Patents by Inventor Thomas D Gaillard

Thomas D Gaillard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 7416131
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a document system and an invoice hub. The document system receives a document image (either a paper invoice or an image file). A character recognition system generates a data file representation of the invoice data from the document image. A data field value validation engine determines, for each data field, a rule associated with each data field. The rule is applied to the data field value to distinguish between a valid field value and suspect data value. A correction center: i) displays a portion of the document image comprising the suspect field value; ii) receives user input of a replacement value to replace the suspect field value as the data field value. The invoice hub receives the data file which includes all validated data field values and stores the invoice data in a transaction database. A spend management evaluation module performs an evaluation function of a selected one of a plurality of evaluation parameter sets to generate a resulting value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: Bottom line Technologies (DE), Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stanley Fortune, Nigel Kevin Savory, Gareth Rory Priest, Christopher Curtis Martin, Thomas D Gaillard
  • Publication number: 20080144881
    Abstract: An invoice processing system includes a document system and an invoice hub. The document system receives a document image (either a paper invoice or an image file). A character recognition system generates a data file representation of the invoice data from the document image. A data field value validation engine determines, for each data field, a rule associated with each data field. The rule is applied to the data field value to distinguish between a valid field value and suspect data value. A correction center: i) displays a portion of the document image comprising the suspect field value; ii) receives user input of a replacement value to replace the suspect field value as the data field value. The invoice hub receives the data file which includes all validated data field values and stores the invoice data in a transaction database. A spend management evaluation module performs an evaluation function of a selected one of a plurality of evaluation parameter sets to generate a resulting value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Bottomline Technologies (DE) Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Stanley Fortune, Nigel Kevin Savory, Gareth Rory Priest, Christopher Curtis Martin, Thomas D. Gaillard