Electronic form generation from electronic documents

An apparatus for converting legacy electronic forms and static electronic documents to web-fillable electronic forms, the apparatus comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a memory coupled to the processor and storing instructions executable by the processor to cause the processor to:
• receive data corresponding to an electronic document, the electronic document having an input file format, wherein the data includes scanned image data or word processing document data and does not include metadata indicating any predefined elements of the electronic document;
• detect one or more elements of the electronic document from the data based on a predetermined element interpretation rule set, the predetermined element interpretation rule set including at least visual indicator detection rules for detection of graphical indicators of the one or more elements in the electronic document, the one or more elements including one or more labels, one or more fields, and one or more elements corresponding to user-configurable or interactive elements;
• generate an intermediate file representing an electronic form based on the data, the intermediate file including metadata indicating the one or more elements, the intermediate file having an intermediate file format, wherein the processor is configured to generate the intermediate file by converting a first text element of the one or more elements of the electronic document to a first user-configurable or interactive element within the electronic form;
• initiate display of a user interface configured to enable user selection of a target output file format;
• convert the intermediate file to an output file having the target output file format, the output file representing the electronic form configured to support user entry of information and including the first user-configurable or interactive element;
• and
• output the output file.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

• receiving data corresponding to an electronic document, the electronic document having an input file format, wherein the data includes scanned image data or word processing document data and does not include metadata indicating any predefined elements of the electronic document;
• detecting one or more elements of the electronic document from the data based on a predetermined element interpretation rule set, the predetermined element interpretation rule set including at least visual indicator detection rules for detection of graphical indicators of the one or more elements in the electronic document, the one or more elements including one or more labels, one or more fields, and one or more elements corresponding to user-configurable or interactive elements;
• generating an intermediate file representing an electronic form based on the data, the intermediate file including metadata indicating the one or more elements, the intermediate file having an intermediate file format, wherein generating the intermediate file includes converting a first text element of the one or more elements of the electronic document to a first user-configurable or interactive element within the electronic form;
• initiating display of a user interface configured to enable user selection of a target output file format;
• converting the intermediate file to an output file having the target output file format, the output file representing the electronic form configured to support user entry of information and including the first user-configurable or interactive element;
• and
• outputting the output file.