Patent ID: 7644351

Claim:
A system comprising: a forms processing subsystem including a form designer, a form processing and workflow module, a data repository, an administrative module, and a form catalog, wherein the form processing and workflow module has more than one mode of operation, and wherein the forms processing subsystem is configured to establish a form data element cross-reference index that is stored in said data repository; and a form submission manager and a client data store, wherein the form submission manager is configured to store form prepopulation data locally using only the client data store, wherein the form submission manager is further configured to retrieve prepopulation data from only the client data store based on the cross-reference index, and wherein the form submission manager is further configured to output a form to a user in which data entry fields of the form include the stored prepopulation data, wherein the form data element cross-reference index comprises data that associates at least one data element in a first form with the same or similar data elements appearing in other forms without regard to form data or prepopulation data.