Feedback validation of electronically generated forms

摘要

A method and apparatus for form processing is provided, requiring little to no data entry. Upon receiving an electronic notification containing a form, a validation server extracts an electronic contact address from the electronic notification. The validation server then applies a template associated with the sender's electronic contact address to an OCRed document to extract information necessary to generate an electronic form comprising machine parsable data. The sender is then granted access and prompted to validate the electronic form. The sender entity validates the electronic form by making any necessary changes or revisions and by submitting the editable web form. The form's parsable content is then stored directly as data in a database. In some embodiments, the validation server may accept the electronic validation with additional revision information. In these embodiments, the revision information may be applied to future forms received from the sender. Optionally, the revision information may also be used to create a new version of the template specifically associated with the sender's electronic contact address.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving an automated electronic notification of a document associated with at least one electronic contact address; creating a validation form, wherein the validation form comprises fields and content associated with the fields that have been obtained from the document; wherein the validation form accepts revisions to the fields and associated content; wherein at least one electronic contact address associated with the automated electronic notification is granted access to the validation form; receiving data associated with the validation form to enable storing the data directly in a database; receiving a different document created independently from the document; wherein the different document is associated with the electronic contact address; wherein the different document includes at least one field from the fields obtained from the document; wherein the different document includes at least some different content from the document; automatically, associating the different content with the at least one field based at least in part on the data; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.