Multi-source electronic forms with concealed fields
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing instructions thereon for managing the completion of an electronic form by more than one user, the instructions, which when executed by a processor, comprise;
displaying a multi-user electronic form to a first user, the multi-user electronic form having a plurality of fields, some of the fields having a first confidentiality designation and some of the fields having a second confidentiality designation;
receiving population data for one or more fields from a first user;
populating one or more fields using the received first user population data;
determining if a populated field has the first confidentiality designation or a different confidentiality designation;
based on the determination, displaying fields, with population data from the first user, to a second user after determining, if the second user has authority to access populated fields having the determined confidentiality designation; and
using session information from both the session of the first user and session information from the session of the second user to identify one or more other peers in a group, the one or more other peers in a group necessary to complete the form; and
submitting the multi-user form after populating fields with population data received at different times from the first user and from the second user,wherein the submission of field data and the population of fields occurs in real-time, with the first user and the second user populating fields during a joint session.
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Abstract
Electronic multi-user forms are provided. The use of these forms may include displaying the forms to more than one user, receiving population data from one or more user, and selectively displaying the population data to each user. The population data may be displayed to the various users based on the security authorization of the user seeing the form. Upon completion of the form by the users, the form may be further completed and submitted for processing or approval.
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24 Claims
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1. An article of manufacture comprising:
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a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium storing instructions thereon for managing the completion of an electronic form by more than one user, the instructions, which when executed by a processor, comprise; displaying a multi-user electronic form to a first user, the multi-user electronic form having a plurality of fields, some of the fields having a first confidentiality designation and some of the fields having a second confidentiality designation; receiving population data for one or more fields from a first user; populating one or more fields using the received first user population data; determining if a populated field has the first confidentiality designation or a different confidentiality designation; based on the determination, displaying fields, with population data from the first user, to a second user after determining, if the second user has authority to access populated fields having the determined confidentiality designation; and using session information from both the session of the first user and session information from the session of the second user to identify one or more other peers in a group, the one or more other peers in a group necessary to complete the form; and submitting the multi-user form after populating fields with population data received at different times from the first user and from the second user, wherein the submission of field data and the population of fields occurs in real-time, with the first user and the second user populating fields during a joint session. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer comprising:
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non-volatile computer readable medium, the medium storing processor instructions thereon for managing the completion of an electronic form by more than one user, the instructions comprising; displaying a multi-user form to a first user, the multi-user form having a plurality of fields, some of the fields having a first confidentiality designation and some of the fields having a second confidentiality designation; receiving population data for one or more fields from a first user; populating one or more fields using the received first user population data; determining if a populated field has the first confidentiality designation or a different confidentiality designation; based on the determination, displaying fields, with population data from the first user, to a second user after determining, if the second user has authority to access populated fields having the determined confidentiality designation; and sharing user input session data from a web-client of the first user to a web-client of the second user for use by the second user to complete the form; and submitting the multi-user form after populating fields with population data received at different times from the first user and from the second user, wherein the submission of field data and the population of fields occurs in real-time, with the first user and the second user populating fields during a joint session. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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