Data verification using text messaging
First Claim
1. A method for computerized processing of paper forms, comprising:
- receiving an electronic image of a paper form containing text information from a client having a telephone;
extracting the text information from the form using an optical character recognition (OCR) process;
identifying a field of the extracted text information that is suspected of containing an error;
automatically communicating a first text message to the telephone asking the client to verify the identified field; and
receiving a second text message in response to the first text message, and validating or correcting the text information in the field according to the response.
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Abstract
A method for computerized processing of paper forms includes receiving an electronic image of a paper form containing text information from a client having a telephone. The text information is extracted from the form using an optical character recognition (OCR) process. A field of the extracted text information that is suspected of containing an error is identified, and a first text message is automatically communicated to the telephone asking the client to verify the identified field. A second text message is received in response to the first text message, and the text information in the field is validated or corrected according to the response.
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18 Claims
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1. A method for computerized processing of paper forms, comprising:
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receiving an electronic image of a paper form containing text information from a client having a telephone;
extracting the text information from the form using an optical character recognition (OCR) process;
identifying a field of the extracted text information that is suspected of containing an error;
automatically communicating a first text message to the telephone asking the client to verify the identified field; and
receiving a second text message in response to the first text message, and validating or correcting the text information in the field according to the response. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. Apparatus for computerized processing of paper forms, comprising:
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an OCR processor, which is coupled to receive an electronic image of a paper form containing text information from a client having a telephone, and is arranged to extract the text information from the form using an optical character recognition (OCR) process and to identify a field of the extracted text information that is suspected of containing an error; and
a data validation processor, which is arranged to automatically communicate a first text message to the telephone asking the client to verify the identified field, and upon receiving a second text message in response to the first text message, to validate or correct the text information in the field according to the response. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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- 13. A computer software product, for processing of text information that has been extracted using an optical character recognition (OCR) process from a paper form containing the text information that has been received from a client having a telephone, the product comprising a computer-readable medium in which program instructions are stored, which instructions, when read by the computer, cause the computer to identify a field of the extracted text information that is suspected of containing an error, to automatically communicate a first text message to the telephone asking the client to verify the identified field, and upon receiving a second text message in response to the first text message, to validate or correct the text information in the field according to the response.
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