Method and system for selecting rules to validate information submitted on an electronic form
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for selecting rules from a rules repository to validate information submitted on an electronic form comprising the steps of:
- a) creating a validation rules repository on a computer;
b) in response to receiving a connection request, establishing a connection with the created rules repository; and
c) in response to receiving a rule request, retrieving the selected rule from the rules repository for incorporation into the electronic form.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a method and system for creating a validation rules repository for electronic form validation rules. The software instructions that implement these validation rules would be linked to a record in the repository corresponding to each rule. During the creation of an electronic form on a web page, the software instructions that execute a rule for a particular field on the form would be automatically retrieved from a repository location and installed within the web page. In addition to incorporating existing validation rules, the present invention provides for the creation of new validation rules and storage of these rules in the rules repository.
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1. A computer implemented method for selecting rules from a rules repository to validate information submitted on an electronic form comprising the steps of:
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a) creating a validation rules repository on a computer;
b) in response to receiving a connection request, establishing a connection with the created rules repository; and
c) in response to receiving a rule request, retrieving the selected rule from the rules repository for incorporation into the electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer implemented method for creating a repository for rules to validate information submitted on an electronic form comprising the steps of:
creating electronic form validation rules;
(a) creating a record for each identified validation rule, the record containing a plurality of fields with information about the rule and a link to software that performs the validation of that rule on information in an electronic form that incorporates that rule;
(b) storing the record for an identified validation rule and the corresponding software for that validation rule in the rule repository; and
(c) repeating the above steps for each newly created rule. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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19. A system for selecting rules to validate information submitted on an electronic form comprising:
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(a) a repository for storing electronic form validation rules;
(b) a computing device connected to said validation rules repository, said computing device capable of interfacing with said repository for the purpose of retrieving form validation rules for incorporation into electronic forms; and
(c) an interface connected to said computing device and said validation rules repository for facilitating communication between said repository and said computing device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A computer program product in a computer readable medium for selecting rules from a rules repository to validate information submitted on an electronic form comprising:
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a) instructions for creating a validation rules repository on a computer;
b) in response to receiving a connection request, instructions for establishing a connection with the created rules repository; and
c) in response to receiving a rule request, instructions for retrieving the selected rule from the rules repository for incorporation into the electronic form. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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