Electronic Document Management with Requesting and Exchange Protocol Based On User Defined Rules, User Selected Status; Status Indications Automatically Generated Based on User and/or Aggregated Data, and/or Rules Based on User Data and/or Aggregated Data

摘要

This invention, through a computer or computer program (software code understood by a computer and displayed to a user through an interface), creates a systemized process and method of requesting, approving, exchanging, and managing documents—either in electronic or paper format—between multiple participants to a construction endeavor or related endeavor. The system, method, and process specifically enables the user(s) to request, approve, exchange, and manage said documents according to certain protocols and processes that are defined, guided, and controlled by user defined rules, user selected status, status indications automatically generated based on user data, status indications automatically generated based on aggregated data, rules based on user data, and/or rules based on aggregated data.