US 2014/0229318 A1 · CLOUD AND HTML BASED DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT AND CREATION SYSTEM

Abstract

A web-browser/web server method of creating new documents and signing existing documents, in particular faxes and email attachments, useful for ecommerce and other applications. Documents or document components are sent to the web server. At the web server, the images of the documents are converted to an image layer, and are manipulated by combining the image layer with annotation layers constructed from instructions and data that are uploaded by the user from a web browser or app running on a remote computerized device. The system and method manipulates the documents using HTML5 based image manipulation features such as the <canvas> element. Using this method, users may view and otherwise manipulate documents from their web browsers as if the documents were residing on their local machine. Users may then instruct the remote server to transmit to the intended destination by analog or electronic fax, email attachment, download, or other means.

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Dependent claims

A method of annotating or creating web server stored document images using a web browser, said method comprising;

loading at least one document image on a web server, creating a document image layer, and transmitting an HTML copy of said document image layer to a computerized device running a web browser or app;
viewing said document image layer within said web browser or app;
using said web browser or app to annotate said document image layer and transmitting an HTML copy of said annotations to said web server;
using said annotations at said web server to create at least one annotation layer, and combining said at least one annotation layer with said document image layer producing an annotated document image;
transmitting an HTML copy of said annotated document image to said web browser or app;
using said web browser or app to accept said annotated document image and designate a recipient for said annotated document image;
and transmitting said annotated document image to said recipient.

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A method of annotating or creating web server stored document images using a web browser, said method comprising;

loading at least one document image on a web server, creating a document image layer, and transmitting an HTML copy of said document image layer to a computerized device running a web browser or app;
viewing said document image layer within said web browser or app;
using said web browser or app to annotate said document image layer and transmitting an HTML copy of said annotations to said web server;
using said annotations at said web server to create at least one annotation layer, and combining said at least one annotation layer with said document image layer producing an annotated document image;
said method using HTML with HTML 5 canvas functionality, and further using said HTML5 canvas functionality to manipulate said image layers;
transmitting an HTML copy of said annotated document image to said web browser or app;
using said web browser or app to accept said annotated document image and designate a recipient for said annotated document image;
and transmitting said annotated document image to said recipient
wherein said web server is at least one ecommerce web server configured to provide an ecommerce website using information provided by at least one database, said at least one ecommerce web server further configured to be remotely controlled by an administrator using a web browser or app based administrator control panel, further using said method to configure said at least one ecommerce website to provide a gift card generation interface to create electronic gift card data files associated with a product selected by an ecommerce customer using said ecommerce website;
wherein said at least one database further comprises a plurality of gift card template images, graphic images, and text fonts;
further providing, on said web browser or app based administrator control panel, an interface to allow said administrator to upload additional gift card template images or graphic images to said at least one database;
wherein an ecommerce customer interacts with said ecommerce website and makes at least one product purchase using an ecommerce customer web browser or app, said at least one product purchase having a product shipping location, and a product delivery location;
further using said at least one processor to provide, after said at least one product purchase request, a gift card generation interface on said ecommerce customer web browser or app;
said gift card generation interface configured to allow said ecommerce customer to select said gift card template images or graphic images, or enter text to be rendered using said text fonts, thereby enabling said ecommerce customer to generate an electronic gift card file;
using said at least one processor to receive said electronic gift card file;
where upon purchase of said product selected by said ecommerce customer, using said at least one processor to transmit said electronic gift card file to a printer associated with said product shipping location, and printing out a gift card corresponding to said electronic gift card file;
and
further using said at least one processor to provide instructions to bundle said gift card with said product for subsequent delivery at said product delivery location.

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