System for online lending services via an application service provider network

Abstract

A method for online lending services with the creation and population of loan applications and other related documents in Portable Document Format (PDF) for subsequent access by application and other entities. Consumers use their Web browsers for access and said method includes an Application Service Provider (ASP) architecture, a loan origination site interface, and a secure server facility.

1 . A system for providing an online application origination service, comprising:
 an application server having an Internet interface and configured for receiving an application having application data and for storing the application data in an Extensible Markup Language (XML) format; and   a database server coupled to the application server and configured to receive a transfer of the stored application data and to convert the transferred application data from XML format to a binary Portable Document Format (PDF) file for storage.