PICK-AND-PLACE WEBFORM AUTOFILL
First Claim
1. An autofill system for a touchscreen and mobile device with access to webpages from websites over a wireless network and the Internet, comprising:
- a webform configured to be displayed on a touchscreen of a mobile device and including a number of touch-selectable form fields posing questions requiring an answer of other response from a user;
an answer menu configured to be simultaneously displayed on said touchscreen and including a number of touch-selectable items that may be copied as responses to questions posed one-by-one by the webform metaphor;
a pick-and-place autofill app configured such that the touch-selectable form fields in the webform may be responded to with an answer from the answer menu by a screen tap on a particular touch-selectable item in a list, and automatically sequenced to a next touch-selectable form field in the webform, or that an automatically sequenced answer from the answer menu can be dropped into touch-selectable form fields in the webform with a corresponding screen tap.
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Abstract
An autofill browser extension or smartphone app provides for the secure storage and autofill populating of webforms with personal user information. A popup menu of stored answers appears in front of or next to a form requesting a user to fill it out. The user selects the right answer to each question and simply drags and drops it, or picks and places it in the corresponding spot in the webform. If the answer needs to be a new one, the user clicks on the box for it in the webform, enters the answer. In alternative embodiments that answer can be automatically added to the menu. Autofill database maintenance is easy and intuitive. A template describing the construction and URL location of the webform is automatically registered with a server and that enables a community of users to share in quicker, easier, form fills.
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14 Claims
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1. An autofill system for a touchscreen and mobile device with access to webpages from websites over a wireless network and the Internet, comprising:
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a webform configured to be displayed on a touchscreen of a mobile device and including a number of touch-selectable form fields posing questions requiring an answer of other response from a user; an answer menu configured to be simultaneously displayed on said touchscreen and including a number of touch-selectable items that may be copied as responses to questions posed one-by-one by the webform metaphor; a pick-and-place autofill app configured such that the touch-selectable form fields in the webform may be responded to with an answer from the answer menu by a screen tap on a particular touch-selectable item in a list, and automatically sequenced to a next touch-selectable form field in the webform, or that an automatically sequenced answer from the answer menu can be dropped into touch-selectable form fields in the webform with a corresponding screen tap. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A graphical user interface method for operating in a mobile device with a touchscreen for pointing and data entry, comprising:
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organizing and storing personally identifiable user information (PII) configured to be presented as a series of selectable menus by touching an icon on a user touchscreen into a memory in said mobile device; presenting a selected menu to allow a choice of touchable menu items configured to be answers to questions calculated to be posed by a fillable webform; simultaneously displaying said fillable webform with a cursor, highlight, or other indication of a current question; accepting any touch or tap on said fillable webform to advance said current question to a question displayed under such; interpreting any touch or tap on said selected menu to reply to said current question with an answer displayed under such; and advancing said current question to a question not yet answered or cycling around back to the beginning of the questions in said fillable webform; wherein, answers from said menus are caused one-by-one to populate fields in said fillable webform strictly according to said current question being posed and a user selection of a menu item by touch or tap. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A graphical user interface (GUI) method for operating in a mobile device with a touchscreen for pointing and data entry, comprising:
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presenting a webform with questions to answer on a touchscreen of a mobile device, wherein personally identifiable information (PII) is required; indicating a current question to answer on a displayed part of said webform; screen tapping to call a process for user selection of a menu of PII items related to a particular user; screen tapping to select which menu to use thereafter in answering said questions and filling said webform; simultaneously presenting a menu and its items list on the touchscreen with the webform; configuring said touchscreen to allow said user to pick at random any menu item listed as an answer to said current question; advancing said current question to a next question in said webform; wherein, a series of screen taps on answers provided previously substantially reduces the PII data that must be entered over time into multiple webforms by a soft keyboard on said touchscreen. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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