SYSTEMS, METHODS AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCTS FOR DETERMINING DOCUMENT VALIDITY
First Claim
1. A methods comprising:
- performing optical character recognition (OCR) on an image of a first document;
generating a list of hypotheses mapping the first document to a complementary document using;
textual information from the first document,textual information from the complementary document, andpredefined business rules;
at least one of;
correcting OCR errors in the first document, and normalizing data from the complementary document, using at least one of the textual information from the complementary document and the predefined business rules;
determining a validity of the first document based, on the hypotheses; and
outputting an indication of the determined validity.
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Abstract
A method according to one embodiment includes performing optical character recognition (OCR) on an image of a first document; generating a list of hypotheses mapping the first document to a complementary document using: textual information from the first document, textual information from the complementary document, and predefined business rules; at least one of: correcting OCR errors in the first document, and normalizing data from the complementary document, using at least one of the textual information from the complementary document and the predefined business rules; determining a validity of the first document based on the hypotheses; and outputting an indication of the determined validity. Additional systems, methods and computer program products are also presented.
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35 Claims
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1. A methods comprising:
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performing optical character recognition (OCR) on an image of a first document; generating a list of hypotheses mapping the first document to a complementary document using; textual information from the first document, textual information from the complementary document, and predefined business rules; at least one of;
correcting OCR errors in the first document, and normalizing data from the complementary document, using at least one of the textual information from the complementary document and the predefined business rules;determining a validity of the first document based, on the hypotheses; and outputting an indication of the determined validity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method, comprising:
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determining a validity of a first document by simultaneously considering; textual information from the first document, textual information from a complementary document, and predefined business rules; at least one of;
correcting OCR errors in the first document, and normalizing data from the first document prior to determining the validity, using at least one of the textual information from the complementary document and the predefined business rules; andoutputting an indication of the determined validity. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A method, comprising:
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performing optical character recognition (OCR) on a scanned image of a first document; extracting an identifier from the first document; identifying a complementary document associated with the first document using the identifier; obtaining textual information of the complementary document; generating a list of hypotheses mapping the first document to the complementary document using; textual information from the first document, the textual information from the complementary document, and predefined business rules; determining a validity of the first document based on the hypotheses; and outputting an indication of the determined validity. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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33. A method, comprising:
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extracting an identifier from an electronic first document; using the identifier to identify a complementary document associated with the first document; obtaining textual information of the complementary document; determining a validity of a first document by simultaneously considering; textual information from the first document, the textual information from the complementary document, and predefined business rules; and outputting an indication of the determined validity. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35)
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