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• US 6,061,694 A
• Filed: 12/11/1997
• Issued: 05/09/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 12/11/1997
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: BT Systems, LLC
• Original Assignee: Resqnetcom Incorporated (RESQNET)
• Inventors: Janay, Gad, Cardinale, Andre
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Ruay Lian
• Assistant Examiner(s): Havan, Thu Thao
• Application Number:
  US08/988,747
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 707/507, 707/10, 382/283, 382/284, 709/201, 709/200, 380/24, 235/379, 379/88
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

A technique of transmitting documents relating to, for example, financial transactions wherein information to be filled in using fill-ins or resolvers are transmitted separately so that it may be checked and processed independently of the remainder of the document.

Claims

1. A method of generating documents comprising the steps of:

Presenting, to a user, on a computer screen, a document template with several blanks for information to be filled in by the user, the information to be filled in including resolvers and fill-ins;

separating the resolvers and fill-ins from the template;

transmitting, over a data network, a first set of transmitted information representative of the document template with resolvers and fill-ins missing;

transmitting, over a data network, a second set of transmitted information representative of resolvers and fill-ins along with an indication of where in said document said resolvers and fill-ins should be placed; and

generating the entire document at receiving computer from said first and second sets of transmitted information, including said template, said resolvers, said fill-ins and said indication of wherein said document said resolvers and said fill-ins should be placed.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the steps of checking fill-ins and resolvers for inconsistencies at said receiving computer prior to filling them in and generating said document.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein said resolvers and fill-ins are sent from a banking institution.

4. A method of generating and transmitting a document comprising:

displaying a document template on a computer, said document template having place markers for resolvers and fill ins;

generating an information stream comprising first information representative of said document template, second information representative of said resolvers, third information representative of said fill ins, and fourth information representative of where in said document said fill ins and said resolvers should be placed;

transmitting said first, second, third and fourth information separately over a network; and

utilizing said second, third, and fourth information at a receiving computer in order to ensure that the sent document was correctly generated and transmitted, and regenerating said document at said receiving computer.

5. A method of generating a document related to a transaction comprising the steps of:

storing, at a receiving computer, a plurality of document templates for documents to be generated;

transmitting, from a transmitting computer, a plurality of resolvers and fill-ins to be used to populate such document template;

transmitting, with each resolver and fill-in, identifying information indicative of a document type and phrase type associated with each fill-in; and

populating the stored document and template with the resolvers and at a remote computer fill-ins.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of processing said identifying information to check said populated document for inconsistencies.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising the step of analyzing said resolvers and fill-ins to determine if said populated document required other documents to be generated and generating such other documents.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein at least one of said other documents requires information received in said resolvers or fill-ins, and wherein said step of generating such other documents comprises filling in such other documents with said information received.