Data Acquisition System

摘要

A data acquisition system can receive a plurality of files from a plurality of sources and can automate selection of a suitable application for accessing each file and determination of a suitable pattern template for recognizing and extracting data from a respective file. The data acquisition system can store the extracted data in a customized data structure that can be specified for each source and/or each type of data. The data acquisition system further can provide one or more user interfaces that can enable a user to upload, create or define a pattern template for a file and/or document.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
under control of one or more processors configured with executable instructions for document data acquisition:
receiving a document, the document being an electronic document or non-electronic document;responsive to receiving a non-electronic document, converting the non-electronic document to an electronic document;determining a file type of the electronic document;selecting an application to access the electronic document based at least on the file type;determining, from a plurality of sources providing one or more documents, a source of the electronic document, the determining based at least in part on recognizing one or more pieces of information identifying the source, wherein the information is included in the electronic document; andrecognizing, based at least on the determining the source, data in the electronic document based at least on a plurality of pattern templates associated with the source.