METHODS AND SYSTEMS OF AUTOMATED CLIENT-SERVER DATA VALIDATION

• US 20090319881A1
• Filed: 04/25/2008
• Published: 12/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Chokshi, Sandip
• Granted Patent: US 8,996,980 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/00 Methods or arrangements for processing data by operating upon the order or content of the data handled logic circuits H03K19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/001 Texturing; Colouring; Generation of texture or colour inpainting G06T5/77
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/50 using two or more images, e.g. averaging or subtraction

Abstract

Methods and systems of automated data validation by client computer and by server computer based upon a form containing at least one form entry with at least one associated validation rule are presented.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A system for electronically validating client form entry data, comprising:

a server system comprising a memory and a processor and in communication with a client system; and

a program system stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program system configured to cause a form and a set of associated validation rules associated with the form to be sent to a client system, wherein the client system is configured to receive form entry data entered into the form by a user and to validate the form entry data based at least in part on the associated validation rules, the program system further configured to validate the form entry data based at least in part on the associated validation rules, the form entry data received from the client system and previously validated by the client system.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the client system is configured to validate the form entry data using a set of client rules which are based at least in part on the associated validation rules.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the client rules and the associated validation rules are substantially in sync.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the form comprises at least a portion of a web page.

6. The system of claim 2, wherein the form comprises one or more elements corresponding to a form entry data field of the form.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein one or more of the associated validation rules is associated with the element.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the one or more elements comprises a phone number of the user.

9. The system of claim 2, wherein the associated validation rules comprise JavaScript code.

10. A computer-implemented method for electronically validating client form entry data, the method comprising:

causing, by a processor of a server, a form and a set of associated validation rules associated with the form to be sent to a client system, wherein the client system is configured to receive form entry data entered into the form by a user and to validate the form entry data based at least in part on the associated validation rules; and

validating, by the processor, the form entry data based at least in part on the associated validation rules, the form entry data received from the client system and previously validated by the client system.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the client system is configured to validate the form entry data using a set of client rules which are based at least in part on the associated validation rules.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 11, wherein the client rules and the associated validation rules are substantially in sync.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 10, wherein the form comprises at least a portion of a web page.

14. A computer-implemented storage medium having a computer program stored thereon for causing the server to process computer-program code by performing the method of claim 10 when such program is executed on the server.

15. A system for electronically validating client form entry data, comprising:

a client system comprising a memory and a processor and in communication with a server system, the client system configured to receive a form and set of associated validation rules associated with the form, the form and set of associated validation rules sent by the server system; and

a program system stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the processor, the program system configured to validate form entry data entered into the form by a user based at least in part on the associated validation rules, the program system further configured to cause the validated form entry data to be sent to the server, wherein the server is configured to validate the form entry data based at least in part on the associated validation rules.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the client system is configured to validate the form entry data using a set of client rules which are based at least in part on the associated validation rules.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the client rules and the associated validation rules are substantially in sync.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the form comprises at least a portion of a web page.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the form comprises one or more element corresponding to a form entry data field of the form.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein one or more of the associated validation rules is associated with the element.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the one or more element comprises a phone number of the user.