Patent ID: 7747940
Filing Date: 2010-06-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for data collection and processing, comprising: creating a plurality of different electronic forms automatically, using an electronic form template defining one or more rules, from selections provided by one or more of form creators, each of the electronic forms including one or more fillable fields and one or more statements or questions to be presented to one or more form users, wherein the one or more form creators creates the statements or questions; disseminating at least some of the plurality of different electronic forms to one or more of the one or more form users via a computer network; receiving data entered into at least one fillable field on the at least some of the plurality of different electronic forms; and submitting the data received from the at least some of the plurality of different electronic forms to one or more back-end systems associated with the at least some of the plurality of different electronic forms for processing the received data using the one or more back-end systems, wherein each of the one or more fillable fields maps to one or more application programming interface calls to the one or more back-end systems in accordance with the one or more rules, wherein the step of creating the plurality of different electronic forms includes: