Patent ID: 6084585
Filing Date: 2000-07-04
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer-driven method of providing a user interface to gather data to complete a form, the method comprising:displaying on a video display a row entry template including at least one menu field and a data field corresponding to each menu field, where contents of each menu field comprise one user-selected menu entry from a predefined group of such menu entries and each menu entry comprises a representation that a different class of information resides in the corresponding data field;displaying a form expand selector and a submit selector on the video display;receiving a user entry to the menu field comprising user selection of one of the predefined menu entries;receiving a user entry to the data field comprising data entered into the data field;detecting user activation of the form expand selector, and displaying an additional row entry template on the video display for each user activation of the expand selector; andreceiving user entry to the submit selector, and in response, transmitting the user entries in a machine-readable format to a predefined destination.