Patent ID: 8996981
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for modifying an electronic document comprising: receiving an electronic document, the electronic document preformatted in portable document format and comprising a number of form fields, wherein each form field of the number of form fields is defined by metadata of one or more metadata types; in response to receiving the electronic document, generating a rendered electronic document, the rendered electronic document comprising temporary data representing the received electronic document, wherein the rendered electronic document provides a preview of changes to the received electronic document; generating one or more data cells arranged in a data grid organized by form field and metadata type, displayed in a user interface, and comprising content corresponding to at least the metadata defining the number of form fields; receiving, at the user interface, a proposed modification of a plurality of form fields comprising receiving a selection of more than one data cell corresponding to the plurality of form fields and a simultaneous change to the content of each of the selected more than one data cells; in response to receiving the proposed modification, transforming the temporary data of the rendered electronic document based on the proposed modification and displaying the proposed modification via the rendered electronic document; receiving a confirmation to make the proposed modification to the received electronic document; and in response to receiving the confirmation to make the proposed modification to the received electronic document, generating a modified electronic document reflecting the change to each of the plurality of form fields.