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US 7,584,417 B2Granted
Role-dependent action for an electronic form
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsNed B. Friend, Petru M. Moldovanu, Jane T. Kim, Miladin Pavlicic, Shiraz J. Cupala
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Abstract
Systems and/or methods that enable creation and/or use of an action for an electronic form dependent on a role of a user are described.
Claims12
One or more computer storage media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a triggering event of an electronic data-entry form, wherein the triggering event comprises a data change trigger caused by a user modifying data in the electronic data-entry form or a click trigger caused by the user clicking on a button in the electronic data-entry form;
- responsive to the triggering event, determining whether a role of the user of the electronic data-entry form permits performing an action associated with the triggering event;
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- performing the action responsive to the determining that the role of the user permits performance of the action.
1 more element
One or more computer storage media having computer-readable instructions therein that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform acts comprising:
- receiving a triggering event of an electronic data-entry form, wherein the triggering event comprises a data change trigger caused by a user modifying data in the electronic data-entry form or a click trigger caused by the user clicking on a button in the electronic data-entry form;
- and
- responsive to the triggering event, determining whether a role of the user permits altering the electronic data entry form, and altering the electronic data-entry form responsive to determining that the role of the user permits altering the electronic data entry form.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.