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US 6,209,004 B1Granted
Method and system for generating and distributing document sets using a relational database
AssigneeTaylor Microtechnology, Inc.
InventorColin R. Taylor
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AssigneeTaylor Microtechnology, Inc.
InventorColin R. Taylor
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A method and system use a processor, video display and relational database to format, define, generate, maintain, distribute and analyze sets of related documents. The process stores document-specific data in a relational database. A computer-controlled video display guides the document author through the creation and maintenance of the documents, while enforcing the document structure and dependency rules. The creation of documents that relate to activities that require multiple actions at specified time points is driven by a time/action electronic matrix that serves as a central control mechanism for each document set; an example is a document set for use in clinical research studies of drugs. Document sets may be electronically transferred between computers by initial storage at each computer of assembly instructions and formatting information and content common to all documents in the document set, and subsequently by transmitting only document-specific information for each document, with assembly of the document being performed by the receiving computer.
A method for electronically transferring, between at least two computers, electronic files belonging to a file set, the files of said file set each including a portion of common content and each including respective specific information, comprising the steps:
A system for electronically transferring, between at least two computers, electronic files belonging to a file set, the files of said file set each including a portion of common content and each including respective specific information, comprising:
A method for generation of documents, comprising the steps of:
A system for generation of documents, comprising:
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