Apparatus And Method For Interacting With An Electronic Form
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least:
- receive a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields one or more of which accept input;
display the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety, one or more of the fields including respective controls for user interaction with the form, the controls for fields on the focused page being active;
receive an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and
in response to receipt of the indication,process a plurality of events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form, including an event processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page.
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Abstract
An apparatus is provided that is caused to receive a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields. The apparatus is caused to display the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety. The apparatus is also caused to receive an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and in response to receipt of the indication, process events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form. The events include one processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page, such as to transition focus to the non-focused page in response to user interaction with the non-focused page. The non-focused page may thereby become the focused page, and the focused page may become the non-focused page displayed only partially.
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57 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to at least:
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receive a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields one or more of which accept input; display the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety, one or more of the fields including respective controls for user interaction with the form, the controls for fields on the focused page being active; receive an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and
in response to receipt of the indication,process a plurality of events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form, including an event processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising a plurality of operations including at least:
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receiving a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields one or more of which accept input; displaying the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety, one or more of the fields including respective controls for user interaction with the form, the controls for fields on the focused page being active; receiving an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and
in response to receipt of the indication,processing a plurality of events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form, including an event processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page, wherein the method is performed by an apparatus including a processor and a memory storing executable instructions that in response to execution by the processor cause the apparatus to perform the operations. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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39. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein that, in response to execution by a processor, cause an apparatus to at least:
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receive a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields one or more of which accept input; display the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety, one or more of the fields including respective controls for user interaction with the form, the controls for fields on the focused page being active; receive an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and
in response to receipt of the indication,process a plurality of events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form, including an event processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page. - View Dependent Claims (40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57)
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