Data collection technology useful for form manipulation
First Claim
1. A database-driven form manager for building and modifying a form for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment, comprising means for storing a question in a table of questions;
- means for storing properties of each respective question, said properties including a text for the question and a reference number denoting its question type;
means for storing a group of said questions;
means for storing properties of the group of questions, said properties including a group name, an order parameter denoting the order of said questions and a reference number denoting group identification;
means for referencing association of each question with each respective group, said means being a group question table, wherein said group question table contains a set of group identifications and associated question identifications;
means for selecting questions and associating said questions with a group;
means for re-ordering said questions within each associated group based on a group order parameter so as to build or modify said form;
means for looping through group questions to extract questions belonging to the group identification; and
means for displaying said form on a display device for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment.
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Abstract
The invention provides a database-driven form manager for building and modifying a form for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment, comprising means for storing a question in a table of questions; means for storing properties of each respective question; means for storing a group of said questions; means for storing properties of the group of questions; means for referencing association of each question with each respective group; means for selecting questions and associating said questions with a group; means for re-ordering said questions within each associated group based on a group order parameter so as to build or modify said form; means for looping through group questions to extract questions belonging to the group identification; and, means for displaying said form on a display device for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment.
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12 Claims
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1. A database-driven form manager for building and modifying a form for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment, comprising
means for storing a question in a table of questions; -
means for storing properties of each respective question, said properties including a text for the question and a reference number denoting its question type;
means for storing a group of said questions;
means for storing properties of the group of questions, said properties including a group name, an order parameter denoting the order of said questions and a reference number denoting group identification;
means for referencing association of each question with each respective group, said means being a group question table, wherein said group question table contains a set of group identifications and associated question identifications;
means for selecting questions and associating said questions with a group;
means for re-ordering said questions within each associated group based on a group order parameter so as to build or modify said form;
means for looping through group questions to extract questions belonging to the group identification; and
means for displaying said form on a display device for use in an internet, intranet or extranet environment. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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