Methods and systems for providing a document with interactive elements to retrieve information for processing by business applications

US7234105B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Vladislav Bezrukov · Sandhausen, DE
• Thomas Goring · Wiesloch, DE
• Rainer Hoch · Aalen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Sep 9, 2002
• Grant date: Jun 19, 2007
• Expiry date: Jan 19, 2024

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F40/174
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for processing data used by a business application consistent with the present invention may include receiving electronic form data comprising layout data and representations of interactive elements, combining the electronic form data with customer specific data from a database to generate an intermediate form document in a data format capable of being output to a printer as a blank form without further modification, and converting the intermediate form document into a third document in a data format for display to a customer by a browser. The third document displayed to the customer looks the same as the blank form, receiving customer input data received from a customer via the third document, and associating the customer input data with the customer specific data in the business application.