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Generation of randomly structured forms

US7840890B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 26, 2007
Grant dateNov 23, 2010
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Expiry dateSep 22, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06V30/412
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A computer system and method for generating a plurality of unique, randomly structured forms, such as invoices, that may be populated with data to produce test forms for testing automatic document processing systems. The forms may have major blocks such as a header, a body and a footer, and the major blocks may have randomly selected sizes. For each block, the locations of data fields and the ordering of the data fields within the block are defined randomly, the data locations within the fields and the data formats are randomly defined, and a blank image and an XML file of the randomly structured form are produced. The forms generated may be populated with data for the testing document processing system.

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