METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING DATA-POINTS FROM A DATA FILE

• US 20100023517A1
• Filed: 07/28/2009
• Published: 01/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 07/28/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Original Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Inventors: V., Raja, Narayanan, Santhosh
• Application Number:
  US12/510,296
• Publication Number:
  US 20100023517A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: N/A
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

The present invention provides a method, system and computer program product for extracting data-points from a data file. A data-point is extracted in a data-base by pointing at a portion of computer recognizable text in the data file by a pointing device. The data-point associated with the pointed portion of the computer recognizable text is thereby selected and stored in the database.

Claims

1. A method for extracting one or more data-points from a data file, the one or more data-points being extracted in a database, the one or more data-points suitable for being exported to an enterprising application, the data file comprising computer recognizable text, the data point corresponding to a pre-defined field in the database, the pre-defined field being associated with a field of the enterprising application, the method comprising:

a. displaying the data file to a user through a user-interface;

b. selecting at least one of the one or more data-points from the data file, the at least one data-point being selected by pointing on a portion of the computer recognizable text by a pointing device, the portion of the computer recognizable text being associated with the at least one data-point, the pointing device being controlled by the user; and

c. storing the at least one selected data-point corresponding to the pre-defined field in the database, wherein the at least one selected data-point is stored by pointing on the portion of the computer recognizable text in the data file.

2. The method according to claim 1 further comprising exporting the at least one stored data-point from the database to the corresponding field of the enterprising application, wherein the export of the at least one stored data-point facilitates the functioning of the enterprising application.

3. The method according to claim 1 further comprising validating the at least one selected data-point through the user-interface, wherein the at least one selected data-point is validated by the user before the data-point is stored in the database.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein validating the at least one selected data-point further comprises editing the at least one data-point, the editing being performed by the user.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the computer recognizable text comprises at least one of characters, numbers and symbols.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by clicking by the pointing device.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by marking a boundary around the portion of the computer recognizable text, the boundary being marked by the user by the pointing device.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein selecting the at least one data-point from the data file comprises identifying the existing text between the first preceding and the first succeeding blank spaces of the pointed portion of the computer recognizable text, the identified existing text being selected as the at least one data-point.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein the data file is generated from an image file, the image file being converted to the data file by one or more optical character recognition algorithms.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the at least one data-point is from one or more languages.

11. A data capturing module extracting one or more data-points from a data file, the one or more data-points being extracted in a database, the one or more data-points suitable for being exported to an enterprising application, the data file comprising computer recognizable text, the data point corresponding to a pre-defined field in the database, the pre-defined field being associated with a field of the enterprising application, the data capturing module comprising:

a. a display module configured for displaying the data file to a user through a user-interface;

b. a selection module configured for selecting at least one of the one or more data-points from the data file, wherein the at least one data-point is selected based on a portion of the computer recognizable text pointed by a pointing device, the portion of the computer recognizable text being associated with the at least one data-point, the pointing device being controlled by the user; and

c. a storage module configured for storing the at least one selected data-point corresponding to the pre-defined field in the database, wherein the at least one selected data-point is stored based on the portion of the computer recognizable text pointed by the pointing device in the data file.

12. The data capturing module according to claim 11 further comprises a export module configured for exporting the at least one stored data-point from the database to the corresponding field of the enterprising application.

13. The data capturing module according to claim 11 further comprises a validation module configured for enabling the user to validate the at least one selected data-point through the user-interface.

14. The data capturing module according to claim 13, wherein the validation module is further configured to enable the user to edit the at least one data-point.

15. The data capturing module according to claim 11, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by clicking by the pointing device.

16. The data capturing module according to claim 11, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by marking a boundary around the portion of the computer recognizable text, the boundary being marked by the user by the pointing device.

17. The data capturing module according to claim 11, wherein the selection module selects the at least one data-point from the data file by identifying the existing text between the first preceding and the first succeeding blank spaces of the pointed portion of the computer recognizable text.

18. The data capturing module according to claim 11, wherein the display module further comprises a file converter module configured for generating the data file from an image file, the image file being converted to the data file through one or more optical character recognition algorithms.

19. The data capturing module according to claim 11, wherein the at least one data-point is from one or more languages.

20. A computer program product for use with a computer, the computer program product comprising a computer usable medium having a computer readable program code embodied therein for extracting one or more data-points from a data file, the one or more data-points being extracted in a database, the one or more data-points suitable for being exported to an enterprising application, the data file comprising computer recognizable text, the data point corresponding to a pre-defined field in the database, the pre-defined field being associated with a field of the enterprising application, the computer readable code performing:

a. displaying the data file to a user through a user-interface;

b. selecting the at least one of the one more data-points from the data file, the at least one data-point being selected by pointing on a portion of the computer recognizable text by a pointing device, the portion of the computer recognizable text being associated with the at least one data-point, the pointing device being controlled by the user; and

c. storing the at least one selected data-point corresponding to the pre-defined field in the database, wherein the at least one selected data-point is stored by pointing on the portion of the computer recognizable text in the data file.

21. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the computer readable code further performs exporting the at least one stored data-point from the database to the corresponding field of the enterprising application, wherein the export of the at least one stored data-point facilitates the functioning of the enterprising application.

22. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the computer readable code further performs validating the at least one selected data-point through the user-interface, wherein the at least one selected data-point is validated by the user before the data-point is stored in the database.

23. The computer program product according to claim 22, wherein validating the at least one selected data-point further comprises editing the at least one data-point, the editing being performed by the user.

24. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by clicking by the pointing device.

25. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the portion of the computer recognizable text is pointed by marking a boundary around the portion of the computer recognizable text, the boundary being marked by the user by the pointing device.

26. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein selecting the at least one data-point from the data file comprises identifying the existing text between the first preceding and the first succeeding blank spaces of the pointed portion of the computer recognizable text, the identified existing text being selected as the at least one data-point.

27. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the data file is generated from an image file, the image file being converted to the data file by one or more optical character recognition algorithms.

28. The computer program product according to claim 20, wherein the at least one data-point is from one or more languages.