IP Library Granted Patent US 10,089,285
Granted Patent B2
US 10,089,285 · App. 15/379,015 · Granted Oct 2, 2018

Method to automatically convert proposal documents

Inventors: Ganesh Shankar C. Rameshkumar (Beaverton, OR); Manish K. Bafna (Tamil Nadu, IN); Sankar Lagudu (Portland, OR); A J Sunder (Portland, OR)
Assignee: RFPIO, INC.
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,089,285
App. No.
15/379,015
Granted
Oct 2, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A computer-controlled method of converting documents includes receiving, through a user interface on a computing device, a name of a request document representing a request for proposal stored in a memory, using a processor in the computing device to access the memory and locate a cascading style sheet associated with an application used to produce the request document in the memory, importing the cascading style sheet from the memory and processing information in the cascading style sheet as a text mark-up file, and populating the user interface with the information.

Claims (16)

1. A computer-controlled method of converting documents, comprising:

receiving, through a user interface on a computing device, a name of a request document representing a request for proposal stored in a memory;

using a processor in the computing device to access the memory and locate a first cascading style sheet associated with an application used to produce the request document in the memory;

importing the first cascading style sheet from the memory and processing information in the first cascading style sheet as a text mark-up file;

populating the user interface with the information from the text mark-up file;

receiving response information through the user interface in response to the populated information from the text mark-up file;

converting the information and the response information into a second cascading style sheet; and

producing a proposal document in a second application based on the second cascading style sheet.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving the response information comprises receiving the response information through multiple user interfaces.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application and the second application are the same application.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application and the second application are different applications.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application comprises one of a word processor, a spreadsheet, and an email program.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the text mark-up file comprises one of either a hypertext mark-up file or an extended mark-up file.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user interface is a first user interface, and wherein importing the cascading style sheet comprises:

providing a second user interface to allow a user to mark the content; and

using the inputs from the second user interface in processing the cascading style sheet.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2021
From: RFPIO INC.; UPG SOLUTIONS MERGER SUB, LLC; UPG SOLUTIONS, LLC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Reel/Frame 056742/0661 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2016
From: RAMESHKUMAR, GANESH SHANKAR C.; BAFNA, MANISH K.; LAGUDU, SANKAR; SUNDER, AJ
To: RFPIO, INC.
Reel/Frame 040736/0521 →
Continuity (1)
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