Automatic form generation
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1. A method of automatically generating a form for testing an automatic document processing system comprising:
- defining a blank form image;
generating a layout data file for said blank form image that includes information on locations of data fields on the blank form image and formatting of data in said data fields;
populating at least some of the data fields of the blank form image with a first data set; and
saving an answer file containing the first data set for said populated blank form image.
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Abstract
A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique forms, such as invoices or medical claim forms, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. A blank form image is selected, and a layout data file is created that includes information on the locations of data fields on the blank form image, data types, and the formatting of data in the data fields. Corresponding data fields on each form are populated with different data sets comprising pre-defined data, random data or a combination of data to create a plurality different forms for the testing of the document processing system.
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1. A method of automatically generating a form for testing an automatic document processing system comprising:
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defining a blank form image; generating a layout data file for said blank form image that includes information on locations of data fields on the blank form image and formatting of data in said data fields; populating at least some of the data fields of the blank form image with a first data set; and saving an answer file containing the first data set for said populated blank form image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer readable medium embodying program instructions for controlling the operation of a computer to perform a method of automatically generating a form for testing an automatic document processing system, the method comprising:
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defining a blank form image; generating a layout data file for said blank form image that includes information on locations of data fields on the blank form image and formatting of data in said data fields; populating at least some of the data fields of the blank form image with a first data set; and saving an answer file containing the first data set of said populated blank form image. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computer system embodying instructions for controlling the operation of the computer to generate a form for testing an automatic document processing system, the computer system operating to:
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define a blank form image; generate a layout data file for said blank form image that describes the locations of data fields on the form and formatting of data in said data fields; populating at least some of the data fields of the blank form image with a first data set; and saving an answer file containing the first data set for said populated blank form image. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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