Method and system for importing HTML forms
First Claim
1. Method for integrating forms into collaboration space, comprising the steps of:
- preparing at a browser using a legacy editor a form containing hyperlinks that point to web pages;
saving said form to local storage at said browser; and
dragging and dropping said form from local storage into an upload control panel in a user interface to said collaboration space.
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Abstract
Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots (i.e., agents) provide for accessing, processing and managing data in a place. HTML may be dragged and dropped into a place, where it is parsed and corresponding place fields created. MS Excel or Word documents may be dragged and dropped into a place, which creates a corresponding form, and users may create new documents using that form. A place type comprising a template of an entire place, or collaboration space, may be used to create new places. Changes made to a place may be reported, subject to security controls, by selecting what'"'"'s new. Task fields are provided allowing web browser creation of forms for work flow. Place enabled objects are provided for synchronous communications. A quick browse feature provides a simplified format for browser windows based on selection of HTML links. MS Office documents may launched within a place for in place editing and importing the resulting document into the place.
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19 Claims
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1. Method for integrating forms into collaboration space, comprising the steps of:
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preparing at a browser using a legacy editor a form containing hyperlinks that point to web pages;
saving said form to local storage at said browser; and
dragging and dropping said form from local storage into an upload control panel in a user interface to said collaboration space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for incorporating a hypertext markup language (html) form into a collaboration space place, comprising the steps of:
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creating a form in html separate from said place;
dragging and dropping said form into said place;
parsing said form to identify each html field and process uniform resource locators;
creating a field for each html tag; and
saving on a page said html in read mode and said form in edit mode. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. Method for creating and uploading a form into a place in collaboration space, comprising the steps of:
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using an hypertext markup language (html) editor, prepare a document containing custom code as a manually created html form, with all said custom code within a body tag of said document;
uploading said document to said place by dragging and dropping said document to an upload control in a browser user interface to said place; and
at said place, replacing head and title tags in said document with place tags.
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14. System for creating and uploading a form into a place in collaboration space, comprising:
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a hypertext markup language (html) editor for preparing a document containing custom code as a manually created html form with all said custom code within a body tag of said document;
a browser;
a window at said browser for providing a user interface to said place, said user interface including an upload control;
said upload control uploading said document to said place upon said document being dragged and dropped into said upload control.
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15. A system for integrating forms into collaboration space, comprising:
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a client browser;
a legacy editor for preparing a form containing hyperlinks that point to web pages;
a local storage for saving said form at said browser; and
an upload control panel receiving said form from said local storage and uploading said form to said collaboration space.
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16. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for integrating forms into collaboration space, said method steps comprising:
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preparing at a browser using a legacy editor a form containing hyperlinks that point to web pages;
saving said form to local storage at said browser; and
dragging and dropping said form from local storage into an upload control panel in a user interface to said collaboration space.
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17. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform method steps for incorporating a hypertext markup language (html) form into a collaboration space place, said method steps comprising:
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creating a form in html separate from said place;
dragging and dropping said form into said place;
parsing said form to identify each html field and process uniform resource locators;
creating a field for each html tag; and
saving on a page said html in read mode and said form in edit mode.
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18. A computer program product or computer program element for incorporating a hypertext markup language (html) form into a collaboration space place by creating a form in html separate from said place;
- dragging and dropping said form into said place;
parsing said form to identify each html field and process uniform resource locators;
creating a field for each html tag; and
saving on a page said html in read mode and said form in edit mode.
- dragging and dropping said form into said place;
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19. A computer program product for integrating forms into collaboration space according to steps comprising:
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preparing at a browser using a legacy editor a form containing hyperlinks that point to web pages;
saving said form to local storage at said browser; and
dragging and dropping said form from local storage into an upload control panel in a user interface to said collaboration space.
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