Interactive computerized document assembly system and method

Details Interactive computerized document assembly system and method Interactive computerized document assembly system and method

1997-03-17

1999-04-13

Tkacs, Stephen R.

Data processing: database and file management or data structures

Database design

Data structure types

707513, 707539, G06F 1721

Patent

active

058939148

ABSTRACT:
An interactive computerized document assembly system includes a model template formed of a sequence of sections and having decisional options including clause repeats and conditional clauses and questions to be answered for a document to be assembled; as well as functions for indicating the location in the model template for the decisional options to identify the sequence of sections constituting the model template; a video display for displaying a portion of the template; an answer index for storing answers to questions posed in the portion of the template displayed, each of the questions having a unique identifier; merging with each displayed section or part thereof the answers corresponding to each displayed section or part thereof; and combining and redisplaying in sequence each displayed merged section or part thereof in order to assemble a document from the model template.

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