Form completion rate enhancement system and method
First Claim
1. A method for facilitating entry of information by a plurality of users into a scaffold electronic document, wherein the scaffold electronic document includes content displayable to the plurality of users as text and/or graphics on one or more pages and a set of one or more information entry fields associated with each of the users at one or more locations in the pages, where the information entry fields in each of the sets of the one or more information entry fields are adapted to receive information entered therein by a respective one of the plurality of users, said method comprising the steps of:
- (a) displaying via a server over a network to each user of the plurality of users the scaffold electronic document;
(b) providing a graphic flag displayable to each respective user of the plurality of users in conjunction with the displaying of the scaffold electronic document, the graphic flag being displayable in proximity to at least one of the one or more information entry fields to indicate an information entry field that requires completion by the respective user, wherein, upon the respective user entering data into the information field that requires completion, the graphic flag is advanced to a next information entry field that requires completion by the respective user;
(c) receiving data via the server over the network from the plurality of users;
(d) modifying the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in response to receipt over the network of data indicative of entry of information by any of said plurality of users into the at least one of the one or more information entry fields;
and(e) making the modified scaffold electronic document available via the server to at least one member of the group consisting of the sender and one or more “
cc”
recipients designated by the sender while obtaining information from the plurality of users progresses,wherein displaying the scaffold electronic document to each user includes;
displaying the graphic flag as a brightly-colored tab along a same visual line on a screen that requires the user to enter information;
displaying the graphic flag such that the graphic flag appears to extend out from an edge of the scaffold electronic document as an indicator to the user; and
displaying the word “
required”
within the brightly colored tab.
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Abstract
A system and method for facilitating the entry by a user via a network, of information into a scaffold electronic document. A flag server modifies the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in a information entry field and displays a graphic flag at a next one of a succession of information entry fields.
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13 Claims
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1. A method for facilitating entry of information by a plurality of users into a scaffold electronic document, wherein the scaffold electronic document includes content displayable to the plurality of users as text and/or graphics on one or more pages and a set of one or more information entry fields associated with each of the users at one or more locations in the pages, where the information entry fields in each of the sets of the one or more information entry fields are adapted to receive information entered therein by a respective one of the plurality of users, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying via a server over a network to each user of the plurality of users the scaffold electronic document; (b) providing a graphic flag displayable to each respective user of the plurality of users in conjunction with the displaying of the scaffold electronic document, the graphic flag being displayable in proximity to at least one of the one or more information entry fields to indicate an information entry field that requires completion by the respective user, wherein, upon the respective user entering data into the information field that requires completion, the graphic flag is advanced to a next information entry field that requires completion by the respective user; (c) receiving data via the server over the network from the plurality of users; (d) modifying the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in response to receipt over the network of data indicative of entry of information by any of said plurality of users into the at least one of the one or more information entry fields; and (e) making the modified scaffold electronic document available via the server to at least one member of the group consisting of the sender and one or more “
cc”
recipients designated by the sender while obtaining information from the plurality of users progresses,wherein displaying the scaffold electronic document to each user includes; displaying the graphic flag as a brightly-colored tab along a same visual line on a screen that requires the user to enter information; displaying the graphic flag such that the graphic flag appears to extend out from an edge of the scaffold electronic document as an indicator to the user; and displaying the word “
required”
within the brightly colored tab. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for facilitating entry of information by a plurality of users into a scaffold electronic document, wherein the scaffold electronic document includes content displayable to the plurality of users as text and/or graphics on one or more pages and a set of one or more information entry fields associated with each of the users at one or more locations in the pages, where the information entry fields in each of the sets of the one or more information entry fields are adapted to receive information entered therein by a respective one of the plurality of users, said method comprising the steps of:
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(a) displaying via a server over a network to each user of the plurality of users the scaffold electronic document; (b) providing a graphic flag displayable to each respective user of the plurality of users in conjunction with the displaying of the scaffold electronic document, the graphic flag being displayable in proximity to at least one of the one or more information entry fields to indicate an information entry field that requires completion by the respective user, wherein, upon the respective user entering data into the information field that requires completion, the graphic flag is advanced to a next information entry field that requires completion by the respective user; (c) receiving data via the server over the network from the plurality of users; and (d) modifying the scaffold electronic document to include user-entered information in response to receipt over the network of data indicative of entry of information by any of said plurality of users into the at least one of the one or more information entry fields, wherein displaying the scaffold electronic document to each user includes displaying the graphic flag as a brightly-colored tab along a same visual line on a screen that requires the user to enter information, wherein the electronic scaffold document includes n information entry fields for a user, wherein the graphic flag initially points to a first information entry field, and wherein, each time the user enters information into the information entry field pointed to by the graphic flag, the flag server advances the graphic flag to a next information entry field in the electronic scaffold document, where the graphic flag is displayed to the user in a new location, until the user has entered information into all n information entry fields; wherein the information entry fields are ordered from 1 to n in a sender-determined order, and wherein each time the graphic flag advances, the graphic flag advances to a next information entry field in the sender-determined order. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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