INPUTTING DATA TO A WEB PAGE

• US 20090292981A1
• Filed: 05/21/2009
• Published: 11/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/22/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Akiyama, Koji, Sawano, Yoshiaki, Takahashi, Yasuaki, Shibutani, Yashuhiro
• Granted Patent: US 10,095,675 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0486 Drag-and-drop
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

A system for inputting data to a web page that is selectively accessed and displayed through a web browser executing on a computing device includes an electronic scratch pad on the computing device that is configured to identify data entry fields on an accessed web page and to retrieve a label corresponding to any identified data entry field of the web page. The electronic scratch pad records the label and any user input that is input using a user input device to the corresponding data entry field.

Claims

1. A system for inputting data to a web page that is selectively accessed and displayed through a web browser executing on a computing device, said system comprising:

an electronic scratch pad on said computing device that is configured to identify data entry fields on an accessed web page and to retrieve a label corresponding to any identified data entry field of said web page;

in which said electronic scratch pad records said label and any user input that is input using a user input device to the corresponding data entry field.

2. The system of claim 1, in which, when said web browser accesses a new web page, said electronic scratch pad is configured to automatically enter user input from a previous web page into a data entry field on said new web page that has a label that corresponds to the label for a data entry field from a previous web page into which that user input was previously entered.

3. The system of claim 2, further comprising a storage unit comprising a synonym table that equates different, synonymous labels for said data entry fields.

4. The system of claim 1, in which said computing device comprises a display unit on which both said web browser and said electronic scratch pad are displayed.

5. The system of claim 4, in which, upon selection by a user with said user input device of previous user input displayed in said electronic scratch pad, that selected previous user input is entered into a corresponding data entry field of a currently-accessed web page.

6. The system of claim 5, in which said selection by a user comprises dragging said previous user input from a display of said electronic scratch pad and dropping said previous user input in said corresponding data entry field of said currently-accessed web page.

7. The system of claim 4, in which said display unit displays lines drawn between labels for data entry fields shown on said electronic scratch pad and corresponding labels on a currently-accessed web page in said web browser for data entry fields of said currently-accessed web page.

8. The system of claim 4, in which said display unit displays lines drawn between previous user input shown on said electronic scratch pad and corresponding data entry fields of said currently-accessed web page.

9. The system of claim 1, in which said electronic scratch pad accepts user input made with said user input device directly to said electronic scratch pad and stores that user input in association with a designated label.

10. A method for inputting data to a web page that is selectively accessed and displayed through a web browser executing on a computing device, said method comprising:

identifying data entry fields on an accessed web page with an electronic scratch pad on said computing device and retrieving a label corresponding to any identified data entry field of said web page; and

recording said label with said electronic scratch pad and any user input that is input using a user input device to the corresponding data entry field.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

accessing a new web page with said web browser; and

automatically entering user input with said electronic scratch pad from a previous web page into a data entry field on said new web page that has a label that corresponds to the label for a data entry field from a previous web page into which that user input was previously entered.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising equating different, synonymous labels for said data entry fields using a synonym table stored in a storage unit of said computing device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying both said web browser and said electronic scratch pad on a display device of said computing device.

14. The method of claim 11, in which, upon selection by a user with said user input device of previous user input displayed in said electronic scratch pad, entering that selected previous user input into a corresponding data entry field of a currently-accessed web page.

15. The method of claim 14, in which said selection by a user comprises dragging said previous user input from a display of said electronic scratch pad and dropping said pervious user input in said corresponding data entry field of said currently-accessed web page.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying lines drawn between labels for data entry fields shown on said electronic scratch pad and corresponding labels on a currently-accessed web page in said web browser for data entry fields of said currently-accessed web page.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising displaying lines drawn between previous user input shown on said electronic scratch pad and corresponding data entry fields of said currently-accessed web page.

18. The method of claim 10, further comprising directly editing user input stored in said electronic scratch pad with said user input device.

19. A computer program product for inputting data to a web page that is selectively accessed and displayed through a web browser executing on a computing device, said computer program product comprising a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith for an electronic scratch pad, the computer readable program code comprising:

computer readable program code configured to;

identify data entry fields on a web page accessed by said web browser and to retrieve a label corresponding to any identified data entry field of said web page, and

record said label and any user input that is input using a user input device to the corresponding data entry field.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, in which said electronic scratch pad selectively inputs said user input to a data entry field of a subsequent web page accessed by said web browser where a label for said data entry field of said subsequent web page corresponds to a label for a data entry field into which said user input was originally entered by a user.