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System and method for completing an electronic form

  • US 5,704,029 A
  • Filed: 05/23/1994
  • Issued: 12/30/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/23/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for completing an electronic form, comprising:

  • a portable unit including a processor, a graphics display, an input device mechanism and a memory;

    an electronic form stored in the memory of the unit comprising a plurality of form descriptors that define displayable items, wherein each form descriptor includes a self-contained script program indicative of the next displayable item to be displayed, wherein each script program stores and retrieves data to and from the memory and wherein the order of display of the displayable items is defined by the script programs;

    a forms engine to display a single displayable item on the graphics display described by one of the form descriptors, wherein the displayable item includes a sentence and a set of possible response entries, wherein the script program of the displayable item is interpreted by the forms engine, and wherein the one displayable item utilizes the entire display; and

    wherein the input device mechanism accepts one or more of the responses selected by a user of the unit.

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