Patent ID: 7698159

Claim:
A system that performs data collection of insurance related submitted data provided by an applicant for insurance on a submitted form, the system comprising: a data input portion that inputs the submitted form so that the submitted data on the submitted form is available to a data entry operator, the submitted data containing insurance related data; and a data collector tool, which processes entered data that is entered by the data entry operator, onto an internal electronic form, based on the submitted data submitted by the applicant, the data collector including: a form flow portion that presents the data entry operator with a series of form flows for collection of the submitted data, the form flows progressing through various user interface screens in collection of the submitted data, the form flows using content sensitive logic; and a metadata portion that generates metadata, the metadata containing information about the entered data, the metadata being progressively generated during progression of the form flows through the various user interface screens, the metadata portion being in the form of a tangibly embodied processing machine, the information contained in the metadata including a characteristic of the entered data; and the system performing subsequent processing of the entered data based on the characteristic; and wherein the metadata being progressively generated is constituted by metadata being generated in conjunction with presentment of each of a plurality of the various user interface screens during the progression of a form flow.