WO2001039031A9 - Method for automatic form filling - Google Patents
Method for automatic form fillingInfo
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- WO2001039031A9 WO2001039031A9 PCT/US2000/042073 US0042073W WO0139031A9 WO 2001039031 A9 WO2001039031 A9 WO 2001039031A9 US 0042073 W US0042073 W US 0042073W WO 0139031 A9 WO0139031 A9 WO 0139031A9
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- G—PHYSICS
- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06Q—INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- G06Q30/00—Commerce
- G06Q30/06—Buying, selling or leasing transactions
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
- G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
- G06F16/00—Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
- G06F16/90—Details of database functions independent of the retrieved data types
- G06F16/95—Retrieval from the web
- G06F16/957—Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
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- G06—COMPUTING; CALCULATING OR COUNTING
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- G06F40/00—Handling natural language data
- G06F40/10—Text processing
- G06F40/166—Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
- G06F40/174—Form filling; Merging
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- web site many a site on the Internet's World Wide Web (hereafter "web site”, “web page” or simply “site”) require the entry of various information in order to gain full access to the site and the services offered by the site. For example, many commercial sites require a user to set
- the information is relatively repetitive from site to site — e.g., name, address, telephone
- the information must be entered each time the user attempts to use the site. In other cases, an
- FIG. 1 An example of an account set up screen is provided in Figure 1.
- the figure illustrates a screen shot 100 of a web site accessed via, for example, web browser software executing on computing device such as a personal computer.
- the web site provides for online ordering, in
- cookies this particular instance, of cookies.
- the user is invited to complete the shipping and billing information by visiting each data field and entering the appropriate information (e.g., name 101, address 102, phone number 103, email address 104, etc.).
- the user mav click on a button, hv ⁇ erlink. etc.. to los in and fill in ordering information automatically (presuming the user has a previously set up
- a diagram 200 illustrating a particular aspect of a user is the so-called “wallet” technology.
- a user may enter certain information (name, address, billing/credit card information) once and sites that run the particular wallet technology will be able to receive the information without requiring the user to reenter the data.
- this technology requires sites to execute the wallet technology in order to allow a user to benefit from it.
- the system attempts to recognize the
- Fig. 1 is an exemplary form displayed by a web browser.
- Fig. 2 illustrated a prior art wallet technology.
- Fig. 3 illustrates a network as may utilize an embodiment of the invention.
- Fig. 4 illustrates a form helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 5 illustrates a form helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 6 illustrates a form helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a form helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 8 illustrates a login helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- Fig. 9 illustrates a login helper window as may be utilized by an embodiment of the present invention.
- reference numerals in the accompanying drawings typically are in the form "drawing number" followed by two digits, xx; for example, reference numerals may be numbered 3xx. In certain cases, a reference numeral may be introduced on one drawing and the same reference numeral may be utilized on other drawings to refer to the same item.
- FIG. 3 provides a diagram illustrating an overall system implementing an embodiment of the present invention.
- a user computing device such as user computer 301
- the browser automation software interfaces with any of a number of web browsers 303 such as Netscape Navigator available from Netscape Corporation of Mountain View, California or Internet Explorer available from Microsoft Corporation of Redmond, Washington.
- the browser automation program 302 communicates with the browser and determines the Universal Resource Locator (URL) of the web site 306 being browsed.
- URL Universal Resource Locator
- functionality of the browser automation program 302 may be added to the browser program 303 rather than executing the automation program 302 as a separate executable program.
- the browser automation program 302 may gain knowledge of the format of a form encountered on any number of web sites.
- a web site for which the format of the form has been learned by the browser automation program 302 is termed a "scripted" site.
- One method for the browser automation program to gain this knowledge is for the user to have previously filled out the same form.
- the browser automation program 302 then associates the content and order of the fields for the form with the content of personal data in the user database 304 (e.g., the program 302 learns that the field named "Name" on a particular form should be associated with the user's name in the user database 304.)
- a second method for the browser automation program to gain this knowledge is for the form to have been analyzed and information stored regarding the fields and expected contents. This may be done, for example, for popular or well known web sites that utilize forms.
- the information may be stored locally on each user's computer 301 or may be stored at a central location accessible to the user via network 307, such as the browser automation home site 305.
- the home site 305 when a new URL is encountered, the home site 305 is contacted over the network 307.
- the network could be the Internet or an intranet.
- information may be stored on the user's computer allowing local identification of which forms are stored at the home site 305.
- a hash code may be developed to allow local (at the user's computer) determination of whether the form is scripted, i.e., whether information regarding the format of the form is stored, at the home site.
- the browser automation program 302 may analyze the underlying structure of the form to determine if there are fields for which data is available from the user database 304. Typically, this process may involve analyzing the HyperText Markup Language (HTML), extensible Markup Language (XML), or other underlying code received from the visited web site 306.
- HTML HyperText Markup Language
- XML extensible Markup Language
- a pop up dialog window 401 is displayed in conjunction with the visited web site.
- An example in Figure 4 shows pop up window 401 overlaying a portion of a visited web site, for which a partial screen shot 100 is illustrated.
- the pop up window 401 allows the user to automatically place the information displayed in the fields of the pop up window into the corresponding fields of the form provided at the web page that is displayed on the screen of the user's computer. The user may supply all of the listed information in pop up window 401 or may modify some or all of it before supplying it to the form.
- Fig. 7 illustrates a web page form 100 filled in automatically by selecting the "fill in" button.
- the pop up window 401 is better viewed with reference to Fig. 5.
- the user may supply the necessary information for the form provided at the scripted site by selecting the "fill in” button 402 of pop up window 401 (assuming a script exists for the form or alternatively the program 302 can gain sufficient knowledge of the form from analyzing the underlying HTML).
- the "fill in” button may be selected, for example, by performing a single click of a user input device such as a mouse.
- the user is provided with the pop up window 601 shown in Fig. 6. (Fig. 6 does not illustrate the form for which information displayed in pop up window 601 may be supplied).
- Pop up window 601 generally is utilized the first time a form is encountered, so that the user may select each of the individual fields in the window.
- the user may double click on any one particular field in pop up window 601 to supply only that field of information to the form. That information is supplied, in particular, to the currently focused field in the form displayed by the browser.
- the browser automation software then causes the browser to automatically advance the focus to the next field in the form, in a step wise fashion. For example, if the user double clicks on the name field 602, only the name field is supplied from the pop up window to the name field 101 in the form displayed on screen 100. Alternatively, the user may "drag and drop" the contents of a field in pop up window 601 to the corresponding field in the form displayed on screen 100.
- pop up windows illustrated in Figs 5 and 6 provide for multiuser support. For example, if multiple individuals share the same computer or web browser software, information about each user may be stored and subsequently accessed by supplying a uniquely identifying user name as input to the browser automation program 302. A user can select their data by specifying their name at field 403 in pop up window 401.
- field 403 is set up as a pull down list providing for the ability to select one of multiple users or to add a new user.
- any one of a number of profiles 404 may be provided from which to select to fill in the form. For example, the user may click on different profiles for home, work, or other.
- the multiple profiles allow for different sets of data to be input into the form, e.g., shipping address, phone, fax, and email address. For instance, depending on whether the user desires to communicate with the provider of the web site from home, work, or some other logical or physical designation, the user can select a desired profile to provide the appropriate information necessary for the web site provider to communicate or transact with the user accordingly.
- Fig. 4 illustrates the user's home profile is selected.
- pull down lists 405 for many of the fields of personal information accessible via pop up window 401.
- the user may specify one of multiple shipping addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, etc, for each profile.
- the user may specify one particular office address.
- the user may then register at another web site using a different office address, by selecting a different office address via the pull down list associated with the shipping address field in the pop up window 401.
- the information displayed in the pop up window 401 may have been initially supplied directly by the user or may have been learned as the user entered data in the normal course of filling out forms on web pages.
- the data is stored, typically in an encrypted format, on the user's computer 301 as user data in database 304.
- the browser automation program 302 When the browser automation program 302 is executed, the user is asked for a password in order to access the encrypted data.
- the data is stored in a separate file which may be copied by the user and transported from computer to computer.
- the data within the file 304 is retained with time stamp information. Using the timestamp information, the browser automation program 302 may merge two user data files, keeping the most recent information
- the browser automation program 302 can assist with other types of forms 800.
- An example is
- dialog window 801 is displayed overlaying login screen 800.
- dialog window 801 is shown separately
- the browser automation program 302 has learned the user's login names
- the browser automation program stores in the user data file 304 the login member names and passwords (in an encrypted format) for sites for which the user has registered. When the user accesses the URL for a site, the user is
- Login helper 801 allows the user to select the appropriate member name and automatically then enters the correct password for the user.
- the user may have multiple member names for a particular site and the browser automation programs 302 store each of the various member names. The user may select the
- login helper window 801 provides for multiuser support, by allowing a user to select from one of multiple users via pull down list 803. The user may be provided with the option of having the form filled in by selecting the
- login button 804 for example, via a single click of a mouse pointer device.
- the browser automation program 302 may fill in
- changes to the information stored in the user database 304 causes notifications to be automatically sent to web sites which have been supplied with this data.
- information may be sent to those web sites which have been previously supplied with the user's home address information notifying the web sites of the change.
- the appropriate scripts for updating this information may be stored, for example, at the home site 305.
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EP00992336A EP1230605A2 (en) | 1999-11-09 | 2000-11-09 | Method for automatic form filling |
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