Appeal No. 96-2739
Application 08/185,320
A region of encoded information 26 which represents a
structural description of form 10, as well as other selected
information, will be located on the form itself. The encoded
information region 26 includes the complete description of the
location of the fields on the form which enables arbitrary
placement of the fields on the form. Region 26 need not be
physically or logically placed on form 10 with reference to
the fields. The form may be searched for region 26 based on
data type, format, etc. Once located, the information
contained in region 26 may be read by a scanner and decoded by
appropriate decoding means to provide the position information
needed to read and process the remainder of the form 10. At a
minimum, the encoded information in region 26 will include a
description of the physical location of one or more fields on
form 10, relative to reference point 16, and a description of
the type of that one or more fields. Region 26 may also carry
instructions to a processor for specific processing of
selected data in a field.
By providing region 26, a form may be provided that is a
direct path between user and form interpreter, with no
preprogramming of the form interpreter and/or processing
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