System and method for scanning a business card from within ms outlook directly into the ms outlook contact file
AssigneeCssn Inc.
InventorsOmer Cohen, Iuval Hatzav
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Abstract
A system and method for scanning a business card or a driver's license from within MS Outlook directly into the address book of MS Outlook. The system includes a scanning device and a program application that is integrated with MS Outlook. The application controls the card scanner connected to the personal computer, stores the acquired image of the scanned card, extracts the text data and image data using an OCR module, opens a new contact in the MS Outlook address book and inserts the extracted textual and image data into said contact each in its appropriate field.
Claims19
A system for scanning a data card from within MS Outlook directly into MS Outlook address file, comprising:
- A data card scanner;
- An application program running on a computer system;
- An OCR module;
- and
- MS Outlook address file,
- Said system is capable of reading the data card from within MS Outlook, extracting the textual and image data from the said data card and inserting it directly into MS Outlook contact file and into the appropriate fields of the record (contact).
A method for scanning a data card from within MS Outlook directly into MS Outlook address file, capable of:
- Reading a data card by a designated scanner;
- Storing the image on computer system;
- Extracted textual and image data from said image;
- and
- Inserting said extracted items each in its appropriate fields of a newly created MS Outlook record (contact),
- Said method comprising the reading of the data card from within MS Outlook, extracting the textual and image data from the said data card and inserting it directly into MS Outlook contact file and into the appropriate fields of the record (contact).
The method as in claim 11, wherein the computer system is a personal computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.