Computer-implemented document manager application enabler system and method
First Claim
1. A computer-implemented method for enabling a host application to retrieve images of documents stored in a document management system through an enabler application that is used for creating an association between a field on an interface of the host application and a field of the document management system, the method comprising the steps of:
- executing the enabler application and the host application;
displaying an interface of the host application while the host application is executing during run-time, wherein the interface of the host application contains one or more fields; and
after the interface is displayed, creating an association using the enabler application between a field on the interface of the host application and a field of the document management system used for retrieving document images from the document management system;
wherein data provided for the field on the interface of the host application during the execution of the host application is used to retrieve a document image from the document management system based upon the created association;
wherein the document management system facilitates electronic capturing of documents for storing and managing the documents;
wherein the steps of the methods are executed on one or more data processors.
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Abstract
A computer-implemented system and method for retrieving documents stored in a document management system based upon data from an application. While an interface is displayed, associations are created between one or more fields on the application'"'"'s interface and one or more retrieval-related attributes of the document management system. Data that is subsequently provided for the fields is used to retrieve documents from the document management system based the created associations.
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50 Claims
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1. A computer-implemented method for enabling a host application to retrieve images of documents stored in a document management system through an enabler application that is used for creating an association between a field on an interface of the host application and a field of the document management system, the method comprising the steps of:
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executing the enabler application and the host application; displaying an interface of the host application while the host application is executing during run-time, wherein the interface of the host application contains one or more fields; and after the interface is displayed, creating an association using the enabler application between a field on the interface of the host application and a field of the document management system used for retrieving document images from the document management system; wherein data provided for the field on the interface of the host application during the execution of the host application is used to retrieve a document image from the document management system based upon the created association; wherein the document management system facilitates electronic capturing of documents for storing and managing the documents; wherein the steps of the methods are executed on one or more data processors. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. One or more non-transitory computer-readable mediums encoded with instructions for commanding one or more data processors to execute steps for enabling a host application to retrieve images of documents stored in a document management system through an enabler application that is used for creating an association between a field on an interface of the host application and a field of the document management system, said steps comprising:
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executing the enabler application and the host application; displaying an interface of the host application while the host application is executing during run-time, wherein the interface of the host application contains one or more fields; and after the interface is displayed, creating an association using the enabler application between a field on the interface of the host application and a field of the document management system used for retrieving document images from the document management system; wherein data provided for the field on the interface of the host application during the execution of the host application is used to retrieve a document image from the document management system based upon the created association; wherein the document management system facilitates electronic capturing of documents for storing and managing the documents.
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47. A computer-implemented apparatus for enabling a host application to retrieve images of documents stored in a document management system through an enabler application that is used for creating an association between a field on an interface of the host application and a field of the document management system, said apparatus comprising a configuration interface, displayed on a display device, that allows a user to create mapping rules, wherein the mapping rules specify associations between interface-related attributes of the host application and fields of the document management system,
wherein the associations are created through the configuration interface while the fields of the host application were displayed during run-time execution of the host application; -
wherein data provided for the fields on the interface of the host application during an execution of the host application is used to retrieve a document image from the document management system based upon the created associations; wherein the document management system facilitates electronic capturing of documents for storing and managing the documents. - View Dependent Claims (48)
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49. A computer-implemented apparatus for enabling a host application to retrieve images of documents stored in a document management system through an enabler application that is used for creating associations between fields on an interface of the host application and fields of the document management system based upon data from the host application, the apparatus comprising:
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a computer-readable storage medium for storing mapping rules having associations between the fields on the interface of the host application and the fields of the document management system that are used for retrieving documents from the document management system, wherein the associations were created while the interface of the host application is displayed during run-time execution of the host application; an interrogator module, executing on one or more data processors, that interacts with an operating system (OS) that is hosting the host application in order to determine whether a preselected interface event has occurred; and an input event processor, executing on the one or more data processors, that receives interface data from the host application after detection of the interface event by the interrogator module, said input event processor generating a document retrieval query based upon the mapping rules and the received interface data in order to retrieve a document image from the document management system; wherein the document management system facilitates electronic capturing of documents for storing and managing the documents. - View Dependent Claims (50)
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