Patent ID: 7363579

Claim:
A document generation system for generating a customized document using content elements selected by rules operating on input information, the operating information comprising transaction values, the system comprising: at least one computer having a document generation program stored thereon, the program being operable to: a) evaluate the rules based on the input information; b) generate a partially customised document containing content elements, the inclusion of which has been determined by the rules, and content elements whose inclusion is dependent on rules that have not yet been evaluated; and c) evaluate mark-up rules associated with the content elements, to indicate in the generated partially customised document whether the transaction values are definite, indefinite or absent wherein the system is capable of generating a partially customized document by evaluating the rules to select some of the content elements, and wherein the system further comprises means to associate further rules with the transaction values, to indicate in the generated document whether the transaction values are definite, indefinite or absent.