Data capture and management system
First Claim
1. A program storage device accessible by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform method steps for data capture and management, said methods steps comprising:
- (a) providing a plurality of tabular forms, wherein each of said tabular forms contains data in a plurality of cells;
(b) providing a first means of activating a cell of interest of said plurality of cells in a tabular form of interest of said plurality of tabular forms to display a data sheet with corresponding data from a corresponding tabular form of said plurality of tabular forms; and
(c) providing a second means of activating said cell of interest of said plurality of cells in said tabular form of interest of said plurality of tabular forms to display said corresponding tabular form.
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Abstract
A data capture and management system is provided with a plurality of tabular forms that represents a multidimensional database system. Each tabular form contains a plurality of cells, wherein at least one cell of interest can be selected that corresponds to another tabular form. At least two different means of activating a cell of interest are used to display data from the tabular form that corresponds to the cell of interest. The data from the corresponding tabular form could be displayed partially as a data sheet or displayed entirely as a corresponding tabular form. A plurality of descriptors for a cell of interest provide status information of the data contained in a corresponding tabular form that enable one to quickly review and interpret large data sets.
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30 Claims
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1. A program storage device accessible by a computer, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by said computer to perform method steps for data capture and management, said methods steps comprising:
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(a) providing a plurality of tabular forms, wherein each of said tabular forms contains data in a plurality of cells;
(b) providing a first means of activating a cell of interest of said plurality of cells in a tabular form of interest of said plurality of tabular forms to display a data sheet with corresponding data from a corresponding tabular form of said plurality of tabular forms; and
(c) providing a second means of activating said cell of interest of said plurality of cells in said tabular form of interest of said plurality of tabular forms to display said corresponding tabular form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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16. A method of using a database for clinical trial data capture and management, comprising the steps of:
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(a) providing a plurality of tabular forms wherein each of said tabular forms contains data in a plurality of cells;
(b) providing a first means of activating a cell of interest of said plurality of cells in a tabular form of interest of said plurality of tabular forms to display a data sheet with corresponding data from a corresponding tabular form of said plurality of tabular forms; and
(c) providing a second means of activating said cell of said plurality of cells in said tabular form of said plurality of tabular forms to display said corresponding tabular form.
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