Document component management and publishing system
First Claim
1. A document component management system for automatically generating customized documents for a plurality of individuals, each customized document being customized according to an applicable set of rules, said document component management system comprising:
- a presentation layer, users interfacing with said document component management system through said presentation layer;
a data layer containing a plurality of repositories, ones of said repositories storing document components and published documents in one or more formats;
and an application layer interfacing said presentation layer with said data layer to create and maintain document components, user requests entered at said presentation layer being fulfilled by said application layer, said application layer retrieving document components responsive to user requests and assembling documents therefrom, assembled documents being published to respective ones of a plurality of individuals, a copy of published documents being stored in said data layer, wherein the application layer issues database calls to the data and receives data from the data layer through an application program interface; and
a batch file handler receiving batch order requests and automatically selecting variable data and document rules from said data layer responsive to received said batch order requests, documents being generated from selected variable data and rules.
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Abstract
A document component management system for automatically generating customized documents for a number of individuals or entities based upon rules. Each customized document is customized for one of the individuals or entities based upon the applicable set of business rules. Users interface with the document component management system through a presentation layer. A data layer contains repositories for document components and published documents in one or more formats. An application layer interfaces the presentation layer with the data layer to create and maintain document components. User requests entered at the presentation layer are fulfilled by the application layer, which automatically retrieves document components, assembles documents in response to user requests and publishes assembled documents to the individuals. A copy of published documents are stored in the data layer.
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11 Claims
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1. A document component management system for automatically generating customized documents for a plurality of individuals, each customized document being customized according to an applicable set of rules, said document component management system comprising:
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a presentation layer, users interfacing with said document component management system through said presentation layer; a data layer containing a plurality of repositories, ones of said repositories storing document components and published documents in one or more formats; and an application layer interfacing said presentation layer with said data layer to create and maintain document components, user requests entered at said presentation layer being fulfilled by said application layer, said application layer retrieving document components responsive to user requests and assembling documents therefrom, assembled documents being published to respective ones of a plurality of individuals, a copy of published documents being stored in said data layer, wherein the application layer issues database calls to the data and receives data from the data layer through an application program interface; and a batch file handler receiving batch order requests and automatically selecting variable data and document rules from said data layer responsive to received said batch order requests, documents being generated from selected variable data and rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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