Comment field inclusion with an order collaboration form
First Claim
1. An apparatus for the inclusion of a comment field in an order collaboration form, the apparatus comprising:
- a form database having stored therein the order collaboration form and business objects associated therewith; and
a processing device, in response to executable instructions, operative to;
display the order collaboration form from the form database having business objects disposed in data fields;
receive an input command providing for the positioning of a position indicator;
recognize an overlay of the position indicator relative to a selected data field in the order collaboration form; and
display the comment field in a secondary visual display overlaid with the display of the selected data field such that the selected data field is also visible.
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Abstract
Order collaboration forms include encoding providing comment fields associated with individual term fields. The comment fields are provided in secondary displays, typically in a floating window display. The window is activated based on the location of a position indicator, such as a cursor or a highlight window. In the floating window, the comment field is therein visible. In one embodiment, when the position indicator is relative to a data field, the comment field becomes visible. A comment field indicator may used to provide the user with a directly visible indicator of whether a data field has a comment field, as the comment field is not directly visible until activated. Furthermore, in response to a user input command, the comment field becomes an active input field allowing a user to directly input comments specifically associated and physically designated with the individual term field.
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1. An apparatus for the inclusion of a comment field in an order collaboration form, the apparatus comprising:
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a form database having stored therein the order collaboration form and business objects associated therewith; and
a processing device, in response to executable instructions, operative to;
display the order collaboration form from the form database having business objects disposed in data fields;
receive an input command providing for the positioning of a position indicator;
recognize an overlay of the position indicator relative to a selected data field in the order collaboration form; and
display the comment field in a secondary visual display overlaid with the display of the selected data field such that the selected data field is also visible. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for the inclusion of a comment field in an order collaboration form, the method comprising:
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displaying an order collaboration form having business objects disposed in a plurality of data fields;
receiving an input command providing for the positioning of a position indicator;
recognizing the overlay of the position indicator relative to a selected data field from the plurality of data fields;
displaying a comment field in a secondary visual display overlaid with the display of the selected data field such that the selected data field is also visible, wherein the content of the comment field is from the business object displayed in the data field. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. An apparatus for the inclusion of a comment field in an order collaboration form, the apparatus comprising:
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an input device;
a display device;
a form database having stored therein the order collaboration form and a plurality of business objects; and
a processing device in operative communication with the input device, the display device and the form database, in response to executable instructions, the processing device operative to;
display the order collaboration form from the form database having the business objects associated therewith;
receive an input command from the input device, the input command providing for the positioning of a position indicator;
recognize an overlay of the position indicator relative to a selected data field from a plurality of data fields in the selected order collaboration form;
receive a data input command from the input device;
receive input data from the input device;
insert the input data into the comment field; and
display the comment field in a secondary visual display overlaid with the display of the selected data field such that the selected data field is also visible on the display device. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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