Automating forms publishing with the Intelligent Filing Manager

This paper describes how logic programming provides flexibility in complex forms filing not previously available with hard-coded solutions. The Intelligent Filing Manager (INTELLIFM) software, a logic programming application, has been developed for high-volume forms publishing applications where large sets of varied forms need to be filed simultaneously. In the United States, for large insurers who wish to do business in every state, there are approximately 700 different forms. Logic programming, combined with shrink-wrapped applications such as Microsoft Excel, is used to automate such large-scale forms filing that are subject to changes in government regulations. The INTELLIFM system combines artificial intelligence (AI), graphical user interfaces (GUI) and databases with portable document format (PDF) technology. The filing manager software has a built-in, intelligent question-answering (Q&A) module. INTELLIFM represents a system in which AI and dynamic GUI generation play powerful roles, and automate forms publishing in a novel way.