Automated form and data analysis tool
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1. A form tool comprising:
- a form development module having a design template; and
a form engine;
a form management module;
a report module; and
an export module.
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Abstract
An automated form and data analysis tool. The tool includes a form development module having a design template, a form engine, a form management module, a report module, and an export module. In other embodiments, the invention is an automated form and data analysis tool having a form tool, a feedback tool, an online testing tool, a geographic analysis tool, a forms application and development tool, a data query tool, and a menu tool. The invention provides mechanisms for developing, maintaining, and manipulating forms, and for extracting information from the forms.
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1. A form tool comprising:
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a form development module having a design template; and
a form engine;
a form management module;
a report module; and
an export module. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A form system comprising:
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a display device; and
a processor coupled to the display device and operable to generate a form using a design template, a management template, a reporting template, and an exporting template;
the processor operable to produce an output signal by executing a rendering engine and reading the design template, the output signal containing information sufficient to cause at least a portion of the form to be displayed on the display device.
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35. A form and data analysis tool comprising:
a form tool having a form development module including a design template; and
a form engine that is operable to read the design template;
a form management module;
a report module; and
an export module. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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44. A method of generating a form, the method comprising:
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creating a design template having a plurality of nodes;
creating a graphical interface having fields associated with the design template;
presenting the graphical interface on a display device;
receiving data through the graphical interface;
populating the design template with form attributes that are based on the data received through the graphical interface;
associating groups of attributes with nodes of the design template;
storing the design template in a database;
reading the design template from the database using a form engine;
processing data based on form attributes using the form engine; and
rendering the processed data as a form on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47)
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48. A graphical analysis tool comprising:
a GIS engine operable to extract information from a database populated with data input to electronic forms, the forms being created by a form tool.
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