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System and method for automatically pre-setting form field values

  • US 6,854,085 B1
  • Filed: 07/15/1999
  • Issued: 02/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for automatically pre-setting form field values, comprising:

  • a network access facility configured to access a network site to receive a form including at least one field; and

    a mapping facility configured to map said field to a pre-determined value, said mapping facility comprising;

    an application specific field-to-schema mapping facility configured to map said at least one field to an application specific schema for said at least one field when said application-specific schema is stored within said application specific field-to-schema mapping facility;

    a generic field-to-schema mapping facility configured to map said at least one field to a generic schema for said at least one field when said application-specific schema is not stored within said application specific field-to-schema mapping facility and said generic schema is stored within said generic field-to-schema mapping facility; and

    a schema-to-value mapping facility configured to map said application-specific schema to a value when said application-specific schema is stored within said application specific field-to-schema mapping facility, and to map said generic schema to said value when said application-specific schema is not stored within said application specific field-to-schema mapping facility and said generic schema is stored within said generic field-to-schema mapping facility.

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