Patent ID: 7747938

Claim:
A method for inserting data into a plurality of fixed electronic forms, said method comprising: receiving a first fixed electronic form of a plurality of fixed electronic forms, wherein each of the plurality of fixed electronic forms is provided by a different entity and wherein each of the fixed electronic forms has a different original format; parsing said first fixed electronic form; scanning said parsed first fixed electronic form for placeholder comments in the first fixed electronic form; identifying based on the placeholder comments one or more electronic forms related to said first fixed electronic form and having an original layout format; receiving said one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form; mapping input data to a field of said first fixed electronic form and to a field of said one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form; merging said input data with said field of said first fixed electronic form and said field of said one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form based on said mapping; generating a first completed electronic form based on merging said input data with said field of said first fixed electronic form, wherein said first completed electronic form comprises a version of the first fixed electronic form which is filled out with said input data, wherein said merging prevents modification to said first completed electronic form, and wherein said merging preserves the original layout format of said first fixed electronic form in said first completed electronic form; and generating one or more second completed electronic forms based on merging said input data with said field of said one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form, wherein said one or more second completed electronic forms comprise a version of the one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form which is filled out with said input data, wherein said merging prevents modification to said one or more second completed forms, and wherein said merging preserves the original layout format of said one or more electronic forms related to the first fixed electronic form in said one or more second completed electronic forms.