Method and system for aided input especially for computer management tools
AssigneeSerensia
InventorEmmanuel Flesselles
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Abstract
A method of aided input especially for a computer management tool, the management tool being executed in a computer system possessing an operating system furnished with instrumentation services, the method including the following steps: (a) entering raw data from an exterior source, (b) extracting relevant data from the raw data, (c) using the instrumentation services to transcribe the extracted data to corresponding fields of a preexisting input interface belonging to the management tool, within a view to allowing further inputs and overall validation. Application in particular to the semi-automated input of accounting items such as supplier invoices and the like.
Claims20
A method of aided input for a computer management tool, the management tool being executed in a computer system possessing an operating system furnished with instrumentation services, the method comprising:
- inputting raw data from an exterior source;
- extracting related data from the raw data;
- displaying, in pre-input fields, the related data for pre-validation;
- formulating proposed values for the pre-input fields by learning from corrections made to previously validated data when the related data are similar to the previously validated data;
- allocating, using a pre-input rules-base, the proposed values for the pre-input fields;
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- using the instrumentation services to transcribe the extracted data towards corresponding fields of a pre-existing input interface belonging to the management tool, to allow additional inputs and validation.
A method comprising:
- receiving data including contents of a document;
- validating extracted data, from the received data, using a rules-base;
- receiving a manually entered input to correct the validated data;
- updating the rules-base based on the manually entered input;
- formulating pre-input proposed values for pre-input fields by learning from the correcting of the validated data when a set of similar data is subsequently extracted;
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- validating the subsequently extracted data using the updated rules-base,
- wherein validating extracted data using a rules-base includes displaying the extracted data in pre-input fields for pre-validation.
A method comprising:
- receiving data including contents of a document;
- validating extracted data, from the received data, using a rules-base;
- receiving an input to correct the validated data;
- updating the rules-base based on the input;
- formulating pre-input proposed values for pre-input fields by learning from the correcting of the validated data when a set of similar data is subsequently extracted;
- and
- validating the subsequently extracted data using the updated rules-base,
- wherein validating extracted data using a rules-base includes:
- reading a structured file according to a predetermined description language;
- discovering a model and content of an input screen and simulating user actions;
- displaying the extracted data in pre-input fields in view of their pre-validation;
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- transcribing the extracted data towards corresponding fields of a pre-existing input interface of a program in view of allowing additional inputs and a validation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.