Patent · US Expired

Electronic document validation

US7299408B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJan 9, 2003
Grant dateNov 20, 2007
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Expiry dateDec 6, 2023

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q50/16
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Electronic documents are validated through application of a set of validation rules. One example of an electronic document to be validated has main data and view portions, wherein the main data portion can be parsed separately from the view portion, and the view portion includes presentation formatting for providing a display corresponding to the main data portion. There, the validation rules include comparison rules for determining whether a display provided by the view portion substantially matches the main data portion. Linking elements in the electronic document that point to corresponding information field in the view and main data portions can accommodate the matching comparison. Other types of validation rules include membership rules and reference identifier rules, and various document views corresponding to a given transaction can be separately validated.

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