Patent Document ID: 7890872
Application ID: 11866432

Base Claim:
1. A computer-implemented method of reviewing a component requirements document, said method comprising: inserting, via a computing system, a document link into a review table residing in a database managed by said computing system, wherein said document link is a hyperlink to said component requirements document, and wherein said component requirements document includes a description of a component of a custom software application and a description of one or more changes required for said component; inserting, via said computing system, a chart link into said review table, wherein said chart link is a hyperlink to a chart document that includes a condensed version of said component requirements document, and wherein said condensed version includes said description of said one or more changes; displaying, via said computing system, said component requirements document for a review of said component requirements document by a plurality of reviewers prior to a review meeting, wherein said displaying said component requirements document is a result of a plurality of activations of said document link by said plurality of reviewers; displaying, via said computing system and during said review meeting, said condensed version to said plurality of reviewers for a review of said one or more changes by said plurality of reviewers, wherein said displaying said condensed version is a result of a plurality of activations of said chart link by said plurality of reviewers; inserting, via said computing system and in response to a completion of said review of said one or more changes, an annotation into said review table, wherein said annotation indicates a readiness for an approval process in which said component requirements document is approved by a plurality of approvers; displaying, via said computing system, said review table subsequent to said inserting said annotation; initiating, via said computing system, said approval process in which said component requirements document is approved by said plurality of approvers, wherein said initiating said approval process is a result of an identification of said annotation subsequent to said displaying said review table, and wherein said initiating said approval process includes inserting, via said computing system, said document link and said chart link into a sign off table residing in said database; receiving, via said computing system, an approval of said component requirements document by said plurality of approvers, wherein said approval of said component requirements document is based on a viewing of said component requirements document by said plurality of approvers, said viewing being a result of an activation of said document link in said sign off table by said plurality of approvers; receiving, via said computing system, a sign off comment document, wherein said sign off comment document includes an indication that said component requirements document is approved by said plurality of approvers; automatically inserting, via said computing system and in response to said receiving said sign off comment document, a timestamp of said receiving said sign off comment document and a person identifier, wherein said person identifier identifies a person who created said sign off comment document; and inserting, via said computing system, a comment link into said sign off table, wherein said comment link is a hyperlink to said sign off comment document.

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Claim 2:
2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: sending, via an email system included in said computing system, an invitation to said plurality of reviewers, wherein said invitation includes a review table link, and wherein said review table link is a hyperlink to said review table; and displaying, via said computing system and prior to said review meeting, said review table to said plurality of reviewers, wherein said displaying said review table is a result of activating said review table link included in said invitation, wherein said displaying said review table includes displaying said document link, and wherein said displaying said document link facilitates said plurality of activations of said document link.