Iterative Detection of Forms-Usage Patterns

• US 20160110280A1
• Filed: 10/20/2014
• Published: 04/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Singh, Harpreet, Heda, Arvind
• Granted Patent: US 10,452,239 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3604 Software analysis for verifying properties of programs byte-code verification G06F9/44589
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence

Abstract

In embodiments of iterative detection of forms-usage patterns, a data analytics application can be implemented to receive analytics data associated with one or more data forms that each include data-entry fields displayed in a user interface, where the data-entry fields are designed for data entry, such as by a user of a computing device. The data analytics application can determine data-entry problems with the data-entry fields of the data forms based on the analytics data, as well as identify a critical data-entry problem with a data-entry field of a data form, the critical data-entry problem being identified as one of the determined data-entry problems. A distribution scale can be generated and displayed to depict the determined data-entry problems along with the critical data-entry problem. The data form can also be displayed in a preview mode with the analytics data displayed on the data form itself to indicate the data-entry problems.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving analytics data associated with one or more data forms that each include data-entry fields displayed in a user interface configured for data entry;

determining data-entry problems with one or more of the data-entry fields of the one or more data forms based on the analytics data;

identifying a critical data-entry problem with a data-entry field of a data form, the critical data-entry problem identified as one of the determined data-entry problems; and

displaying a distribution scale that depicts the determined data-entry problems along with the critical data-entry problem.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the analytics data comprises metrics associated with the data-entry field of the data form, the metrics including at least:

a duration of time that the data-entry field is selected for the data entry;

a number of validation errors with data entries in the data-entry field; and

a number of times that a help feature associated with the data-entry field is accessed.

3. The method as recited in claim 2, wherein the metrics further include at least a duration of time that the data form is displayed for the data entry.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

receiving updated analytics data that is associated with the data-entry field of the data form, the updated analytics data indicating that the critical data-entry problem with the data-entry field of the data form has been corrected.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, further comprising:

updating the distribution scale based on the updated analytics data; and

displaying the updated distribution scale that depicts the determined data-entry problems along with a different critical data-entry problem, the different critical data-entry problem associated with a different data-entry field of the one or more data forms.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the distribution scale displays the determined data-entry problems of the one or more data forms based on a geolocation metric.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the distribution scale displays the determined data-entry problems as an analytics report of two or more of the forms on a data comparison scale.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising:

displaying the data form and the data-entry fields of the data form; and

displaying the analytics data on the data form in a preview mode that indicates the determined data-entry problems on the data form.

9. A system, comprising:

a display device configured to display a distribution scale that depicts data-entry problems with one or more data-entry fields of one or more data forms;

a processor system to implement a data analytics application that is configured to;

receive analytics data associated with the one or more data forms that each include one or more of the data-entry fields displayed in a user interface configured for data entry;

determine the data-entry problems with one or more of the data-entry fields of the one or more data forms based on the analytics data;

identify a critical data-entry problem with a data-entry field of a data form, the critical data-entry problem identified as one of the determined data-entry problems; and

generate the distribution scale for display to depict the determined data-entry problems along with the critical data-entry problem.

10. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the analytics data comprises metrics associated with the data-entry field of the data form, the metrics including at least:

a duration of time that the data-entry field is selected for the data entry;

a number of validation errors with data entries in the data-entry field; and

a number of times that a help feature associated with the data-entry field is accessed.

11. The system as recited in claim 10, wherein the metrics further include at least a duration of time that the data form is displayed for the data entry.

12. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the data analytics application is further configured to receive updated analytics data that is associated with the data-entry field of the data form, the updated analytics data indicating that the critical data-entry problem with the data-entry field of the data form has been corrected.

13. The system as recited in claim 12, wherein the data analytics application is further configured to:

update the distribution scale based on the updated analytics data; and

generate the updated distribution scale for display to depict the determined data-entry problems along with a different critical data-entry problem, the different critical data-entry problem associated with a different data-entry field of the one or more data forms.

14. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the data analytics application is configured to filter the analytics data based on one or more pre-defined rules that emphasize one or more of the determined data-entry problems.

15. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein the distribution scale displays the determined data-entry problems as an analytics report for multiple forms on a data comparison scale.

16. The system as recited in claim 9, wherein:

the display device is configured to display the data form and the data-entry fields of the data form; and

the data analytics application is configured to initiate a display of the analytics data on the data form in a preview mode that indicates the determined data-entry problems on the data form.

17. A method, comprising:

receiving analytics data associated with a data form that includes data-entry fields displayed in a user interface configured for data entry;

displaying a distribution scale that is generated based on the analytics data, the distribution scale depicting data-entry problems with one or more of the data-entry fields of the data form, the distribution scale comprising;

a continuum that represents the least problematic data-entry problems proximate a first end of the continuum, the continuum progressing to represent the most problematic data-entry problems proximate a second end of the continuum; and

an indication of a critical data-entry problem at the second end of the continuum, the critical data-entry problem identified as one of the determined data-entry problems being the most problematic for users of the data form.

18. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising:

displaying the continuum as a line progressively increasing from a broken line at the first end of the continuum to a solid line at the second end of the continuum; and

displaying the line that represents the continuum as a first color at the first end of the continuum and as a second color at the second end of the continuum, the line further displayed as one or more additional colors that transition from the first color to the second color.

19. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising:

displaying one or more of the data-entry problems, each as a colored dot along the continuum from the first end of the continuum progressing to the second end of the continuum.

20. The method as recited in claim 17, further comprising:

displaying the data form and the data-entry fields of the data form; and

displaying the analytics data on the data form in a preview mode that indicates the data-entry problems and the critical data-entry problem on the data form.