Patent ID: 8150156
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: G06F,G06K

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for processing paper forms, comprising: at a computer system having a local memory, accepting a paper form, which is hand-filled with data by a user and is structured in accordance with a template associated with a form originator, wherein the template is not stored in the local memory; extracting from the hand-filled paper form using the computer system a company name, a logo or a telephone number of the form originator; deducing from the extracted company name, logo or telephone number a network address of a remote storage location external to the computer system, in which the template is stored; retrieving the template from the network address by communication with the remote storage location via a wide area network (WAN); and using the retrieved template, extracting the data that was hand-filled by the user into the paper form.