Method and apparatus for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system
First Claim
1. A method for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data;
(b) providing a library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible;
(c) allowing a particular user to select a document from the library;
(d) providing to the particular user a worksheet corresponding to the document selected;
(e) allowing the user to input variable data into the worksheet;
(f) merging the user input data from the worksheet with the fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file; and
(g) utilizing the document file to display to the user a completed document including the merged data.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus are afforded for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system. Online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data are provided. A library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible. A particular user is allowed to select a document from the library. A worksheet corresponding to the document selected is than provided and the user is allowed to input variable data into the worksheet. The user input data from the worksheet is then merged with the fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file and the document file is used to display to the user a completed document including the merged data.
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56 Claims
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1. A method for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data;
(b) providing a library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible;
(c) allowing a particular user to select a document from the library;
(d) providing to the particular user a worksheet corresponding to the document selected;
(e) allowing the user to input variable data into the worksheet;
(f) merging the user input data from the worksheet with the fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file; and
(g) utilizing the document file to display to the user a completed document including the merged data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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12. An apparatus for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system comprising:
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(a) means for providing online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data;
(b) means for providing a library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible;
(c) means for means for allowing a particular user to select a document from the library;
(d) means for providing to the particular user a worksheet corresponding to the document selected;
(e) means for allowing the user to input variable data into the worksheet;
(f) means for merging the user input data from the worksheet with the fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file; and
(g) means for utilizing the document file to display to the user a completed document including the merged data.
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23. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system comprising:
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(a) a code segment that provides online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data;
(b) a code segment that provides a library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible;
(c) a code segment that allows a particular user to select a document from the library;
(d) a code segment that provides to the particular user a worksheet corresponding to the document selected;
(e) a code segment that allows the user to input variable data into the worksheet;
(f) a code segment that merges the user input data from the worksheet with the fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file; and
(g) a code segment that utilizes the document file to display to the user a completed document including the merged data.
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34. A method for providing to users a document development system and document library storage that is remotely accessible comprising the steps of:
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(a) allowing a particular user to select a document from a document library;
(b) providing to the particular user a worksheet corresponding to the document selected;
(c) allowing the user to input variable data into the worksheet;
(d) merging the user input data from the worksheet with fixed data from the document selected to develop a document file; and
(e) utilizing the document file to display to the user a completed document including the merged data.
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45. A method for providing a system for the remote development of a complete document comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing online tools enabling users to develop documents including fixed data and variable data and a worksheet relating to the variable data;
(b) providing a library in which documents developed by the users are stored, the library being remotely accessible; and
(c) allowing a particular user to select a document from the library and input variable data into the worksheet corresponding to the document in order to generate a completed document.
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56. A system for providing an online document and input form creation and storage system comprising:
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a server for providing online tools for enabling users to create documents including fixed data and variable data and worksheets relating to the variable data;
a library coupled to the server for storing the documents and the worksheets developed by the users, the library being remotely accessible;
a computing device coupled to the server for a particular user to select a document from the library and input variable data into the worksheet corresponding to the document;
wherein the input variable data from the worksheet and the fixed data from the document are merged to develop a document file; and
a display medium for displaying a completed document to the particular user using the document file.
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