1. An intelligent importation process for extracting selected data from an application program which displays said selected data as a graphic representation thereof, said extracting occurring without affecting operation of said application program and without user interaction therewith, and said process comprising the steps of: (a) causing display data displayed by said application program during execution thereof to be retrieved, said display data including a graphic representation of said selected data; (b) temporarily storing said display data; (c) processing said display data through an artificial neural network trained to recognize said selected data from a graphic representation thereof; and (d) storing said selected data recognized from said graphic representation thereof in a non-graphic format.