System for dynamically and quickly generating a report and request for quotation
First Claim
1. A system for generating a request for quotation for healthcare information system resources from a vendor, comprising:
- at least one repository hardware of information including,a template quotation format; and
a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a plurality of different healthcare information system elements to be provided by at least one healthcare information system vendor; and
a server hardware including,a context sensitive search engine for receiving user entered text data associated with a desired healthcare information system element and for searching said repository to identify a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a healthcare information system element in response to said entered text data, anda quotation generator for generating a display image showing items representing the identified plurality of different quotation related data fields ranked in list order in response to a predetermined likelihood a data field is a desired data field associated with said entered text data, wherein the rank is updated in response to selection of a candidate data field resulting from a search, said display image enabling a user to populate a template executable application image window with one or more of the identified data fields and to submit, to the healthcare information system vendor, the image window with a message requesting a quotation for providing the image window and associated executable application function.
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Abstract
A system generates a request for quotation for a healthcare information system function using a stored template quotation format and multiple different quotation related data fields associated with multiple different healthcare information system elements. A search engine receives user entered text data associated with a desired healthcare information system element and searches stored information to identify multiple different quotation related data fields associated with a healthcare information system element in response to the entered text data. A quotation generator generates a display image showing items representing the identified multiple different quotation related data fields enabling a user to populate a template executable application image window with one or more of the identified data fields and initiate obtaining a quotation for providing the image window.
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1. A system for generating a request for quotation for healthcare information system resources from a vendor, comprising:
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at least one repository hardware of information including, a template quotation format; and a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a plurality of different healthcare information system elements to be provided by at least one healthcare information system vendor; and a server hardware including, a context sensitive search engine for receiving user entered text data associated with a desired healthcare information system element and for searching said repository to identify a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a healthcare information system element in response to said entered text data, and a quotation generator for generating a display image showing items representing the identified plurality of different quotation related data fields ranked in list order in response to a predetermined likelihood a data field is a desired data field associated with said entered text data, wherein the rank is updated in response to selection of a candidate data field resulting from a search, said display image enabling a user to populate a template executable application image window with one or more of the identified data fields and to submit, to the healthcare information system vendor, the image window with a message requesting a quotation for providing the image window and associated executable application function. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for generating a request for quotation for healthcare information system resources from a vendor, comprising the steps of:
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retaining in at least one repository, information including, a template quotation format; and a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a plurality of different healthcare information system elements to be provided by at least one healthcare information system vendor; receiving user entered text data associated with a desired healthcare information system element; searching said repository to identify a plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a healthcare information system element in response to said entered text data; and generating a display image showing items representing the identified plurality of different quotation related data fields ranked in list order in response to a predetermined likelihood a data field is a desired data field associated with said text data, wherein the rank is updated in response to selection of a candidate data field resulting from a search, said display image enabling a user to populate a template executable application image window with one or more of the identified data fields and send, to the healthcare information system vendor, the image window with a message requesting a quotation for providing the image window and associated executable application function. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A system for generating a report for requesting healthcare information system resources from a vendor, comprising:
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at least one repository hardware of information including, a template report format; and a plurality of different resource related data fields associated with a plurality of different healthcare information system resources to be provided by at least one healthcare information system vendor; and a server hardware including, a context sensitive search engine for receiving user entered text data associated with a desired healthcare information system resource and for searching said repository to identify a plurality of different resource related data fields associated with a healthcare information system resource in response to said entered text data, and a quotation generator for populating a template report form derived from said at least one repository with the identified plurality of different quotation related data fields associated with a healthcare information system resource in response to said entered text data, wherein said data fields are ranked in list order in response to a predetermined likelihood a data field is a desired data field associated with said entered text data, and wherein the rank is updated in response to selection of a candidate data field resulting from a search. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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