Appeal No. 2003-0493 Application No. 09/108,716 APPENDIX Claim 31 31. A method of processing documents in an image-based document processing system to associate recognition results from a primary source results list with corresponding recognition results from a secondary source results list to improve assistance to an operator of the image-based document processing system during operation of the image-based document processing system, the method comprising the steps of : (a) scanning a first type of document to obtain scanned data representative thereof, (b) scanning a second type of document to obtain scanned data representative thereof, (c) processing scanned data representative of the first type of document to provide recognition results associated with the first type of document; (d) processing scanned data representative of the second type of document to provide recognition results associated with the second document; (e) storing recognition results associated with the first type of document in a primary list, wherein the recognition results associated with the first type of document comprise a first set of global elements; (f) storing recognition results associated with the second type of document in a secondary list, wherein the recognition results associated with the second type of document comprise a second set of global elements; (g) placing a first window of a first predetermined size over the first set of global elements from the primary list to define a first set of local elements which is a subset of the first set of global elements; 11Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007