Patent ID: 7299408
Filing Date: 2007-11-20
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A computer implemented method for validating electronic documents, the method comprising: receiving an electronic document, the electronic document having a main data portion and a view portion, wherein the main data portion can be parsed separately from the view portion, and the view portion includes presentation formatting for at least one display corresponding to the main data portion; retrieving a set of validation rules corresponding to the electronic document, the set of validation rules including comparison rules for determining whether a first display provided by the view portion substantially matches the main data portion for a first set of values; applying the set of validation rules to the first electronic document; determining that the electronic document is valid based upon a determination that the first display substantially matches the main data portion for the first set of values, wherein the determination whether the first display substantially matches the main data portion comprises accessing a plurality of linking elements in the electronic document, wherein individual ones of the plurality of linking elements respectively associate a first attribute and a second attribute, the first attribute corresponding to a main data value for a particular informational field in the main data portion and the second attribute corresponding to a view data value for the particular informational field in the view portion, and determining that the first display substantially matches the main data portion where the main data value equals the view data value; and outputting an electronic document validation result to reflect determination that the electronic document is valid.