Method and system for shared document approval
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1. A method executed by a computer comprising a video display, of determining approval of an electronic document by one or more personnel comprising:
- Receiving data representing a first document type;
Storing data representing a recipient list comprised of data representing members of the list;
Storing a data structure representing an association between the received first document type and received the stored recipient list where said data structure is characterized by having a write access permission;
Receiving a document data file, comprised of a document, from a remote computer operated by a user excluded from the write access permission;
Extracting at least one data from the contents of the received document data file and using the extracted data to determine a second document type associated with the document comprising the received document data file by using text string matching;
Selecting by use of the determined second document type the stored recipient list that corresponds to the first document type by determining using logic that the first document type is the same as the second document type;
Retrieving the selected recipient list;
Transmitting said received document data file to the members of the selected recipient list;
Receiving at least one data message from at least one corresponding members of the selected recipient list, said received data message comprised of data representing the identity of the at least one of the recipients on the selected recipient list, an identity of the document comprising the received document data file and a data value representing an approval or a denial;
Storing in a data record associated with the identity of the document comprising the document data file a data value representing the received data value.
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Abstract
This invention discloses a novel system and method for displaying electronic documents that are subject to approval by multiple parties. The invention presents approval by person as a separate indication on the original document. The system automatically reviews the document to determine its type and then using the type, looks up the recipient list that is associated with that type of document. The document is then transmitted to those recipients for approval.
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1. A method executed by a computer comprising a video display, of determining approval of an electronic document by one or more personnel comprising:
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Receiving data representing a first document type; Storing data representing a recipient list comprised of data representing members of the list; Storing a data structure representing an association between the received first document type and received the stored recipient list where said data structure is characterized by having a write access permission; Receiving a document data file, comprised of a document, from a remote computer operated by a user excluded from the write access permission; Extracting at least one data from the contents of the received document data file and using the extracted data to determine a second document type associated with the document comprising the received document data file by using text string matching; Selecting by use of the determined second document type the stored recipient list that corresponds to the first document type by determining using logic that the first document type is the same as the second document type; Retrieving the selected recipient list; Transmitting said received document data file to the members of the selected recipient list; Receiving at least one data message from at least one corresponding members of the selected recipient list, said received data message comprised of data representing the identity of the at least one of the recipients on the selected recipient list, an identity of the document comprising the received document data file and a data value representing an approval or a denial; Storing in a data record associated with the identity of the document comprising the document data file a data value representing the received data value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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