Method and system for processing electronic documents

US6609200B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Financial Services Technology Consortium · US
• International Business Machines Corporation · US
• Sun Microsystems Inc. · US
• Clareon Corporation · US
• Telcordia Technologies, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Milton M. Anderson · Fair Haven, US
• Frank Jaffe · Sharon, US
• Chris Hibbert · Mountain View, US
• Jyri Virkki · Yreka, US
• Jeffrey Kravitz · Yorktown Heights, US
• Sheveling Chang · Cupertino, US
• Elaine R. Palmer · Hanover, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 28, 2000
• Grant date: Aug 19, 2003
• Expiry date: Dec 28, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G07F7/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

The invention includes a markup language according to the SGML standard in which document type definitions are created under which electronic documents are divided into blocks that are associated with logical fields that are specific to the type of block. Each of many different types of electronic documents can have a record mapping to a particular environment, such as a legacy environment of a banking network, a hospital's computer environment for electronic record keeping, a lending institution's computer environment for processing loan applications, or a court or arbitrator's computer system. Semantic document type definitions for various electronic document types (including, for example, electronic checks, mortgage applications, medical records, prescriptions, contracts, and the like) can be formed using mapping techniques between the logical content of the document and the block that is defined to include such content. Also, the various document types are preferably defined to satisfy existing customs, protocols and legal rules.