Role-dependent action for an electronic form

• US 7,584,417 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2004
• Issued: 09/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Pavlicic, Miladin, Kim, Jane T., Moldovanu, Petru M., Cupala, Shiraz J., Friend, Ned B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Hutton; Doug
• Assistant Examiner(s): Blackwell; James H
• Application Number:
  US10/988,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20060107197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,751 Days
• Field of Search: 715/505, 715/506, 715/507, 715/508, 715/513, 715/530, 715/780, 715/856, 715/862, 715/977, 715222-226, 715/234, 715/255
• US Class Current: 715/224
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/31 User authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Systems and/or methods that enable creation and/or use of an action for an electronic form dependent on a role of a user are described.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:

receiving a triggering event of an electronic data-entry form, wherein the triggering event comprises a data change trigger caused by a user modifying data in the electronic data-entry form or a click trigger caused by the user clicking on a button in the electronic data-entry form;

responsive to the triggering event, determining whether a role of the user of the electronic data-entry form permits performing an action associated with the triggering event; and

performing the action responsive to the determining that the role of the user permits performance of the action.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the act of performing the action comprises enabling selection of a digital signature associated with the role of the user.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the act of performing the action comprises enabling approval of the electronic data-entry form, the approval associated with the role of the user.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein the act of performing the action comprises presenting a user interface tailored to the role of the user.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the acts of receiving, determining, and performing are performed without communication with a remote data source.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein the role of the user comprises rights associated with the user.

7. The media of claim 1, wherein the computer storage media comprises instructions written in eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

8. A system embodying the computer and the computer storage media of claim 1.

9. One or more computer storage media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:

receiving a triggering event of an electronic data-entry form, wherein the triggering event comprises a data change trigger caused by a user modifying data in the electronic data-entry form or a click trigger caused by the user clicking on a button in the electronic data-entry form; and

responsive to the triggering event, determining whether a role of the user permits altering the electronic data entry form, and altering the electronic data-entry form responsive to determining that the role of the user permits altering the electronic data entry form.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the act of altering comprises presenting a user interface tailored to the role of the current user.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the computer storage media comprises instructions written in eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

12. A system embodying the computer and the computer storage media of claim 9.