Patent ID: 7606741
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: G06F,G06K,G06Q,G07F,H04N,Y02A,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method of populating data related to a printed form, the method comprising: obtaining, by a server from a portable capture device operated by a user, via a network, a form identifier via information optically captured from a printed form comprising a plurality of printed blank fields for accepting manually entered data; determining, by said server, an electronic form structure comprising a plurality of electronic data fields, corresponding at least in part to said plurality of printed fields, in accordance with said captured form identifier; automatically obtaining, by said server, a plurality of data associated with said user from a coupled electronic data source, said plurality of data associated with said user corresponding to at least some of said plurality of electronic data fields; automatically generating, by said server, an electronic representation of said plurality of data associated with said user in accordance with said electronic form structure; and communicating, by said server, said electronic representation of said plurality of data associated with said user to a receiver.