Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Classifying and Populating Fields of Electronic Forms

• US 20170357627A1
• Filed: 05/31/2017
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Peterson, Adele C., Pugh, Chelsea Elizabeth, Schultz, Conrad Aarne, Berlin, Jessie Leah, Mondello, Richard, Faulkenburg, Steven Jon, Li, Zhuo, Coffman, Patrick Lee, Daum, Maureen Grace
• Granted Patent: US 11,423,209 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/14 Tree-structured documents parsing G06F40/205; validation G06F40/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 7/023 adaptive, e.g. self learning

Abstract

An electronic device: displays an electronic form with a plurality of fields; detects an autofill input that corresponds to a field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and in response to detecting the autofill input, updates the electronic form to display fields that have been populated based on a user profile. If the autofill input is associated with a first category of information in the user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the user profile that corresponds to the first category of information. If the autofill input is associated with a second category of information in the user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the user profile that corresponds to the second category of information.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

at a device with one or more processors, non-transitory memory, a display, and an input device;

displaying, on the display, an electronic form with a plurality of fields;

while displaying the electronic form with the plurality of fields on the display;

detecting, by the input device, a first autofill input that corresponds to a first field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and

in response to detecting the first autofill input, updating the electronic form to display, on the display, fields that have been populated based on a first user profile, where;

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a first category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the first category of information, and

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a second category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the second category of information.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first and second categories of information include one or more pieces of conflicting information from the first user profile.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting, by the input device, a second autofill input that corresponds to the first field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and

in response to detecting the second autofill input and in accordance with a determination that the second autofill input is associated with a first user profile, displaying a first menu including a plurality of autofill profile affordances representing a corresponding plurality of categories of information associated with the first user profile.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the second autofill input corresponds to selection of the first field, selection of an affordance in the first field, selection of an affordance adjacent to the first field, insertion of one or more characters into the first field, or selection of an affordance adjacent to a soft keyboard.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the first autofill input corresponds to selection of one of the two or more autofill profile affordances displayed in the first menu.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein the first menu also includes a customization affordance provided to display a third menu in response to selection of the customization affordance, wherein the third menu enables editing of a custom autofill data set.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein a descriptor is displayed adjacent to one of the autofill affordances corresponding to the custom autofill data set, and in response to customizing the custom autofill data set within the third menu, adjusting the descriptor according to the customization applied to the custom autofill.

8. The method of claim 3, wherein the first menu also includes two or more autofill affordances corresponding to autofill data sets associated with other user profiles.

9. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the second autofill input is associated with a plurality of candidate profiles, displaying graphical representations of a plurality of autofill data sets associated with the plurality of candidate profiles for different users that match predefined autofill criteria.

10. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

in response to detecting the second autofill input, displaying an intermediate pane prior to displaying the first menu that includes a graphical software keyboard, a prediction bar, and an autofill affordance provided to display the first menu.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the prediction bar includes two or more autofill affordances corresponding to autofill data sets associated with the first user profile in accordance with a determination that the first field corresponds to a first field type, wherein the autofill profile sets are provided to fill at least two of the plurality of fields.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the prediction bar includes two or more sets associated with a category of information from the first user profile that corresponds to the first field in accordance with a determination that the first field corresponds to a second field type, wherein the two or more sets are provided to fill the first field.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

detecting a third autofill input associated with a second field of the plurality of fields; and

in response to detecting the third autofill input and in accordance with a determination that the third autofill input is associated with the first user profile, displaying a second menu with a set of options corresponding to a category of information in the first user profile, wherein the set of options are provided to fill the second field.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first field corresponds to a first field type and the second field corresponds to a second field type.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining a classification for the first field based at least in part on at least one of a content-based heuristic, user-specific classification data, or crowd-sourced classification data, wherein the first field type corresponds to a first classification and the second field type corresponds to a second classification.

16. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs, the one or more programs comprising instructions, which, when executed by an electronic device with a display, and an input device, cause the electronic device to:

display, on the display, an electronic form with a plurality of fields;

while displaying the electronic form with the plurality of fields on the display;

detect, by the input device, a first autofill input that corresponds to a first field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and

in response to detecting the first autofill input, update the electronic form to display, on the display, fields that have been populated based on a first user profile, where;

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a first category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the first category of information, and

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a second category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the second category of information.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a display unit configured to display a user interface;

one or more input units configured to receive inputs; and

a processing unit coupled with the display unit and the one or more input units, the processing unit configured to;

enable display of, on the display unit, an electronic form with a plurality of fields;

while displaying the electronic form with the plurality of fields on the display;

detect, by the one or more input units, a first autofill input that corresponds to a first field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and

in response to detecting the first autofill input, update the electronic form to display, on the display unit, fields that have been populated based on a first user profile, where;

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a first category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the first category of information, and

in accordance with a determination that the first autofill input is associated with a second category of information in the first user profile, updating the electronic form includes populating at least two of the plurality of fields using information from the first user profile that corresponds to the second category of information.

18. The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the first and second categories of information include one or more pieces of conflicting information from the first user profile.

19. The electronic device of claim 17, further comprising:

detect, by the one or more input units, a second autofill input that corresponds to the first field of the plurality of fields in the electronic form; and

in response to detecting the second autofill input and in accordance with a determination that the second autofill input is associated with a first user profile, enable display of a first menu including a plurality of autofill profile affordances representing a corresponding plurality of categories of information associated with the first user profile.

20. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the second autofill input corresponds to selection of the first field, selection of an affordance in the first field, selection of an affordance adjacent to the first field, insertion of one or more characters into the first field, or selection of an affordance adjacent to a soft keyboard.

21. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first autofill input corresponds to selection of one of the two or more autofill profile affordances displayed in the first menu.

22. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first menu also includes a customization affordance provided to display a third menu in response to selection of the customization affordance, wherein the third menu enables editing of a custom autofill data set.

23. The electronic device of claim 22, wherein a descriptor is displayed adjacent to one of the autofill affordances corresponding to the custom autofill data set, and in response to customizing the custom autofill data set within the third menu, adjusting the descriptor according to the customization applied to the custom autofill.

24. The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first menu also includes two or more autofill affordances corresponding to autofill data sets associated with other user profiles.

25. The electronic device of claim 19, further comprising:

in accordance with a determination that the second autofill input is associated with a plurality of candidate profiles, displaying graphical representations of a plurality of autofill data sets associated with the plurality of candidate profiles for different users that match predefined autofill criteria.

26. The electronic device of claim 19, further comprising:

in response to detecting the second autofill input, displaying an intermediate pane prior to displaying the first menu that includes a graphical software keyboard, a prediction bar, and an autofill affordance provided to display the first menu.

27. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein the prediction bar includes two or more autofill affordances corresponding to autofill data sets associated with the first user profile in accordance with a determination that the first field corresponds to a first field type, wherein the autofill profile sets are provided to fill at least two of the plurality of fields.

28. The electronic device of claim 26, wherein the prediction bar includes two or more sets associated with a category of information from the first user profile that corresponds to the first field in accordance with a determination that the first field corresponds to a second field type, wherein the two or more sets are provided to fill the first field.

29. The electronic device of claim 22, further comprising:

detecting a third autofill input associated with a second field of the plurality of fields; and

in response to detecting the third autofill input and in accordance with a determination that the third autofill input is associated with the first user profile, displaying a second menu with a set of options corresponding to a category of information in the first user profile, wherein the set of options are provided to fill the second field.

30. The electronic device of claim 29, wherein the first field corresponds to a first field type and the second field corresponds to a second field type.