Systems and methods for automatic form segmentation for...

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2007-12-04

2007-12-04

Hutton, Doug (Department: 2176)

Data processing: presentation processing of document, operator i

Presentation processing of document

Layout

C715S252000, C715S780000, C382S202000, C382S282000, C382S289000

Reexamination Certificate

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10403106

ABSTRACT:
Systems and methods for automatically extracting form information (document structure, elements, format, etc.) from electronic documents such as raster-based passive documents, and storing such form information in a file in accordance with a predetermined DTD (document type definition).

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