Appeal No. 2003-0493
Application No. 09/108,716
The Invention
The invention relates to an image-based document processing system which
associates data from two types of documents, see page 2 of appellants’ specification.
The documents are categorized as proof and non-proof items, where proof items
include documents such as checks or deposit slips and non-proof items include
documents such as an adding machine tape, see page 5 of appellants’ specification.
These documents are scanned, recognition software determines information, such as
the amount identified on the check, which is stored along with the image. The data is
organized into two lists, the primary list contains data such as debit or credit amounts
from checks or deposit slips and the second list contains distinct elements that
correspond to amounts obtained from deposit slips or adding machine tape, see page 7
of appellants’ specification. The system to correlate data from the two lists uses a
window for each list to frame a number of discrete elements, see page 8 of appellants’
specification. The system then compares values in the window of each list to determine
if there are any matches.
Claim 31 is representative of the appellants’ invention and a copy of this claim is
appended to this decision.
References
Thompson U.S. Patent 5,530,773 June 25, 1996
Elischer et al. (Elischer) U.S. Patent 5,040,226 August 13, 1991
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