Patent ID: 8379914
Filing Date: 2013-02-19
Classification: G06K,G06Q,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method of processing a remittance coupon captured by a mobile device, comprising: receiving an image of a remittance coupon captured by a mobile device; correcting at least one aspect of the image to produce a corrected image; performing a first content recognition pass on the corrected image to extract content from the remittance coupon; identifying an address of a biller on the remittance coupon by comparing address content in the extracted content with an address database; determining biller profile information of the biller, including an identity of the biller on the remittance coupon, by comparing the identified address of the biller with a database of biller profile information; producing a set of billing information, including the extracted content and the identity of the biller, for processing a payment of the bill; and using the biller profile information of the biller to perform a second content recognition pass on the corrected image to extract content from the remittance coupon, wherein the biller profile information includes at least one of a remittance coupon format, a remittance coupon mask, a location of at least one field on the remittance coupon and a format of at least one field.