Method and system to provide online application forms
First Claim
1. A method of building an application form, the method comprising:
- providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, the GUI including page layout zone and a page type zone including a plurality of reference page types;
monitoring user placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone, each reference page including page data;
automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types based on their relative placement in the layout zone;
generating page flow data in response to the automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types;
identifying rules data associated with each selected reference page type, wherein the rules data that defines required data to be captured at runtime for the selected reference page; and
storing the page flow data, the page data and the rules data in a storage media for subsequent conversion to web-based markup language at runtime.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided to build an application form (e.g., an online application form). The method may comprise providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, the GUI including page layout zone and page and a page type zone include a plurality of reference page types. User placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone is monitored and the selected reference page types are automatically interconnecting based on their relative placement in the layout zone. Interconnection data may define a sequence in which the selected pages are to be presented in the application form. Page data may be created by various wizards or by a page editor. Rules that are associated with each page may be defined by a rules editor.
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24 Claims
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1. A method of building an application form, the method comprising:
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providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, the GUI including page layout zone and a page type zone including a plurality of reference page types;
monitoring user placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone, each reference page including page data;
automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types based on their relative placement in the layout zone;
generating page flow data in response to the automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types;
identifying rules data associated with each selected reference page type, wherein the rules data that defines required data to be captured at runtime for the selected reference page; and
storing the page flow data, the page data and the rules data in a storage media for subsequent conversion to web-based markup language at runtime. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A machine-readable medium embodying instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:
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provide a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, the GUI including page layout zone and a page type zone including a plurality of reference page types;
monitor user placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone, each reference page including page data;
automatically interconnect the selected reference page types based on their relative placement in the layout zone;
generate page flow data in response to the automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types;
identify rules data associated with each selected reference page type, wherein the rule data that defines required data to be captured at runtime for the selected reference page;
using page building wizards or a page editor to create page data; and
store the page data, the page data and the rule data in a storage media for subsequent conversion to web-based markup language at runtime.
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19. A system to build an application form, the system comprising:
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a graphical interface module (GUI) that generates a graphical user interface (GUI) for a user, the GUI including page layout zone and page type zone include a plurality of reference page types;
a monitoring module to monitor user placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone, each reference page including page data;
an interconnection module to automatically interconnect the selected reference page types based on their relative placement in the layout zone;
a rules module identify rules data associated with each selected reference page type, wherein the rules data that defines required data to be captured at runtime for the selected reference page; and
a storage medium to store the page data, page flow data and the rules data for subsequent conversion to web-based markup language at runtime. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system to build an application form, the system including:
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means for providing a graphical user interface (GUI) to a user, the GUI including page layout zone and a page type zone including a plurality of reference page types;
means for monitoring user placement of selected reference page types in the layout zone, each reference page including page data;
means for automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types based on their relative placement in the layout zone;
means for generating page flow data in response to the automatically interconnecting the selected reference page types;
means for identifying rules data associated with each selected reference page type, wherein the rule data that defines required data to be captured at runtime for the selected reference page; and
means for storing the page data, the page data and the rule data in a storage media for subsequent conversion to web-based markup language at runtime.
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