Information processing methodology
DC CAFCFirst Claim
1. A method of processing information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) receiving output representing a diversity of types of hard copy documents from an automated digitizing unit and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory, said information not fixed from one document to the next, said receiving step not preceded b scanning, via said automated digitizing unit, of a separate document containing format requirements;
(b) recognizing portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to a first data field; and
(c) storing information from said portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to said first data field into memory locations for said first data field.
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Abstract
An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.
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1. A method of processing information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving output representing a diversity of types of hard copy documents from an automated digitizing unit and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory, said information not fixed from one document to the next, said receiving step not preceded b scanning, via said automated digitizing unit, of a separate document containing format requirements; (b) recognizing portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to a first data field; and (c) storing information from said portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to said first data field into memory locations for said first data field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of processing information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) scanning a diversity of types of had copy documents and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory, said information not fixed from one document to the next, said scanning not preceded b scanning of a separate document containing format requirements; (b) recognizing portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to a first data field; and (c) storing information from said portions of said hard copy documents corresponding to said first data field into memory locations for said first data field. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A method of processing data extracted from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving output representing a diversity of types of hard copy documents from an automated digitizing unit and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information, said receiving step not preceded by scanning, via said automated digitizing unit, a separate document containing format requirements; (b) recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit; (c) formatting said selected portions of said stored document information into a transmission format used by said application unit; and (d) transmitting said formatted selected portions of said stored document information to said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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37. An application program interface, comprising:
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an automated digitizing unit which extracts information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents and stores said information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents in a memory as stored document information; a processor recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit, said processor operative without reference to information extracted, via said automated digitizing unit, from a separate document containing format requirements; a formatter formatting said selected portions of said stored document information into a transmission format used by said application unit; and an output unit transmitting said formatted selected portions of said stored document information to said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A method of processing data extracted from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving output representing a diversity of types of hard copy documents from an automated digitizing unit and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information, said receiving step not preceded by scanning, via said automated digitizing unit, of a separate document containing format requirements; (b) recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit; and (c) transmitting said selected portions of said stored document information to said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An application program interface, comprising:
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an automated digitizing unit which extracts information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents and stores said information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents in a memory as stored document information; a processor recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit, said processor operative without reference to information extracted, via said automated digitizing unit, from a separate document containing format requirements; and an output unit transmitting said selected portions of said stored document information to said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61)
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62. A method of processing data extracted from a diversity of types of hard copy documents, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) receiving output representing a diversity of types of hard copy documents from an automated digitizing unit and storing information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information, said receiving step not preceded by scanning, via said automated digitizing unit, a separate document containing format requirements; (b) recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit; and (c) formatting said selected portions of said stored document information into a transmission format used by said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69)
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70. An application program interface, comprising:
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an automated digitizing unit which extracts information from a diversity of types of hard copy documents and stores said information from said diversity of types of hard copy documents in a memory as stored document information; a processor recognizing and selecting portions of said stored document information corresponding to data fields required by an application unit, said processor operative without reference to extracted information scanned, via said automated digitizing unit, of a separate document containing format requirements; and a formatter formatting said selected portions of said stored document information into a transmission format used b said application unit. - View Dependent Claims (71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77)
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