DATA VERIFICATION METHOD AND SYSTEM

• US 3,631,396 A
• Filed: 06/04/1969
• Issued: 12/28/1971
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/1969
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Eugene D. Spertus, Harry A. Spertus, Spertus Philip
• Original Assignee: Eugene D. Spertus, Harry A. Spertus, Spertus Philip
• Inventors: Spertus, Eugene D., Spertus, Harry A., SPERTUS PHILIP
• Application Number:
  US04/830,349
• Time in Patent Office: 937 Days
• US Class Current: 353/28
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/1616 where the redundant component is an I/O device or an adapter therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting

Abstract

A method and system for entering data into a data-processing system and simultaneously verifying the data by displaying the original information or an image thereof, entering the original information into the system, and displaying the entered information in a format similar to the format of the original information and in juxtaposition therewith.

Claims

1. In a system for entering into an automatic data-processing system plain language information in the form of automatic dataprocessing data, a method of verifying the accuracy of the data being entered into said system comprising the steps of converting said entered data into the format of said original information and providing a reproduction thereof, and juxtaposing said reproduction and the original information whereby the accuracy of the entered data can be verified by a comparison therebetween.

2. The method of claim 13 including the steps of storing said data, displaying said stored data in its original form on a video screen, superposing the original information over the screen with each portion thereof juxtaposed relative to the corresponding portion of the displayed data, and visually comparing each portion of the reproduced data with the corresponding portion of the original information whereby the displayed data may be verified.

3. The method of claim 2 in which the original information is recorded on a transparent medium, and including the steps of superposing said medium over said screen whereby each portion of said data is displayed adjacent to the corresponding portion of the original information.

4. The method of claim 2 including the steps of projecting the original information onto said screen.

5. In a system for converting plain language information into data for use in automatic data-processing systems, a method of verifying the accuracy of said data comprising the steps of superposing the original information on a video screen, scanning said original information to enter data corresponding thereto into the system, reproducing from said data the original information in its original form and displaying said reproduced data on said screen superimposed with respect to the original iNformation, whereby differences between the displayed data and the original information may be ascertained.

6. A method for verifying the accuracy of data entered into a data processing system including the steps of copying original plain language information and converting it into data for use in the data processing system, entering said converted data into the data processing system, operating on said data to display said data in its original form, juxtaposing the displayed data and the original information relative to each other, and the original information relative to each other, and visually comparing the displayed data and the original information to verify the accuracy of the data entered into said system.

7. A method of claim 6 in which the step of entering said data includes the step of temporarily storing said data, displaying said temporarily stored data, correcting any errors in the temporarily stored data, and entering the corrected temporarily stored data into the data processing system.

8. In a system for entering data into a data processing system by means of a data input terminal having a video display screen, a keyboard, and means for storing said data, means for superposing the original information over said screen and means for displaying said stored data on said screen in juxtaposition with said original information whereby the accuracy of said stored data can be verified by visual comparison between said displayed data and original information.

9. In a system as claimed in claim 8 wherein said original information is recorded on transparent data medium, means for supporting said transparent medium in superposed relationship over said display screen.

10. In a system as claimed in claim 9 means for successively superposing different portions of said transparent medium over said display screen.

11. In a system as claimed in claim 8, means scanning said superposed original information and storing data representative thereof, and means displaying said stored data on said display screen in superposition to said original information, whereby the accuracy of said stored data can be verified by comparison of said superposed displayed data and original information.

12. In a system as claimed in claim 8, wherein said means for superposing said original information over said display screen includes means for projecting said original information onto said display screen, whereby said data is displayed in juxtaposition with said projected original information.

13. A method for entering information into a data-processing system and simultaneously verifying the entered information comprising the steps of providing a display of the original information, entering the original information into the data processing system, and displaying the entered information in the same format as the original information and in superposition with the display of the original information, whereby the accuracy of the entered information can be verified by visual comparison of the respective displays.