System and method for creating interactive electronic systems to present information and execute transactions
First Claim
1. A method executed in a computer system for presenting data and executing transactions, the computer system including at least one client computer, a transaction management system having at least one transaction management server, and at least one transactional database, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing an electronic book on a client computer, the electronic book including data for presentation to a user of the client computer;
providing a client database on the client computer, the client database including data corresponding to the data in the electronic book;
providing an electronic form on the client computer, the electronic form including data for execution of a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book and to the data in the client database;
presenting the electronic book to the user by displaying the electronic book to the user;
enabling the user to selectively view the data in the electronic book;
when the user desires to execute a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book, presenting the electronic form to the user by displaying the electronic form to the user;
enabling the user to selectively enter information into the electronic form, the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user;
sending the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user to a transaction management server in a transaction management system;
accessing a transactional database for executing the specified transaction; and
executing the specified transaction.
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Abstract
A fully integrated system and method for production and presentation of dynamically linked electronic presentation of information to front end client computers, for providing dynamic access to information from front end client computers, and for formulating, transmitting and processing transactions based upon information presented and accessed is disclosed. The system and method provides for production of a system for presentation of information to front end client computers in the form of customized electronic books linked to databases of the information presented. The electronic books further include forms for entry of transaction requests based upon such information. The forms are coded for execution of the particular transaction requested thereon by a transaction management system connected to one or more transactional databases.
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18 Claims
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1. A method executed in a computer system for presenting data and executing transactions, the computer system including at least one client computer, a transaction management system having at least one transaction management server, and at least one transactional database, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an electronic book on a client computer, the electronic book including data for presentation to a user of the client computer; providing a client database on the client computer, the client database including data corresponding to the data in the electronic book; providing an electronic form on the client computer, the electronic form including data for execution of a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book and to the data in the client database; presenting the electronic book to the user by displaying the electronic book to the user; enabling the user to selectively view the data in the electronic book; when the user desires to execute a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book, presenting the electronic form to the user by displaying the electronic form to the user; enabling the user to selectively enter information into the electronic form, the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; sending the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user to a transaction management server in a transaction management system; accessing a transactional database for executing the specified transaction; and executing the specified transaction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A computer system for presenting data and executing transactions, the computer system comprising:
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a client computer, the client computer including; an electronic book, the electronic book including data for presentation to a user of the client computer, a client database, the client database including data corresponding to the data in the electronic book, an electronic form, the electronic form including data for execution of a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book and to the data in the client database, a display device that presents the electronic book to the user by displaying the electronic book to the user enabling the user to selectively view the data in the electronic book, and that presents the electronic form to the user by displaying the electronic form to the user when the user desires to execute a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book, and an input device that enables the user to selectively enter information into the electronic form, the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; a transaction management system having a transaction management server, the transaction management server receiving the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; and a transactional database, the transactional database being accessed by the transaction management server for executing the specified transaction. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A method executed in a computer system for presenting data and executing transactions, the computer system including at least one client computer, a transaction management system having at least one transaction management server, and at least one transactional database, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing an electronic book on a client computer, the electronic book including data for presentation to a user of the client computer, the electronic book being stored entirely on the client computer; providing a client database on the client computer, the client database including data corresponding to the data in the electronic book, the data in the client database being dynamically linked to the data in the electronic book and being accessible from the electronic book, the client database being stored entirely on the client computer; providing an electronic form on the client computer, the electronic form including data for execution of a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book and to the data in the client database, the electronic form being stored entirely on the client computer; presenting the electronic book to the user by displaying the electronic book to the user; enabling the user to selectively view the data in the electronic book; when the user desires to execute a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book, presenting the electronic form to the user by displaying the electronic form to the user; enabling the user to selectively enter information into the electronic form, the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; sending the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user to a transaction management server in a transaction management system; accessing a transactional database for executing the specified transaction; and executing the specified transaction. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system for presenting data and executing transactions, the computer system comprising:
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a client computer, the client computer including; an electronic book, the electronic book including data for presentation to a user of the client computer, the electronic book being stored entirely on the client computer, a client database, the client database including data corresponding to the data in the electronic book, the data in the client database being dynamically linked to the data in the electronic book and being accessible from the electronic book, the client database being stored entirely on the client computer, an electronic form, the electronic form including data for execution of a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book and to the data in the client database, the electronic form being stored entirely on the client computer, a display device that presents the electronic book to the user by displaying the electronic book to the user enabling the user to selectively view the data in the electronic book, and that presents the electronic form to the user by displaying the electronic form to the user when the user desires to execute a transaction relating to the data in the electronic book, and an input device that enables the user to selectively enter information into the electronic form, the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; a transaction management system having a transaction management server, the transaction management server receiving the information specifying the transaction desired to be executed by the user; and a transactional database, the transactional database being accessed by the transaction management server for executing the specified transaction. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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