FEEDBACK VALIDATION OF ELECTRONICALLY GENERATED FORMS
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- storing a plurality of templates that identify one or more fields within corresponding documents;
determining a first document corresponds to a particular template of the plurality of templates;
generating a first electronic validation form using the particular template;
wherein the first electronic validation form comprises one or more controls to accept at least one revision to a particular field, a particular data item, or an association between the particular field and the particular data item obtained from the first document;
upon receiving an input through the one or more controls, generating revision information for the particular template; and
in response to determining a second document corresponds to the particular template, generating a second electronic validation form using the particular template and automatically applying the revision information;
wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for form processing is provided, requiring little to no data entry. Upon receiving an electronic notification containing a form, a validation server extracts an electronic contact address from the electronic notification. The validation server then applies a template associated with the sender'"'"'s electronic contact address to a document to extract information necessary to generate an electronic form comprising machine parsable data. The sender is then granted access and prompted to validate the electronic form. The sender entity validates the electronic form by making any necessary changes or revisions and by submitting the editable web form. The form'"'"'s parsable content is then stored directly as data in a database. In some embodiments, the validation server may accept the electronic validation with additional revision information. In these embodiments, the revision information may be applied to future forms received from the sender. Optionally, the revision information may also be used to create a new version of the template specifically associated with the sender'"'"'s electronic contact address.
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20 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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storing a plurality of templates that identify one or more fields within corresponding documents; determining a first document corresponds to a particular template of the plurality of templates; generating a first electronic validation form using the particular template; wherein the first electronic validation form comprises one or more controls to accept at least one revision to a particular field, a particular data item, or an association between the particular field and the particular data item obtained from the first document; upon receiving an input through the one or more controls, generating revision information for the particular template; and in response to determining a second document corresponds to the particular template, generating a second electronic validation form using the particular template and automatically applying the revision information; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. One or more non-transitory computer readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause performance of:
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storing a plurality of templates that identify one or more fields within corresponding documents; determining a first document corresponds to a particular template of the plurality of templates; generating a first electronic validation form using the particular template; wherein the first electronic validation form comprises one or more controls to accept at least one revision to a particular field, a particular data item, or an association between the particular field and the particular data item obtained from the first document; upon receiving an input through the one or more controls, generating revision information for the particular template; and in response to determining a second document corresponds to the particular template, generating a second electronic validation form using the particular template and automatically applying the revision information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system comprising:
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a database configured to store a plurality of templates that identify one or more fields within corresponding documents; and a validation server computer, operatively coupled to the database, comprising one or more processors and one or more non-transitory computer readable media with instructions to; determine a first document corresponds to a particular template of the plurality of templates in the database; generate a first electronic validation form using the particular template, wherein the first electronic validation form comprises; wherein the first electronic validation form comprises one or more controls to accept at least one revision to a particular field, a particular data item, or an association between the particular field and the particular data item obtained from the first document; generate revision information for the particular template using input received through the one or more controls; determine a second document corresponds to the particular template; and generate a second electronic validation form using the particular template and automatically applying the revision information. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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