System and method for converting paper forms to an electronic format

A method, comprising:

• receiving a selection of an electronic form;
• rendering, by a display of a device, an image of an original form upon which the electronic form is based;
• superimposing a plurality of input fields over a corresponding plurality of fields of the original form;
• receiving field view template information;
• storing, within a memory, template configuration information including the field view template information and form view template information specifying the plurality of input fields;
• selecting one of the input fields to receive user input;
• receiving, from among a plurality of electronic form templates, a selection of one or more of the plurality of electronic form templates for creating a report wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic form templates includes the form template information;
• and
• retrieving, by the processor, report information based upon the template configuration information;
• and
• rendering, by a display device, a report based upon the report information;
• wherein in response to a determination to render the electronic form in a field view the plurality of input fields are displayed in accordance with the field view template information and without displaying the image of the form;

A system for interacting with an electronic form, the system comprising:

• memory;
• a network interface;
• and
• a processor coupled to the memory, the processor being configured to:
• receive an image of a form;
• receive form template information specifying a plurality of input fields;
• receive field view template information specifying a plurality of field view input fields;
• and
• store, within the memory, template configuration information including the form template information and the field view template information wherein the electronic form is configured to be rendered by superimposing a representation of ones of the plurality of input fields over the image of the form;
• receive, from among a plurality of electronic form templates, a selection of one or more of the plurality of electronic form templates for creating a report wherein at least one of the plurality of electronic form templates includes the form template information;
• retrieve report information based upon the form template information;
• and
• render a report based upon the report information;
• wherein in response to a determination to render the electronic form in a field view the plurality of field view input fields are displayed in accordance with the field view template information and without displaying the image of the form;