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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001252601-03-000002.txt : 20030822
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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20030822175029
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001252601-03-000002
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20030530
FILED AS OF DATE:		20030822

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GOODHEW J WILLIAM
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001260310

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-09330
		FILM NUMBER:		03863231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		2030 OLD DOMINION RD
		CITY:			ATLANTA
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30350
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7703946070

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000320340
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	SERVICES-HOSPITALS [8060]
		IRS NUMBER:				581964787
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			GA
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4355 SHACKLEFORD RD
		CITY:			NORCROSS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30093
		BUSINESS PHONE:		4043812900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		4355 SHACKLEFORD ROAD
		CITY:			NORCROSS
		STATE:			GA
		ZIP:			30093
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<SEQUENCE>1
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<ownershipDocument>

    <schemaVersion>X0201</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2003-05-30</periodOfReport>


    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000320340</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>INS</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001260310</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>GOODHEW J WILLIAM</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>4355 SHACKLEFORD ROAD</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2></rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>NORCROSS</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>GA</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>30093</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>0</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>1</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
            <officerTitle>Vice President</officerTitle>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <derivativeTable>

        <derivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Option to purchase common stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <conversionOrExercisePrice>
                <value>1.51</value>
            </conversionOrExercisePrice>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2003-05-30</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>A</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness>
                <value></value>
            </transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>0</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <exerciseDate>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </exerciseDate>
            <expirationDate>
                <value>2013-03-03</value>
            </expirationDate>
            <underlyingSecurity>
                <underlyingSecurityTitle>
                    <value>Common stock, $.01 par value</value>
                </underlyingSecurityTitle>
                <underlyingSecurityShares>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </underlyingSecurityShares>
            </underlyingSecurity>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>20000</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </derivativeTransaction>

    </derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">This option shall vest and become exercisable in three equal installments on March 4, 2004, 2005 and 2006, respectively.</footnote>
    </footnotes>


    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Bonnie L. Herron, as attorney-in-fact for J. William Goodhew</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2003-08-22</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>

</ownershipDocument>

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<DOCUMENT>
<TYPE>EX-99.1
<SEQUENCE>4
<FILENAME>poa-goodhew.txt
<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
<TEXT>
										Exhibit 99.1
                              POWER OF ATTORNEY

	The undersigned shareholder of Intelligent Systems Corporation hereby
constitutes and appoints J. Leland Strange and Bonnie L. Herron each of them
individually, as his true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

(1)	execute for and on behalf of the undersigned any filings on
Schedule 13D or Forms 3, 4 and 5 and any amendments to any such
schedule or form with respect to the undersigned's ownership,
directly or indirectly, and in any capacity, of securities of
Intelligent Systems Corporation in accordance with Sections 13(d)
and 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules
thereunder;

(2)	do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the
execution of any such Schedule 13D or Form 3, 4 or 5 and/or any
amendment to any such schedule or form and the timely filing of
such schedule, form and/or amendment with the United States
Securities and Exchange Commission and any other authority; and

(3)	take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with
the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may
be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in his or her discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power
and authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever
requisite, necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the
rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as
such attorney-in-fact might or could do if personally present, with full
power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
such attorney-in-fact, or his or her substitute or substitutes, shall
lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney and the
rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of
the undersigned, are not assuming any of the undersigned's responsibilities
to comply with Section 13(d) or Section 16 of the Securities and Exchange Act
of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the
undersigned is no longer required to make filings on Schedule 13D or Forms 3,
4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in
securities issued by Intelligent Systems Corporation, unless earlier revoked
by the undersigned in a writing signed and delivered to the foregoing
attorneys-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 4th day of March, 2003.

						/s/ J. William Goodhew, III
                                    ----------------------------------
		                            J. William Goodhew, III

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