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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1996
Timothy Patrick Kelliher, Scotia, NY (US);
Jeanette Marie Bruno, Saratoga Springs, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention analyses an existing legacy system, such as a Physician's Office Management System, and automatically extracts, reformats and sends required data to a service company, which may be for example, and insurance company. It begins by feeding the legacy system 'seed data' and monitors the legacy system storage device to determine a 'raw map' of where and how the seed data is stored. It then culls out multiple records, single records, inconsistent records in the raw map. Control flow information is also extracted. This indicates which fields are 'key' fields and are used to extract other information. These key fields must be acquired before their related data. After the data is located and the order is determined, a script is automatically created to extract the data. The data is then extracted and reformatted in a predetermined format determined by the service company, and the required data is automatically sent, by conventional means, to the service company.