System for managing form information for use by portable devices
First Claim
1. A system in communication with at least one remote portable processing device for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
- a display generator for generating at least one display image enabling a user to enter configuration information for creating a desired form, said configuration information supporting,selecting for inclusion in a desired form,a data field andat least one attribute associated with said selected data field comprising a code separate from said selected data field enabling mapping of a data element entered in said selected data field by a user to a particular location in a database, andentering location information for locating said selected data field in said desired form;
a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command;
a repository of created electronic forms;
a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available; and
a communication processor for initiating communication of data representing a newer version form derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version using information received from said portable processing device.
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Abstract
A system updates a portable processing device with the latest version of customized data collection forms and associated data for use in acquisition of particular types of data for communication to a remote clinical information database. A system for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device includes a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command. The system includes a repository of created electronic forms and a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available. A communication processor initiates communication of data representing a newer version form derived from the repository to the portable processing device in response to detection of availability of the newer version. The form creator generates data associated with an individual created form for use in providing a button displayed in an image on a portable processing device and includes a preview generator for initiating generation of a preview image of a form under construction based on user entered form configuration information.
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15 Claims
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1. A system in communication with at least one remote portable processing device for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a display generator for generating at least one display image enabling a user to enter configuration information for creating a desired form, said configuration information supporting, selecting for inclusion in a desired form, a data field and at least one attribute associated with said selected data field comprising a code separate from said selected data field enabling mapping of a data element entered in said selected data field by a user to a particular location in a database, and entering location information for locating said selected data field in said desired form; a form creator for creating an electronic form for use in collecting data, in response to user command; a repository of created electronic forms; a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available; and a communication processor for initiating communication of data representing a newer version form derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version using information received from said portable processing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for use in data collection and communication by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a repository of a plurality of electronic forms for acquiring data of different type, said electronic forms created by user-entered configuration information supporting selection of a data field to include in a desired form and at least one attribute associated with said selected data field including a code enabling mapping of a data element in said selected data field by a user to a particular location in a database; and location information for locating said selected data field in said desired form; a selection processor for selecting a particular form from said repository in response to user command, said selected form being for acquiring data of a particular type; an interface processor for acquiring data entered using said selected particular form and for processing said data to be suitable for communication together with a form version identifier identifying a version of said particular form to a remote system, said form version identifier being usable by said remote system to, automatically determine a newer version of said particular form is available and to automatically initiate download of said newer version of said particular form to said portable processing device; and a communication processor for initiating communication of said processed data and said form version identifier to said remote system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A system in communication with at least one remote portable processing device for providing forms for use in data collection by a portable processing device, comprising:
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a display generator for generating at least one display image enabling a user to enter configuration information for creating a desired form, said configuration information supporting, selecting for inclusion in a desired form, a data field and at least one attribute associated with said selected data field comprising a code separate from said selected data field enabling mapping of a data element entered in said selected data field by a user to a particular location in a database, and entering location information for locating said selected data field in said desired form; and a preview generator for initiating generation of a preview image of a form derived using said configuration information, in response to user command; a repository of created electronic forms; a form version detector for detecting whether a newer version of a form currently stored in a portable processing device is available; and a communication processor for automatically initiating communication of data representing a newer version form derived from said repository to said portable processing device in response to detection of availability of said newer version using information received from said portable processing device by comparing form version identification data in said information received from said portable processing device with version identification data of forms stored in said repository.
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