Patent ID: 8812948

Claim:
A method for automatically submitting input entered into a form in a web page for a law firm workflow in the event a user shifts focus away from the form, the method comprising: (a) transmitting, from a server, a web page containing a form for a legal workflow to a user; (b) receiving, from the user, first input requested by the form; (c) detecting that the form has lost user focus while the web page remains open, said detecting comprising detecting one of: when the user has clicked on an element of the web page outside of the form; when the mouse cursor either leaves or is clicked outside the form; when the user keystrokes or mouse input into areas outside the form; when the user keystrokes or mouse input into other applications; when the web browser window has lost focus, is minimized, or is hidden; (d) submitting to the server, in response to the detection, the first input and an indication that the submission was triggered by a loss of focus; (e) detecting that the form in the open web page has regained user focus; and (f) transmitting, from the server, the web page containing the form and the first input.