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19. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said interactive template creation mode. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said computer is operative in said interactive template creation mode for creating a template by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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22. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and further comprising a memory for storing digitized image information representative of the actual appearance of at least a portion of said hard copy document.
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23. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and further comprising a memory for storing at least a portion of said textual data.
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24. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and further comprising; a memory for storing digitized image information representative of the actual appearance of at least a portion of said hard copy document; and a memory for storing at least a portion of said textual data. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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26. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein, in said interactive mode, said located information is located for and transferred to at least two fields. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during the interactive mode. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 41, 53)
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31. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during the interactive mode.
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39. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said computer is operative in said interactive mode for locating said at least one field of information required by said at least one application program by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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40. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said computer is operative in said interactive mode for locating said at least one field of information required by said at least one application program by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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42. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said interactive template creation mode.
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43. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said interactive template creation mode.
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44. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said system is operative in said interactive template creation mode for creating a template by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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45. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said system is operative in said interactive template creation mode for creating a template by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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46. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein, in said interactive mode, said located information is located for and transferred to at least two fields.
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47. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein, in said interactive mode, said located information is located for and transferred to at least two fields.
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48. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said automatic mode.
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49. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by said at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least two of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during at least said automatic mode.
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50. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during at least said automatic mode.
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51. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in each of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein the display projects an image showing at least a portion of said document information and at least one field of information required by said at least one application program during said automatic mode.
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52. A multimode information processing system for inputting information from a hard copy document into at least one application program, comprising:
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(a) an automated digitizing unit providing digitized image information representative of an image of at least a portion of said document; (b) a display to display information; (c) an input device to receive user instructions from a user; and (d) a computer, operable with at least one of the automated digitizing unit, the display, and the input device; said system having character recognition capabilities for recognizing at least a portion of alpha/numeric characters appearing on said document for providing textual data, said digitized image information and said textual data collectively comprising document information, and said system configured to route at least a portion of said document information as input data to be processed by at least one application program to said at least one application program, and to operate in at least one of; (1) an interactive mode wherein at least a portion of said document information is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user for locating information required by the application program within said document information and for transferring said located information to at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; (2) an interactive template creation mode wherein an image representative of at least a portion of said document is displayed on the display and the input device conveys instructions from the user to create and store in said system a template which identifies a location within said document information of at least one field of information required by said at least one application program; and (3) an automatic mode to match at least a portion of said document information with a template created or compatible with said interactive template creation mode stored in said system to extract fields of information required by the application program and to transfer said fields of information to said at least one application program; and wherein said system is operative in said interactive mode for locating said at least one field of information required by said at least one application program by blocking portions of said at least a portion of said document information displayed on the display using the input device.
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Current AssigneeContent Extraction and Transmission LLC (Mitchell A. Medina)
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Original AssigneeInternational Patent Holdings Limited
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InventorsElias, Catherine B., Medina, Mitchell A., Lech, Robert
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Primary Examiner(s)Mancuso, Joseph
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Assistant Examiner(s)Grant, II, Jerome
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Application NumberUS08/348,224Time in Patent Office883 DaysField of Search382/209, 382/175, 382/180, 382/317, 358/462, 358/448, 358/400, 358/401, 358/403, 358/447, 358/449, 358/451, 358/452, 358/453, 358/460, 358/463, 358/467, 358/470, 358/471, 358/474US Class Current358/448CPC Class CodesG06Q 40/02 Banking, e.g. interest calc...G06V 30/10 Character recognitionG06V 30/1444 Selective acquisition, loca...H04N 1/00236 using an image reading or r...H04N 1/00241 using an image reading devi...H04N 1/38 Circuits or arrangements fo...
