Method for controlling access to electronic documents based on stateless communication

A telecommunication server in communication with at least one client terminal, the telecommunication server being connected to the client terminal via at least a first digital cellular telecommunication network, wherein the telecommunication server and the client terminal communicate via a stateless protocol, the telecommunication server being configured for:

• providing an electronic document having a plurality of input fields for entry of a set of user data;
• storing a status parameter in association with the electronic document, the status parameter having a first, second or third value, the first value indicating a first state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is not filled, the second value indicating a second state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is filled with the set of user data, the third value indicating a third state of the electronic document in which the electronic document is being requested for modifying at least part of the set of user data;
• receiving a request from the client terminal to access the electronic document;
• if the received request is a first request to access the electronic document setting the status parameter to the first value;
• in response to a determination that the status parameter has the first value:
• creating an initial draft document comprising content of the electronic document if the initial draft document is not created and assigning a first identification address to the initial draft document for accessing the initial draft document if the first identification address is not assigned to the initial draft document;
• sending the initial draft document to the client terminal and controlling the client terminal to display the initial draft document;
• receiving from the client terminal user data, and saving the received user data in the initial draft document;
• in response to determining that the set of user data is completely received, setting the status parameter to the second value, copying by the telecommunication server the initial draft document into the electronic document, assigning a second identification address to the electronic document for access via the first telecommunication network to the electronic document, and deleting the initial draft document;
• in response to a determination that the status parameter has the second value or the third value:
• creating an edit draft copy of the electronic document if the edit draft copy is not created, assigning a third identification address to the edit draft copy for accessing the edit draft copy if the third identification address is not assigned to the edit draft copy, and setting the status parameter to the third value if the status parameter has the second value;
• sending the edit draft copy to the client terminal and controlling the client terminal to display the edit draft copy;
• receiving modifications to the set of user data from the client terminal, and modifying the edit draft document using the received modifications;
• in response to receiving a save modification request from the client terminal, setting the status parameter to the second value, copying by the telecommunication server the edit draft copy into the electronic document and deleting the edit draft copy.

A computer program product including a computer-usable non-transitory storage medium embodying a computer program, the computer program when executed on a data processing system causing the system to:

• receive a first request from a client terminal to access an electronic document, wherein the electronic document has a plurality of input fields for entry of a set of user data;
• create an initial draft document comprising content of the electronic document and assign a first identification address to the initial draft document for accessing the initial draft document;
• send the initial draft document to the client terminal;
• receive from the client terminal user data via the first identification address, and save the received user data in the initial draft document;
• in response to determining that the set of user data is completely received, copy the initial draft document into the electronic document, assign a second identification address to the electronic document for accessing the electronic document, and delete the initial draft document.