Real time variable digital paper
First Claim
1. A system for digitally processing and interpreting data inputted on a document, the system comprising:
- a position code processor to assign a unique position code to said document that is correlated with a form template, wherein said position code processor stores said unique position code, and wherein said position code processor creates a file containing said unique position code;
an output device for receiving said file containing said unique position code and printing as many instances of said document, each with said unique position code printed on a surface of said document as needed;
a digital input device to input information on said surface of said document with said unique printed position code, wherein said digital input device stores digitally said inputted information and the position of said inputted information along with a unique identifier, and wherein said digital input device transfers said inputted information; and
a receiving processor for receiving said inputted information from said digital input device, wherein said receiving processor saves said inputted information into a data file, wherein said receiving processor correlates said data file to said unique position code contained on a specific instance of said document, placing said inputted information in fields of said form template, and wherein said receiving processor interprets and validates said inputted information.
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Abstract
Systems and methods to convert natural input to digital information by providing variable print on demand digital paper are disclosed. The systems and methods combine form design, a digital print shop, the capture of natural input, and the interpretation and validation of the digital representation of the captured natural input to provide a robust system that can be used to populate databases as well as feed workflow and back end processes. The form design combines custom templates with field definitions and variable data overlays that are merged with position coded patterns to print unique instances of digital forms such that each instance of a document occupies a coordinate space mutually exclusive with respect to the position code coordinate space of all other documents. The interpretation, recognition and validation programs combine to create an effective conversion of handwritten information to computer recognizable meaningful format.
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57 Claims
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1. A system for digitally processing and interpreting data inputted on a document, the system comprising:
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a position code processor to assign a unique position code to said document that is correlated with a form template, wherein said position code processor stores said unique position code, and wherein said position code processor creates a file containing said unique position code;
an output device for receiving said file containing said unique position code and printing as many instances of said document, each with said unique position code printed on a surface of said document as needed;
a digital input device to input information on said surface of said document with said unique printed position code, wherein said digital input device stores digitally said inputted information and the position of said inputted information along with a unique identifier, and wherein said digital input device transfers said inputted information; and
a receiving processor for receiving said inputted information from said digital input device, wherein said receiving processor saves said inputted information into a data file, wherein said receiving processor correlates said data file to said unique position code contained on a specific instance of said document, placing said inputted information in fields of said form template, and wherein said receiving processor interprets and validates said inputted information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system of producing custom digital documents, the system comprising:
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a first server providing a digital layout of a digital document, wherein said first server saves for later retrieval said digital layout of said digital document in a printable format;
a second server providing a unique position coded pattern to be merged with said digital layout of digital document from said first server, wherein said second server stores said unique position coded pattern assigned to said digital layout of each unique instance of said digital document with a unique identifier for later retrieval; and
an output device to print as many unique instances of said resulting digital document produced by said second server as needed. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A system for capturing information recorded on a digital document, the system comprising:
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a digital input device to record position coded pattern data of input entered on said digital document; and
a processor to receive recorded position coded pattern data from said digital input device along with an identifier of said digital input device, wherein said processor transfers said recorded position coded pattern data to a data file, and wherein said processor correlates and positions said recorded position coded pattern data into representative digital data associated with a unique instance of said digital document. - View Dependent Claims (26)
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27. A method for capturing and processing information captured on a unique digital document, comprising the steps of:
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creating said unique digital document;
assigning a unique position code to a surface of said unique digital document;
outputting as many instances of said unique digital document as needed, each with a unique position code;
capturing data inputted on said surface of said unique digital document from at least one digital input device;
transferring said data from said at least one digital input device to a processor along with an identifier for each digital input device;
storing by said processor of said data from said at least one digital input device to a data file with said identifier;
correlating said data to the unique instance of said digital document;
interpreting said data file;
recording a separate file of an interpretation of said data file;
validating interpretation of said data file and creating a separate validated interpretation of said data file; and
saving said validated interpretation of said data file and all associated files of said data from said at least one digital input device. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method for producing print on demand digital documents, the method comprising the steps of:
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combining a digital layout of a form template with a variable data overlay to produce a unique digital document;
merging said digital document with a unique position coded pattern to produce an instance of said digital document; and
outputting as many instances of said digital document as needed, each instance having a unique position coded pattern. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. A method for capturing information recorded on a unique digital document, the method comprising the steps of:
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recording data inputted onto a unique digital document by a digital input device, wherein said input device has an identifier;
transferring said data inputted by said digital input device along with said identifier of said digital input device to a processor;
correlating said data with the unique digital document and determining the positions on said digital document represented by said data; and
saving said data and said identifier to a data file. - View Dependent Claims (50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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Specification