Forms creation and interpretation system
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1. In a computer, a method of converting a screen definition file having a plurality of records with data fields for use in a fax form, said form including template information comprising a plurality of template fields, the method comprising the steps of:
- reading one or more records in a screen definition file;
processing a selected record so that the fields are converted into a template field;
computer generating machine readable identification markings on the fax form, wherein the machine readable identification markings identify the fax form and the corresponding template information;
storing the template fields and machine readable identification markings in the computer;
receiving a completed fax form into the computer from a remote location;
automatically identifying the completed fax form, wherein the computer interprets the machine readable identification markings on the completed fax form;
locating in the computer the template information corresponding to the identified completed fax form; and
selectively interpreting information entered on the completed fax form with the template information of the fax form stored in the computer.
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Abstract
A system and method for interactively creating forms including displaying the forms during creation, and interpreting completed forms received via a facsimile device. The system includes the following features: automated reminder, automated data export, suspense processing, and automated confirmation. Analog objects can be created and interpreted. Screen definitions for forms can be converted to the type of form defined by the present invention.
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1. In a computer, a method of converting a screen definition file having a plurality of records with data fields for use in a fax form, said form including template information comprising a plurality of template fields, the method comprising the steps of:
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reading one or more records in a screen definition file; processing a selected record so that the fields are converted into a template field; computer generating machine readable identification markings on the fax form, wherein the machine readable identification markings identify the fax form and the corresponding template information; storing the template fields and machine readable identification markings in the computer; receiving a completed fax form into the computer from a remote location; automatically identifying the completed fax form, wherein the computer interprets the machine readable identification markings on the completed fax form; locating in the computer the template information corresponding to the identified completed fax form; and selectively interpreting information entered on the completed fax form with the template information of the fax form stored in the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method of interpreting an analog field having an associated scale on a form having template information, the method comprising the steps of:
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locating the field using the template information; scanning across the scale of the field; locating a mark indicating a value on the scale for the field; and determining the value indicative of the relative location of the mark to the end points of the scale. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A system for creating and interpreting fax forms comprising:
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a computer having a memory; a screen definition file, stored in the memory, having a plurality of records with data fields; a record reader operating in the computer to read each record of the screen definition file; a record processor to convert the data fields read by the record reader of the screen definition file into a template field, wherein the fax form includes a plurality of template fields; a machine readable identification markings generator to generate unique form identification in the fax form; a save form function for storing the fax form in the memory; a receive fax function for receiving a completed fax form into the computer from a remote location; an interpret identification function for automatically identifying the completed fax form using the computer by interpreting machine readable identification markings on the received completed fax form; and an interpret field function for interpreting the completed fax form using the computer and the template information of the fax form stored in the computer so as to selectively interpret information entered on the form at the remote location.
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