Patent Application Titled “Dynamic Fillable Form Rendering Engine Utilizing Compilationless Modifications” Published Online (USPTO 20230169263): Allstate Insurance Company

2023 JUN 15 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- According to news reporting originating from Washington, D.C., by NewsRx journalists, a patent application by the inventors Arjunan, Sasisudhan Manian (Northbrook, IL, US); Deng, Yufeng (Northbrook, IL, US); Jose, Cijo Mathew (Northbrook, IL, US); Kalbasz, Adam Michael (Northbrook, IL, US); Selva Thambi, Selvam Babu (Northbrook, IL, US), filed on November 29, 2021, was made available online on June 1, 2023.

The assignee for this patent application is Allstate Insurance Company (Northbrook, Illinois, United States).

Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors: “Fillable forms, such as portable document format (PDF) documents, allow users to enter information in various document fields. Fillable forms are often designed by form creators that add and modify document fields, such that the fillable forms are typically produced with dynamic data programmatically using a compiled language and document manipulation libraries. Changes in form structure or the data to be placed within fields requires a coding change, recompilation, and redeployment. A need exists to more efficiently and effectively streamline the modification of fillable forms.”

In addition to obtaining background information on this patent application, NewsRx editors also obtained the inventors’ summary information for this patent application: “In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a compilationless fillable form modification system may include one or more processors, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. The memory components may cause the compilationless fillable form modification system to receive a ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code and generate a script file based upon the ruleset. The compilationless fillable form modification system may further include a processing engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components. The processing engine may be configured to receive the script file, retrieve stored data from one or more data sources according to the script file, and generate a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to a fillable form, based upon the script file and the retrieved stored data. The compilationless fillable form modification system may further include a render engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components. The render engine may be configured to access the data map file and render the fillable form according to tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file. The tagged fields may corresponding to fields in the data map file.

“In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a compilationless fillable form modification system may include one or more processors, one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors, and machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components. The memory components may cause the compilationless fillable form modification system to receive a ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code and generate a script file based upon the ruleset. The compilationless fillable form modification system may further include a processing engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components. The processing engine may be configured to receive the script file, retrieve stored data from one or more data sources according to the script file, and generate a data map file. The data map file may provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to a fillable form, based upon the script file and the retrieved stored data. The compilationless fillable form modification system may further include a render engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components. The render engine may be configured to access the data map file and receive a tagged fillable form comprising tagged fields, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the tagged fillable form, the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset. The render engine may further render the fillable form according to the tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file, and wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“In accordance with another embodiment of the present disclosure, a compilationless modification of a fillable form method may include receiving a ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code, generating a script file based upon the ruleset, and retrieving data from one or more data sources according to the script file. The method may further include generating a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to the fillable form and rendering the fillable form according to tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file.

“Although the concepts of the present disclosure are described herein with primary reference to portable document format (PDF) documents, it is contemplated that the concepts enjoy applicability to any type of fillable document, including and not limited to formats such as XML Paper Specification (XPS), HyperText Markup Language (HTML), eXtensible Markup Language (XML), and electronic publication (EPUB).”

The claims supplied by the inventors are:

“1. A compilationless fillable form modification system comprising: one or more processors; one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the compilationless fillable form modification system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive a ruleset, the ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code; generate a script file based upon the ruleset without recompiling the compiled code, wherein the script file is a proprietary script file implemented in javascript object notation (JSON); a processing engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components, configured to perform at least the following: receive the script file; retrieve stored data from one or more data sources according to the script file; and generate a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to a fillable form, based upon the script file and the retrieved stored data, wherein the data map file is a proprietary data map file implemented in JSON; and a render engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components, configured to perform at least the following: access the data map file; and render the fillable form according to fillable fields tagged within the fillable form as tagged fields to be filled with stored data, the tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file generated based on the script file.

“2. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, wherein the ruleset comprises one or more of: logic rules; constants; and flow rules.

“3. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“4. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the render engine to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive a tagged fillable form comprising the tagged fields, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the tagged fillable form, the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“5. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 4, wherein: the ruleset is received from a first user; and the tagged fillable form is received from a second user that differs from the first user.

“6. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 4, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the tagged fillable form, the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“7. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the processing engine to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: retrieve the stored data from at least one of an application programming interface and a database as the one or more data sources; and generate the data map file based upon applying the script file to the retrieved stored data.

“8. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 7, wherein: the stored data is from the application programming interface, wherein the application programming interface is a representational state transfer application programming interface.

“9. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the compilationless fillable form modification system, the render engine, and the processing engine to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: render, via the render engine, the fillable form according to a tagged field whose contents exceed what can be visibly displayed in a rendered version of the tagged field; receive an updated ruleset; generate an updated script file without recompiling the compiled code; receive the updated script file at the processing engine; render an updated form at the render engine; and output an updated version of the fillable form wherein the tagged field displays an entirety of the contents associated with the tagged field.

“10. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 9, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the processing engine to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: retrieve updated stored data from the one or more data sources according to the script file; and generate an updated data map file based upon the updated script file and updated stored data.

“11. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 1, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the compilationless fillable form modification system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: train the compilationless fillable form modification system to automatically create the data map file utilizing descriptive language based upon machine learning.

“12. A compilationless fillable form modification system comprising: one or more processors; one or more memory components communicatively coupled to the one or more processors; machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the compilationless fillable form modification system to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: receive a ruleset, the ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code; generate a script file based upon the ruleset without recompiling the compiled code, wherein the script file is a proprietary script file implemented in javascript object notation (JSON); a processing engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components, configured to perform at least the following: receive the script file; retrieve stored data from one or more data sources according to the script file; and generate a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to a fillable form, based upon the script file and the retrieved stored data, wherein the data map file is a proprietary data map file implemented in JSON; and a render engine communicatively coupled to the one or more processors and the one or more memory components, configured to perform at least the following: access the data map file; receive a tagged fillable form comprising fillable fields tagged within the fillable form as tagged fields to be filled with stored data, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the tagged fillable form, the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset; and render the fillable form according to the tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file generated based on the script file, and wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“13. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 12, wherein: the ruleset is received from a first user; and the tagged fillable form is received from a second user that differs from the first user.

“14. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 12, wherein the rendered fillable form is further based upon the tagged fillable form.

“15. The compilationless fillable form modification system of claim 12, further comprising machine readable instructions stored in the one or more memory components that cause the processing engine to perform at least the following when executed by the one or more processors: retrieve the stored data from at least one of an application programming interface and a database as the one or more data sources; and generate the data map file based upon applying the script file to the retrieved stored data.

“16. A method of compilationless modification of a fillable form, the method comprising: receiving a ruleset comprising an update to a previous ruleset associated with a compiled code; generating a script file based upon the ruleset without recompiling the compiled code, wherein the script file is a proprietary script file implemented in javascript object notation (JSON); retrieving data from one or more data sources according to the script file; generating a data map file configured to provide a mapping of the retrieved stored data to the fillable form, wherein the data map file is a proprietary data map file implemented in JSON; and rendering the fillable form according to tagged fields populated with the retrieved stored data via the data map file, wherein the tagged fields correspond to fields in the data map file.

“17. The method of claim 16, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“18. The method of claim 17, further comprising receiving a tagged fillable form comprising the tagged fields, wherein the rendered fillable form is based upon the tagged fillable form, the data map file, the one or more data sources, the script file, and the ruleset.

“19. The method of claim 18, wherein: the ruleset is received from a first user; and the tagged fillable form is received from a second user that differs from the first user.”

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For more information, see this patent application: Arjunan, Sasisudhan Manian; Deng, Yufeng; Jose, Cijo Mathew; Kalbasz, Adam Michael; Selva Thambi, Selvam Babu. Dynamic Fillable Form Rendering Engine Utilizing Compilationless Modifications. U.S. Patent Application Number 20230169263, filed November 29, 2021 and posted June 1, 2023. Patent URL (for desktop use only): https://ppubs.uspto.gov/pubwebapp/external.html?q=(20230169263)&db=US-PGPUB&type=ids

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