Forms completion method and apparatus for forms completion
CA 2017302 C · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Higdon, John M.; Perkins, Donald B. Jr.; Bowles, David J.
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The invention is the combination of a computer or word processing device with a program which controls the operation of the system to accept the data entries into data fields in the memory of the system in conjunction, With codes that designate a specific data field the, relative location of the data field on a preprinted form and prompt to indicate to the operator what data should be entered in that field and the method of offsetting of the data entries from their designated locations to align the data entries with the date fields of the preprinted form The relative location of the data location is stored with a unique code known as a "mark". The mark code may have an annotation stored …
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- Filed May 22, 1990 and granted May 31, 1994. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended May 22, 2010.
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