On-demand auto-fill

• US 10,515,144 B2
• Filed: 10/27/2016
• Issued: 12/24/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Jitkoff, John Nicholas, Shah, Roma R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Baderman, Scott T
• Assistant Examiner(s): Velez-Lopez, Mario M
• Application Number:
  US15/335,898
• Publication Number:
  US 20170046325A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0633 Lists, e.g. purchase orders, compilation or processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking

Abstract

A method for user interaction with a web page includes displaying a web page in a web browser, displaying a user-selectable object outside the web browser on a user interface, receiving a user selection of the user-selectable object and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto the web browser, and causing a command to be performed with the web browser in response to the user selection.

Claims

1. A method for user interaction with a web page, the method comprising:

displaying a first web page in a web browser on a user interface, the first web page including a first form having a plurality of fillable form entries;

displaying a user-selectable object on the user interface,

wherein the user-selectable object is associated with a set of user information including a plurality of data entries previously entered by a user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form,

wherein the user interface does not display, on the user-selectable object, one or more of the plurality of data entries, and

wherein an application that is separate from the web browser is responsive to selection of the user-selectable object;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto a first fillable form entry among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the first fillable form entry, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a first set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information; and

filling both the first fillable form entry and one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries without receiving additional user input.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of data entries includes a credit card number of a credit card.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the user-selectable object includes an icon associated with the credit card.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

requesting user authorization prior to filling both the first fillable form entry and the one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the web browser does not store the first set of data entries after filling both the first fillable form entry and the one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first set of data entries includes a password.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

displaying a second web page in the web browser on the user interface, wherein the second web page includes a second form having a plurality of fillable form entries, and wherein the set of user information further includes a plurality of data entries previously entered by the user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto a second fillable form entry among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the second fillable form entry, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a second set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information, wherein the second set of data entries includes one or more unique data entries that are not included in the first set of data entries; and

filling both the second fillable form entry and one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form using the second set of data entries.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the first and second sets of data entries include a name or a mailing address, and wherein the one or more unique data entries include a credit card number or a password.

9. A method for user interaction with a web page, the method comprising:

displaying a first web page in a web browser on a user interface, the first web page including a first form having a plurality of fillable form entries;

displaying a user-selectable object on the user interface,

wherein the user-selectable object is associated with a set of user information including a plurality of data entries previously entered by a user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form,

wherein the user-selectable object does not display one or more of the plurality of data entries, and

wherein an application that is separate from the web browser is responsive to selection of the user-selectable object;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto an icon or text associated with the first form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the icon or text associated with the first form, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a first set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information; and

filling two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries without receiving additional user input.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the first set data entries includes a credit card number of a credit card.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the user-selectable object includes an image associated with the credit card.

12. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

requesting user authorization prior to filling the two or more fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the web browser does not store the first set of data entries after filling the two or more fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

14. The method of claim 9 further comprising:

displaying a second web page in the web browser on the user interface, wherein the second web page includes a second form having a plurality of fillable form entries, and wherein the set of user information further includes a plurality of data entries previously entered by the user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto an icon or text associated with the second form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the icon or text associated with the second form, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a second set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information, wherein the second set of data entries includes one or more unique data entries that are not included in the first set of data entries; and

filling two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form using the second set of data entries.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause the processing devices to perform operations comprising:

displaying a first web page in a web browser on a user interface, the first web page including a first form having a plurality of fillable form entries;

displaying a user-selectable object on the user interface,

wherein the user-selectable object is associated with a set of user information including a plurality of data entries previously entered by a user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form,

wherein the user-selectable object does not display one or more of the plurality of data entries, and

wherein an application that is separate from the web browser is responsive to selection of the user-selectable object;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto a first fillable form entry among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the first fillable form entry, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a first set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information; and

filling both the first fillable form entry and one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries without receiving additional user input.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the first set of data entries a credit card number of a credit card.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the user-selectable object includes an icon associated with the credit card.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

requesting user authorization prior to filling both the first fillable form entry and the one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein the web browser does not store the first set of data entries after filling both the first fillable form entry and the one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the first form using the first set of data entries.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising:

displaying a second web page in the web browser on the user interface, wherein the second web page includes a second form having a plurality of fillable form entries, and wherein the set of user information further includes a plurality of data entries previously entered by the user into two or more of the fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form;

receiving a user selection and a dragging of the user-selectable object onto a second fillable form entry among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form;

in response to the user selection and the dragging of the user-selectable object onto the second fillable form entry, authorizing the web browser to access, from the application that is separate from the web browser, the set of user information;

receiving, at the web browser and from the application, a second set of two or more data entries included within the set of user information, wherein the second set of data entries includes one or more unique data entries that are not included in the first set of data entries; and

filling both the second fillable form entry and one or more other fillable form entries among the plurality of fillable form entries in the second form using the second set of data entries.