Patent ID: 8494270
Filing Date: 2013-07-23
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for document processing comprising the steps of: providing a scanned image of a document to be processed, the scanned image obtained by a processor performing optical character recognition (OCR) on the document; decomposing, using a computer, the image of the document into at least one sub-image, the sub-image defining a character-based recognition element; providing the at least one sub-image from the computer over a network to a plurality of data entry computers when a confidence rating related to an outcome from performing OCR on the sub-image is below a predefined threshold, the sub-image being displayed on one or more data entry computers so as to allow one or more user-based inputs, in response to observation of the displayed sub-image, to provide one or more user-based data entry values respectively from at least one of the data entry computers, the one or more user-based data entry values being communicated over the network to a receiving computer; determining, by the receiving computer, if the one or more user-based data entry values provide a predetermined level of confidence; and computing, by the receiving computer, a verified result when the predetermined level of confidence is provided.