Compilationless Fillable Form Rendering Engine
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing document management systems require recompilation and redeployment for changes in fillable form structures or data, making the modification process complex and inefficient.
Innovation Solution
A compilationless fillable form modification system that generates a script file and data map file based on a ruleset, allowing for dynamic updates to fillable forms without recompiling code, using a processing engine to retrieve and map data to tagged fields in the form.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If compiled language and document manipulation libraries are used to produce fillable forms with dynamic data, then the forms can be generated programmatically, but changes in form structure or data require coding change, recompilation, and redeployment
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the form generation process into distinct components: a template definition language (TDL) for form structure, a data layer for dynamic content, and a compilationless rendering engine. This segmentation allows independent modification of form structures without affecting the underlying code base, eliminating recompilation requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements a dynamic form system where form structures and data mappings can be modified at runtime through configuration files and scripting. The compilationless architecture enables dynamic updates to form templates and data sources without requiring the system to be recompiled or redeployed, providing continuous adaptability.
2Adaptability or versatility
If coding changes are made to modify fillable forms, then the form structure or data can be updated, but the process requires recompilation and redeployment
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces an intermediary compilationless template definition language (TDL) that sits between the form design requirements and the underlying compiled code. This TDL intermediary allows form structure modifications through configuration files and scripts, translating high-level form definitions into rendered forms without requiring changes to the compiled code base, thus reducing modification complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The system uses template copying and instantiation where form structures are defined as reusable templates. These templates can be copied, modified, and instantiated multiple times without affecting the original template or requiring recompilation. Changes to templates are applied by copying updated template definitions rather than modifying compiled code.
3Productivity
If a compiled language is used to generate fillable forms, then programmatic data placement is achieved, but any modification requires a coding change
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the mechanical compilation process with a compilationless interpretation and rendering system. Instead of using compiled code to generate forms, the system uses a scripting-based approach where form templates and data mappings are processed at runtime. This substitution maintains programmatic form generation efficiency while eliminating the need for recompilation, allowing ease of form updates through configuration changes.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems for compilationless modification of a fillable form may include receiving a ruleset and generating a script file based upon the ruleset. The method may also include retrieving data from one or more data sources according to the script file and generating a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to the fillable form. The method may further include rendering the fillable form according to tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file.