Personal computing environment using mozilla

• US 20040205357A1
• Filed: 04/29/2004
• Published: 10/14/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: O2 Micro International Limited (O2 Micro Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: 360 Degree Web Incorporated
• Inventors: Luo, Wei, Kuo, Chih Jen
• Granted Patent: US 7,421,480 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 713/200
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6218 to a system of files or objects, e.g. local or distributed file system or database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6272 by registering files or documents with a third party
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2153 Using hardware token as a secondary aspect

Abstract

A smart card enabled mobile personal computing environment system stores a user'"'"'s personalized, fully functional, computing environment in a smart card. The user to specifies information required to configure the client to the user'"'"'s preferred personal computing environment. The user'"'"'s personal computing environment data is also used for interfacing with the user'"'"'s Web browser. As the user browses the Web, the Web pages are analyzed to determine if the Web page is a logon or registration form. If the form is a registration form, the system fills in the form using the user'"'"'s information from the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data. If the form is a logon form, the system either captures the user'"'"'s user name and password if the system has not recorded them, or inserts the user name and password in the form if the information for the Web page is in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

reading a user'"'"'s personal computing environment data from a smart card in communication with a client device;

providing browser monitoring means on the client for monitoring Mozilla-based Web browser activity;

wherein the browser monitoring means determines if a Web page that the user visits is a form and determines the format of the form; and

analyzing fields in the form and automatically filling in the fields in the form using the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the browser monitoring means uses a dynamically linked library (dll) interface to the Mozilla-based browser to communicate with the browser.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein if the form is a registration form, then the automatic filling step fills in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s information from the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling step captures the user'"'"'s user name and password if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page are not in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling step inserts the user'"'"'s user name and password in fields in the form if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page is in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

6. An apparatus, comprising:

means for reading a user'"'"'s personal computing environment data from a smart card in communication with a client device;

browser monitoring means on the client for monitoring Mozilla-based Web browser activity;

wherein the browser monitoring means determines if a Web page that the user visits is a form and determines the format of the form; and

means for analyzing fields in the form and automatically filling in the fields in the form using the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the browser monitoring means uses a dynamically linked library (dll) interface to the Mozilla-based browser to communicate with the browser.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein if the form is a registration form, then the automatic filling means fills in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s information from the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling means captures the user'"'"'s user name and password if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page are not in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling means inserts the user'"'"'s user name and password in fields in the form if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page is in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

11. A method, comprising:

reading a user'"'"'s personal computing environment data from a smart card in communication with a client device;

monitoring the user'"'"'s Web browser for Web pages visited by a user on the client device;

wherein the monitoring step determines if a Web page is a form and determines the format of the form; and

automatically filling in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein if the form is a registration form, then the automatic filling step fills in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s information from the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling step captures the user'"'"'s user name and password if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page are not in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling step inserts the user'"'"'s user name and password in fields in the form if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page is in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

15. An apparatus, comprising:

means for reading a user'"'"'s personal computing environment data from a smart card in communication with a client device;

means for monitoring the user'"'"'s Web browser for Web pages visited by a user on the client device;

wherein the monitoring means determines if a Web page is a form and determines the format of the form; and

means for automatically filling in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if the form is a registration form, then the automatic filling means fills in fields in the form using the user'"'"'s information from the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

17. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling means captures the user'"'"'s user name and password if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page are not in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein if the form is a logon form, then the automatic filling means inserts the user'"'"'s user name and password in fields in the form if the user'"'"'s user name and password for the Web page is in the user'"'"'s personal computing environment data.