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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 27, 2009
Amir Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Erikheath A. Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
Carol Ann Howe, San Diego, CA (US);
George Thomas Ericksen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald B. Huff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Amir Eftekhari, San Diego, CA (US);
Erikheath A. Thomas, San Diego, CA (US);
Carol Ann Howe, San Diego, CA (US);
George Thomas Ericksen, San Diego, CA (US);
Gerald B. Huff, Berkeley, CA (US);
Gang Wang, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of a computer system, a method and a computer-program product (e.g., software) for use with the computer system are described. These embodiments allow a user to provide an image of a document for use with software, such as an image of a financial document for use with financial software. In particular, the user can provide the image of the document, for example, by taking a picture of the document using a cellular telephone. This image may be converted into an electronic format that is suitable for text and numerical processing using a character-recognition technique, such as optical character recognition or intelligent character recognition. Errors in the electronic version of the document, if present, may be identified and corrected by comparing the electronic version to information maintained by a third party. This information may be accessed based at least on one or more items in the electronic version of the document.