Patent ID: 7917412

Claim:
A method for collecting information, comprising: receiving, by a collection system, a request for user information from a preparer application executing on a preparer system; sending, by the collection system, a notification of the request to a browser extension that extends functionality of a browser application executing on a user system, wherein the notification of the request comprises guidance for collecting the user information, and wherein the browser extension: receives the notification of the request from the collection system; presents the notification of the request on a user interface of the browser application, wherein a user of the user system directs, based on the guidance for collecting the user information, the web browser to a web page comprising the user information; and captures the user information from the web page on the browser application; receiving, by the collection system, the user information from the browser extension; and sending, by the collection system, a notification of receiving the user information to the preparer application, wherein the user information is used by the preparer application to prepare documentation.