Method and System for Document Form Recognition
First Claim
1. A method for document form recognition, comprising:
- processing an instance of a document type, including;
determining the format of at least one input data string;
comparing the format of the at least one input data string to predefined document types to determine a matched document type;
associating the input data strings with roles defined for corresponding input data strings of the matched document type.
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Abstract
A method and system for document form recognition are provided. A first instance of a document type (101) is processed to manually associate roles for each input data string with the format of the input data strings to provide predefined document types. When a subsequent instance of a document type (102) is input into the system, the format (123) of its input data strings (120) is determined and compared to the format (113) of the input data strings (110) of the manually predefined document types (115) to determine a matched document type (101). The input data strings (120) are associated with the roles (114) defined for corresponding input data strings (110) of the matched predefined document type (101).
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20 Claims
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1. A method for document form recognition, comprising:
processing an instance of a document type, including; determining the format of at least one input data string; comparing the format of the at least one input data string to predefined document types to determine a matched document type; associating the input data strings with roles defined for corresponding input data strings of the matched document type. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A computer program product stored on a computer readable storage medium, comprising computer readable program code means for performing the steps of:
processing an instance of a document type, including; determining the format of at least one input data string; comparing the format of the at least one input data string to predefined document types to determine a matched document type; associating the input data strings with roles defined for corresponding input data strings of the matched document type. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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14. A system for document form recognition comprising:
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an extractor for extracting input data from at least one input data string of a document instance; means for determining the format of input data; a storage means storing predefined document types having roles associated with input data strings of the predefined document types; a comparator for comparing the format of the input data with the stored predefined document types. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for providing a service for document form recognition to a customer over a network, said service comprising:
processing an instance of a document type, including; determining the format of at least one input data string; comparing the format of the at least one input data string to predefined document types to determine a matched document type; associating the input data strings with roles defined for corresponding input data strings of the matched document type.
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