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Selective proxy approach to filling-in forms embedded in distributed electronic documents

  • US 6,499,042 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1999
  • Issued: 12/24/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/07/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of electronically filling in an online form with data associated with a user, the method comprising:

  • transmitting from a client machine to a form-filling server a location identifier of a form-originating server and a form location corresponding to the online form on the form-originating server and a user identifier;

    decoding at the form-filling server the location identifier and the form location thereby enabling the form-filling server to open a connection between the form-filling server and form-originating server;

    requesting the form-originating server to provide the form-filling server with the online form so that the form-filling server has a similar view of the online form as the client machine does;

    parsing the online form on the form-filling server thereby identifying fields in the online form to be filled in;

    inserting data associated with the user into the fields in the online form on the form-filling server using the user identifier; and

    transmitting the online form with the inserted data associated with the user from the form-filling server to the client machine.

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