US 2007/0153334 A1 · Information processing methodology

Abstract

An information processing methodology gives rise to an application program interface which includes an automated digitizing unit, such as a scanner, which inputs information from a diversity of hard copy documents and stores information from the hard copy documents into a memory as stored document information. Portions of the stored document information are selected in accordance with content instructions which designate portions of the stored document information required by a particular application program. The selected stored document information is then placed into the transmission format required by a particular application program in accordance with transmission format instructions. After the information has been transmission formatted, the information is transmitted to the application program. In one operational mode, the interface interactively prompts the user to identify, on a display, portions of the hard copy documents containing information used in application programs or for storage.

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Dependent claims

A method of processing information comprising:

selecting at least one portion of a hard copy or electronic document;
and
performing processing, recognition, and storage of at least said selected one portion of said hard copy or electronic document according to content instructions in such a way as to enable retrieval of the document based on the use of the results of said content instructions.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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