INTEGRATION OF FORM AND FILE SERVICES

• US 20150172356A1
• Filed: 12/12/2013
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SurveyMonkey (Momentive Global, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: SurveyMonkey (Momentive Global, Inc.)
• Inventors: LIEU, JOHAN VU, KUANG, LARRY LE, LICHTENSTEIN, ADAM HARRIS, VEMURI, KRISHNA OM YOGA
• Granted Patent: US 10,021,082 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32

Abstract

A system includes at least one forms service computing device, the forms service computing device executing code to produce a user interface allowing access to the forms service, a user computing device in communication with the forms service computing device, the user computing device capable of displaying the user interface from the forms service computing device, and at least one file service computing device, wherein the file service computing device is in communication with the forms service computing device, the forms service computing device providing access to the file service computer device through the user interface.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

at least one forms service computing device, the forms service computing device executing code to produce a user interface allowing access to the forms service;

a user computing device in communication with the forms service computing device, the user computing device capable of displaying the user interface from the forms service computing device; and

at least one file service computing device, wherein the file service computing device is in communication with the forms service computing device, the forms service computing device providing access to the file service computer device through the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one forms service computing device executes code to provide authentication of the user to the file service computing device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the forms service computing device and the file service computing device are controlled by different entities.

4. A computer-controlled method, comprising:

receiving, at a forms service computing device, user credentials from a user;

authenticating, using the forms service computing device the user from the user credentials;

providing a connection to a file service computing device, from a user interface provided by the forms service computing device;

receiving, at the forms service computing device, user credentials for the file service;

transmitting the user credentials for the file service to the file service computing device, from the forms service computing device;

receiving a response from the file service computing device about user authentication at the file service computing device; and

communicating the response to the user through the user interface on a user computing device.

5. The computer-controlled method of claim 4, wherein providing the connection to the file service computing device occurs at initiation of a user session.

6. The computer-controlled method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing the user access to a customizable form that resides on the forms service computing device;

receiving user inputs corresponding to customization of the form to produce a customized form;

receiving a user input indicating form completion;

receiving a user input indicating that the form is to be saved to the file service computing device; and

transmitting the form to the file service computing device.

8. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

providing the user access to a customizable form that resides on the forms service computing device;

receiving user inputs corresponding to customization of the form to produce a customized form;

receiving a user input indicating form completion;

receiving a user input indicating that the form is to be saved to a file service computing device; and

providing the connection to the file service computing device after receiving the user input indicating that the form is to be saved.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein providing the connection to the file service computing device comprises:

accessing information about the user from the file service computing device, including a name of at least one user folder;

querying the user into which user folder the form is to be saved;

receiving a user response identifying the user folder; and

transmitting the customized form to the user folder on the file service computing device.

11. The computer-controlled method of claim 8, wherein providing a connection to the forms service computing device comprising providing a link to the forms service computing device on a home screen of the user interface.

7. The computer-controlled method of claim 7, wherein transmitting the form to the file service computing device comprises:

accessing information about the user from the file service computing device, including a name of at least one folder;

querying the user into which folder the form is to be saved;

receiving a user response identifying the folder; and

transmitting the form to the folder on the file service computing device.