Photo-based workflow initiation

A system, the system comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory storing computer executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the system to perform a set of operations, the set of operations comprising:
• obtaining image data, wherein the image data corresponds to a notice of a request for resource transmission in a physical form;
• processing the image data to determine a format from a set of formats, each format defining a different layout for a physical form, the determined format indicating a set of regions for the image data that each correspond to a field name and comprise a subset of pixels representative of field data for the corresponding field name;
• processing each region of the image data to extract, from the subset of pixels for the region, the field data for the field name associated with the request for resource transmission, wherein the set of regions includes a region for a recipient of the resource transmission, the processing comprising:
• matching textual data extracted from image data for a region with a predetermined form in a set of predetermined forms that each correspond to a format of the set of formats;
• assigning a data value in the textual data to a field name according to the matched predetermined form, wherein the matched predetermined form associates the field name with a region in the image data where the data value is extracted from;
• and
• generating, based at least in part on the assigned data value, the field data;
• generating, based on the extracted field data for the set of regions, a request for resource transmission to the recipient;
• and
• transmitting the generated resource transmission request, thereby causing transmission of a resource to the recipient based on the extracted field data.

A computer-implemented method, comprising:

• receiving image data, wherein the image data corresponds to a notice of a request for resource transmission in a physical form;
• processing the image data to determine a set of regions of the image data, wherein each region of the set of regions corresponds to a field name and comprises a subset of pixels representative of field data for the corresponding field name;
• processing each determined region of the image data to extract, from the subset of pixels for the region, the field data corresponding to the field name of and associated with the request for resource transmission, the processing comprising:
• matching textual data extracted from image data for a region with a predetermined form in a set of predetermined forms, the matched predetermined form defining a layout for the physical form corresponding to the determined set of regions;
• assigning a data value in the textual data to a field name according to the matched predetermined form, wherein the matched predetermined form associates the field name with a region in the image data where the data value is extracted from;
• and
• generating, based at least in part on the assigned data value, the field data;
• generating, based on the extracted field data from the received image data, a request instruction to perform the requested resource transmission to the recipient;
• and
• transmitting the generated resource transmission request instruction, thereby causing transmission of a resource to the recipient based on the extracted field data,
• wherein the extracted field data includes a recipient of the resource transmission and the field name is part of a set of field names, the set of field names further comprising at least one of:
• a sender name,
• a sender address,
• a receiver name,
• a receiver address, or
• an amount of a resource for transmission.