Patent ID: 7877406

Claim:
A computer-implemented method for automatically generating and bridging data to a current data form of interest in response to searching an operating system, said method comprising: a computer-based platform automatically obtaining search criteria data from a current data form of interest; said computer-based platform automatically searching an operating system for at least one other data form having first data that match said search criteria data to identify any matching data forms; said computer-based platform automatically performing an image capture operation on at least one predefined area of said any matching data forms to form at least one captured image, wherein said at least one predefined area is a subset of an entire area of said any matching data forms that is predefined in at least one of a definition file stored in memory on said computer-based platform and an operating system of said computer-based platform before performing said method step of obtaining search criteria; said computer-based platform automatically performing an optical character reading operation on said at least one captured image to generate at least one instance of second data, wherein associated information to be obtained from and a location of said at least one instance of said second data within said predefined area are also predefined in said at least one of a definition file and an operating system; and said computer-based platform automatically passing said at least one instance of second data to said current data form of interest, wherein said current data form of interest is capable of being presented in a window by said operating system.