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System and method for imaging and coding documents

  • US 5,848,202 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1996
  • Issued: 12/08/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/26/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for compiling a database for storage in a storage medium of an electronic processor, said database associating each document from a set of documents with at least one keyword from a set of keywords, said method comprising:

  • generating a set of machine readable keyword indicia, each keyword indicium in said set of machine readable keyword indicia corresponding to one of said keywords in said set of keywords;

    applying said set of machine readable keyword indicia to a substrate;

    generating a unique identifying datum for each said document; and

    creating a record, for entry in said database, associating said identifying datum with at least one of said machine readable keyword indicia, said creating step comprising;

    selecting a document identifying datum,reading with said reader at least one of said machine readable keyword indicia from said substrate, each said at least one of said machine readable keyword indicia corresponding to one of said keywords, andstoring a record including said document identifying datum in association with said one of said keywords corresponding to each said at least one of said machine readable keyword indicia.

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