Browser Extension for Field Detection and Automatic Population

• US 20180039611A1
• Filed: 08/11/2017
• Published: 02/08/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Capital One Services LLC (Capital One Financial Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Capital One Services LLC (Capital One Financial Corporation)
• Inventors: Trivedi, Dwij, de Ganon, Matthew, Arora, Kunal
• Granted Patent: US 10,936,811 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/221 Parsing markup language streams streaming G06F40/149
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems

Abstract

Methods and systems for a browser extension application are disclosed. In some embodiments, a browser extension application is configured to receive from a browser extension server a regular expression configured to detect a plurality of fields in a web page and execute the regular expression to detect a transaction field in the web page and automatically populate the transaction field with stored data. The application is further configured to detect an unrecognized field in the web page, provide suggested transaction data, and detecting manual population of the unrecognized field with the suggested transaction data. The application is further configured to providing to the browser extension server an indication of the unrecognized field and receive from the browser extension server an updated regular expression configured to detect the unrecognized field in the web page.

Claims

1. A system for executing a browser extension application comprising:

a processor;

a storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

receiving from a browser extension server a regular expression configured to detect a plurality of fields in a web page;

executing the regular expression to detect a transaction field in the web page and automatically populate the transaction field with stored data;

detecting an unrecognized field in the web page;

in response to detecting the unrecognized field, providing suggested transaction data;

detecting manual population of the unrecognized field with the suggested transaction data;

providing to the browser extension server an indication of the unrecognized field; and

receiving from the browser extension server an updated regular expression configured to detect the unrecognized field in the web page.

2. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise providing to the browser extension server programming language describing the web page.

3. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, wherein the suggested transaction data is received from the browser extension server.

4. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, wherein receiving the updated regular expression comprises receiving the updated regular expression in response to sending a query to the browser extension server.

5. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, wherein:

the web page comprises a merchant-provided payment process, the payment process comprising a message; and

the operations further comprise;

providing, to the browser extension server, an indication of a transaction field detected in the message.

6. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, further comprising:

providing, to the browser extension server, an indication of an element detected in the web page.

7. The system for executing a browser extension application of claim 1, wherein the transaction field comprises a payment field.

8. A method comprising:

receiving from a browser extension server a regular expression configured to detect a plurality of fields in a web page;

executing the regular expression to detect a transaction field in the web page and automatically populate the transaction field with stored data;

detecting an unrecognized field in the web page;

in response to detecting the unrecognized field, providing suggested transaction data;

detecting manual population of the unrecognized field with the suggested transaction data;

providing to the browser extension server an indication of the unrecognized field; and

receiving from the browser extension server an updated regular expression configured to detect the unrecognized field in the web page.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing to the browser extension server programming language describing the web page.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the suggested transaction data is received from the browser extension server.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein receiving the updated regular expression comprises receiving the updated regular expression in response to sending a query to the browser extension server.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein:

the web page comprises a merchant-provided payment process, the payment process comprising a message; and

the method further comprises;

providing, to the browser extension server, an indication of an additional transaction field detected in the message.

13. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

providing, to the browser extension server, an indication of an additional element detected in the web page.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the transaction field comprises a payment field.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving from a browser extension server a regular expression configured to detect a plurality of fields in a web page;

executing the regular expression to detect a transaction field in a web page and automatically populate the transaction field with stored data;

detecting an unrecognized field in the web page;

in response to detecting the unrecognized field, providing suggested transaction data;

detecting manual population of the unrecognized field with the suggested transaction data;

providing to the browser extension server an indication of the unrecognized field; and

receiving from the browser extension server an updated regular expression configured to detect the unrecognized field in the web page.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the operations further comprise providing to the browser extension server programming language describing the web page.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the suggested transaction data is received from the browser extension server.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein receiving the updated regular expression comprises receiving the updated regular expression in response to sending a query to the browser extension server.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein:

the web page comprises a merchant-provided payment process, the payment process comprising a message; and

the operations further comprise;

providing, to the browser extension server, an indication of an additional transaction field detected in the message.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the transaction field comprises a payment field.