Electronic submittal method and system
First Claim
1. A method of managing an approval process for a submittal, comprising the steps of:
- granting access to a network accessible system to a first set of users;
permitting a first user of said first set of users to tender a first submittal to said network accessible system;
recording said tender of said first submittal in a first log accessible by said first set of users via said network accessible system;
automatically issuing a notice of the tender of said first submittal to at least a second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system;
providing access to said first submittal to said second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system and permitting said second user of said first set of users to perform a first action relating to said first submittal;
recording said first action relating to said first submittal in said first log;
automatically issuing a notice of said first action relating to said first submittal to at least one of said first set of users once said first action relating to said first submittal is recorded in said first log; and
generating a report of said first log at the request of at least one of said first set of users.
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Abstract
A method and system of managing a submittal approval process includes the steps of granting access to an internet-based system to a set of users; permitting a first user to upload a submittal to the system; recording the uploading of the submittal in a log accessible by the users; automatically issuing a notice of the uploading of the submittal to other users; providing access to the submittal to other users and permitting the other users to review, approve, reject, revise, or comment on the submittal; recording the actions of the other users in the log; automatically issuing a notice of a user'"'"'s actions to other users on the system; and generating a report of the log at the request of a user.
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28 Claims
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1. A method of managing an approval process for a submittal, comprising the steps of:
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granting access to a network accessible system to a first set of users;
permitting a first user of said first set of users to tender a first submittal to said network accessible system;
recording said tender of said first submittal in a first log accessible by said first set of users via said network accessible system;
automatically issuing a notice of the tender of said first submittal to at least a second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system;
providing access to said first submittal to said second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system and permitting said second user of said first set of users to perform a first action relating to said first submittal;
recording said first action relating to said first submittal in said first log;
automatically issuing a notice of said first action relating to said first submittal to at least one of said first set of users once said first action relating to said first submittal is recorded in said first log; and
generating a report of said first log at the request of at least one of said first set of users. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28)
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21. An electronic system for managing an approval process of a submittal, comprising:
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means for granting access to a network accessible system to a first set of users;
means for permitting a first user of said first set of users to tender a first submittal to said network accessible system;
means for recording said tender of said first submittal in a log accessible by said first set of users via said network accessible system;
means for automatically issuing a notice of the tender of said first submittal to at least a second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system;
means for providing access to said first submittal to said second user of said first set of users via said network accessible system and permitting said second user of said first set of users to perform a first action relating to said first submittal;
means for recording said first action relating to said first submittal in said first log;
means for automatically issuing a notice of said first action relating to said first submittal to at least one of said set of users once said first action relating to said first submittal is recorded in said first log; and
means for generating a report of said first log at the request of at least one of said first set of users.
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27. An electronic system for managing an approval process of a submittal, comprising:
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a server in communication with a network and having a central processor and a memory;
a listserv stored in said memory;
said listserv containing electronic mail addresses for a set of users;
a log stored in said memory, said log being automatically updated when a first user uploads a submittal to said memory and when a second user performs an action on said submittal; and
a network communication protocol device in said server and communicating with said central processor and said memory, said network communication protocol device automatically accessing said listserv and generating an electronic mail to each of said set of users when said log is updated.
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Specification