SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DOCUMENT CREATION

• US 20140310593A1
• Filed: 04/11/2013
• Published: 10/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/12/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rick Ortiz, Walter Lowney
• Original Assignee: Rick Ortiz, Walter Lowney
• Inventors: Lowney, Walter, Ortiz, Rick
• Granted Patent: US 9,690,754 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/274
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/114 Pagination
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/134 Hyperlinking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A document creation interface, including an input section and a document preview section, is provided and displayed to user in order to assist in document preparation and creation. The input section of the interface can contain a structure chart template having input blocks into which a user may provide input. The input blocks may be configured to include an expandable quick guide to assist user in entering relevant information into a given input block. A document is then generated from the input received and based on the organization of the structure chart template. The document can then be dynamically displayed in the document preview section of the interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of controlling an installation of a software application on a device, said computer-implemented method being performed by at least one processor and comprising:

providing a document creation interface including an input section and a document preview section;

providing a structure chart template within said input section;

receiving input via a plurality of input blocks within said structure chart template;

configuring said input blocks to include an expandable quick guide;

generating a document from said received input and said structure chart template; and

displaying said document in said document preview section of said document creation interface.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein said input section comprises a plurality of selectable tabs corresponding to individual sections of said document.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 2 wherein said plurality of selectable tabs contain a structure chart template having a plurality of input blocks being linked to input blocks contained in other tabs.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 3 further comprising automatically populating linked input blocks within other tabs with said received input.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising exporting said document for use by other applications.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein said expandable quick guide comprises rules related to the input to be provided by said user.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 wherein said expandable quick guide comprises examples of the type of input to be provided by said user.

8. A system that controls an installation of software applications on a device, said comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor; and

computer program code residing in the memory that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to perform a method, the method comprising;

providing a document creation interface including an input section and a document preview section;

providing a structure chart template within said input section;

receiving input via a plurality of input blocks within said structure chart template;

configuring said input blocks to include an expandable quick guide;

generating a document from said received input and said structure chart template; and

displaying said document in said document preview section of said document creation interface.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein said input section comprises a plurality of selectable tabs corresponding to individual sections of said document.

10. The system of claim 9 wherein said plurality of selectable tabs contain a structure chart template having a plurality of input blocks being linked to input blocks contained in other tabs.

11. The system of claim 10 further comprising automatically populating linked input blocks within other tabs with said received input.

12. The system of claim 8 further comprising exporting said document for use by other applications.

13. The system of claim 8 wherein said expandable quick guide comprises rules related to the input to be provided by said user.

14. The system of claim 8 wherein said expandable quick guide comprises examples of the type of input to be provided by said user.

15. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable program code that when executed by a processor causes the processor to perform operations comprising:

providing a document creation interface including an input section and a document preview section;

providing a structure chart template within said input section;

receiving input via a plurality of input blocks within said structure chart template;

configuring said input blocks to include an expandable quick guide;

generating a document from said received input and said structure chart template; and

displaying said document in said document preview section of said document creation interface.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein said input section comprises a plurality of selectable tabs corresponding to individual sections of said document.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein said plurality of selectable tabs contain a structure chart template having a plurality of input blocks being linked to input blocks contained in other tabs.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising automatically populating linked input blocks within other tabs with said received input.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 further comprising exporting said document for use by other applications.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 15 wherein said expandable quick guide comprises rules related to the input to be provided by said user.