Automated entry of information into forms of mobile applications

• US 20030105760A1
• Filed: 11/19/2001
• Published: 06/05/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Sini, Jean
• Granted Patent: US 8,327,258 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/10
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Automated form filling for mobile devices that provides reliable and accurate information to the forms, is easy to use, and is scaleable. A server-side approach is utilized, in which online applications for a mobile device are invoked on a server through a server-side proxy/cache. The proxy scans the content that is generated by the application for transmission to the mobile device to find forms that may be embedded in the content. When a form is encountered, fields of the form are filled with stored information based on automatically generated mapping information.

Claims

1. A method for automatically entering information into form fields comprising the steps of:

invoking a application program in response to an indication from a user of a mobile device to do so;

scanning content transmitted from the application program to the mobile device to find a form having at least one field into which information is to entered;

retrieving and entering information to enter into the at least one field, if at least one mapping for the form exists; and

transmitting the form including the entered information to the mobile device for display to the user.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one edit made by the user of the mobile device of the entered information; and

transmitting the form including the edited entered information to the application program.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the mapping for the form comprises information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if no mapping existed for the at least one field.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of:

updating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if the entered information was edited by the user.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.

10. A system for automatically entering information into form fields comprising:

a processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and

a memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by the processor, for performing the steps of;

invoking an application program in response to an indication from a user of a mobile device to do so;

scanning content transmitted from the application program to the mobile device to find a form having at least one field into which information is to entered;

retrieving and entering information to enter into the at least one field, if at least one mapping for the form exists; and

transmitting the form including the entered information to the mobile device for display to the user.

11. The system of claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one edit made by the user of the mobile device of the entered information; and

transmitting the form including the edited entered information to the application program.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the mapping for the form comprises information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if no mapping existed for the at least one field.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising the step of:

updating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if the entered information was edited by the user.

15. The system of claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.

17. The system of claim 10, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.

19. A computer program product for automatically entering information into form fields comprising:

a computer readable medium;

computer program instructions, recorded on the computer readable medium, executable by a processor, for performing the steps of

invoking a application program in response to an indication from a user of a mobile device to do so;

scanning content transmitted from the application program to the mobile device to find a form having at least one field into which information is to entered;

retrieving and entering information to enter into the at least one field, if at least one mapping for the form exists; and

transmitting the form including the entered information to the mobile device for display to the user.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

receiving at least one edit made by the user of the mobile device of the entered information; and

transmitting the form including the edited entered information to the application program.

21. The computer program product of claim 20, wherein the mapping for the form comprises information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information.

22. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if no mapping existed for the at least one field.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, further comprising the step of:

updating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user, if the entered information was edited by the user.

24. The computer program product of claim 21, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

25. The computer program product of claim 24, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.

26. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting the form to the mobile device, if no mappings for the form exist;

receiving at least one selection of information to be entered into the at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered made by the user of the mobile device; and

transmitting the form including the selected information to the application program.

27. The computer program product of claim 26, further comprising the step of:

creating information mapping at least one field of the form into which information is to be entered to stored information based on the received selection of information made by the user.