Appeal No. 2003-1051
Application No. 09/247,134
the use of a template to extract the important information from
the paper mail/bill.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A method for allowing a plurality of subscribers to each
manage mail stored in electronic form at a data storage location
from remote locations, the method comprising the steps of:
receiving mail for the subscribers in paper and electronic
format, wherein certain pieces of mail are bills in paper format
and certain other pieces of mail are bills in electronic format;
sorting the received mail in paper format, wherein bills in
paper format are saved and certain other mail in paper format is
discarded;
storing data into a database at the data storage location,
wherein the data is obtained from bills in paper format and bills
in electronic format, the storing data step further includes
determining if a template exists for a bill in paper format, and,
if the template exists, scanning the paper bill to enter specific
data contained in the paper bill into the database, and if a
template does not exist and the bill in paper format has not been
previously provided, creating a template to allow specific data
contained on the paper bill in specific locations to be
automatically identified before the bill is scanned into the
database using the newly created template;
generating an electronic bill statement for each of the
plurality of subscribers, each electronic bill statement
including a first summary report that summarizes all bills for
each subscriber based on the stored data corresponding to that
subscriber; and
providing access to the electronic bill statement and the
first summary report to each subscriber at a remote location.
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