SuperForms: a security-enhanced smart electronic form management system

The initial design of SuperForms, an automated system for designing, filling out, routing, and tracking business forms, is described. SuperForms is shown to be able to: create high-quality screen images for blank forms from paper copies by scanning and image processing; fill out forms quickly and accurately using an interactive user interface that includes error checking, help menus, user profiles, and automated calculations; use public-key cryptography to append multiple digital signatures to forms; route and track forms through a network; add annotations; and to receive automatic reminders when action on forms is due. The security-enhanced features include user authentication and encryption for privacy