System with an interactive, graphical interface for delivery of planning information and consulting materials, research, and compliance information relating to tax or other forms
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- presenting an interactive, graphical depiction of a form through a computer network and allowing for selection of a desired location on the form;
receiving a request for information relating to a location on the form selected by a user, the selection being made through interaction with the graphical depiction of the form; and
delivering information to the user through the network in response to the request, wherein the delivered information includes at least one of the following relating to the selected form location;
planning information, consulting materials, research, and compliance information.
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Abstract
An interactive, graphical depiction of a form (e.g., a tax, banking, insurance or other form) is presented through a computer network. A request is received through the network for information relating to a location on the form selected by a user, where the selection is made through interaction with the graphical depiction of the form. Information is delivered to the user through the network in response to the request. The delivered information may include one or more of the following relating to the selected form location: planning information, consulting materials, research and compliance information. An interactive depiction of a map or series of maps also may be presented through the network. The user may interact with the map to obtain jurisdiction-specific information on a topic that relates to the subject matter of the graphical, interactive form. The jurisdiction-specific information also may be delivered to the user through the network.
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67 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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presenting an interactive, graphical depiction of a form through a computer network and allowing for selection of a desired location on the form;
receiving a request for information relating to a location on the form selected by a user, the selection being made through interaction with the graphical depiction of the form; and
delivering information to the user through the network in response to the request, wherein the delivered information includes at least one of the following relating to the selected form location;
planning information, consulting materials, research, and compliance information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a computer network;
a user device coupled to the network, the user device including a display;
one or more servers coupled to the network to;
present on the display, via the computer network, an interactive, graphical depiction of a form; and
deliver information to the user device through the network, wherein the information is delivered in response to receiving a request for information relating to a location on the form selected by a user, the selection being made through interaction with the graphical depiction of the form, and wherein the delivered information includes at least one of the following relating to the selected form location;
planning information, consulting materials, research and compliance information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions that, when applied to a machine, cause the machine to:
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present an interactive, graphical depiction of a form through a computer network and allow a user to select a desired location on the form; and
deliver information to the user through the network, wherein the information is delivered in response to receiving a request for information relating to a location on the form selected by the user, the selection being made through interaction with the graphical depiction of the form, and wherein the delivered information includes at least one of the following relating to the selected form location;
planning information, consulting materials, research and compliance information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. A method comprising:
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presenting an interactive depiction of a map through a network and allowing for selection of a desired jurisdiction;
receiving a request for information relating to a selected geographic location on the map in response to a user'"'"'s interaction with the depiction of the map; and
delivering information to the user through the network wherein the information relates to the selected geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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54. An apparatus comprising:
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a computer network;
a user device coupled to the network, the user device including a display;
one or more servers coupled to the network to;
present on the display, via the computer network, an interactive depiction of a map, wherein the interactive depiction of the map allows for selection of a desired jurisdiction; and
deliver information through the network to the user device, wherein the information is delivered in response to a request for information relating to a geographic location on the map selected by the user by interacting with the depiction of the map, and wherein the additional information relates to the selected geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60)
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61. An article comprising a machine-readable medium storing machine-executable instructions that, when applied to a machine, cause the machine to:
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present on a display an interactive depiction of a map, wherein the interactive depiction of the map allows for selection of a desired jurisdiction; and
deliver information through the network to a user, wherein the information is delivered in response to a request for information relating to a geographic location on the map selected by a user, the selection being made by interacting with the depiction of the map, and wherein the information relates to the selected geographic location. - View Dependent Claims (62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67)
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