System, method, and computer program for displaying a subset of a plurality of fields to a user

• US 8,949,733 B1
• Filed: 07/27/2011
• Issued: 02/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Amdocs Development Limited (Amdocs Ltd.), Amdocs Software Systems Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Amdocs Software Systems Limited (Amdocs Ltd.)
• Inventors: Gautam, Amit Kr., Gautam, Ajay Kr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Leggett, Andrea
• Application Number:
  US13/192,377
• Time in Patent Office: 1,287 Days
• Field of Search: 715/786, 715/780
• US Class Current: 715/780
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04895 Guidance during keyboard input operation, e.g. prompting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program product are provided for displaying a subset of a plurality of fields to a user. In use, a plurality of fields for receiving input from a user is retrieved. Additionally, the plurality of fields is displayed to the user in a first window of a display. Further, a subset of the plurality of fields is displayed to the user in a second window of the display separate from the first window, where the second window is positioned according to a span of vision and an angle of vision of the user.

Claims

1. A computer program embodied on a non-transitory computer readable medium, comprising:

computer code for retrieving a plurality of fields for receiving input from a user;

computer code for displaying the plurality of fields to the user in a first window of a display; and

computer code for displaying a subset of the plurality of fields to the user in a second window of the display separate from the first window, where a location of the second window is selected by the user and remains visible and in a static location while the user adjusts a location of one or more of the plurality of fields displayed in the first window;

wherein the computer program is operable such that when a field within the second window is populated by the user, the field is removed from the second window, and a subsequent unpopulated field from the first window is then added to the second window.

2. The computer program of claim 1, wherein metadata is associated with one or more of the plurality of fields.

3. The computer program of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of fields has associated metadata that describes one or more elements of the field.

4. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields are fields used within a data form of a customer relationship management (CRM) application.

5. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the first window is part of a graphical user interface (GUI) used by the user to input data.

6. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields are organized according to one or more categories within the first window of the display.

7. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the plurality of fields are displayed on multiple pages of the first window and are visible to the user from within the first window, utilizing a scroll bar within the first window.

8. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of fields includes fields within the first window that have not yet been populated by the user.

9. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of fields includes fields within the first window that are situated subsequent to fields within the first window that have been populated by the user.

10. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of fields includes fields within the first window that are most frequently referenced by the user.

11. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of fields includes fields that are associated with a field that is currently receiving input from the user.

12. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the subset of the plurality of fields includes a predetermined number of fields ordered chronologically with respect to their location within the first window.

13. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the second window does not include scrolling functionality and presents all of the subset of the plurality of fields to the user without the user having to scroll through the second window.

14. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the computer program is operable such that the user assigns a size and a location of the second window according to a span of vision and an angle of vision that is determined to be comfortable to the user.

15. The computer program of claim 1, wherein the second window includes a search field, where the user enters a query.

16. The computer program of claim 15, wherein the query entered by the user is compared against metadata, and matches between the query and the metadata are displayed within the second window.

17. The computer program of claim 1, further comprising:

computer code for receiving a search term entered into a search field of the second window by the user;

computer code for comparing the search term against metadata associated with each of the plurality of fields in the first window; and

computer code for identifying one or more results of the comparing, the results including the subset of the plurality of fields.

18. A method, comprising:

retrieving a plurality of fields for receiving input from a user;

displaying the plurality of fields to the user in a first window of a display; and

displaying a subset of the plurality of fields to the user in a second window of the display separate from the first window, where a location of the second window is selected by the user and remains visible and in a static location while the user adjusts a location of one or more of the plurality of fields displayed in the first window;

wherein when a field within the second window is populated by the user, the field is removed from the second window, and a subsequent unpopulated field from the first window is then added to the second window.

19. A system, comprising:

a processor for;

retrieving a plurality of fields for receiving input from a user;

displaying the plurality of fields to the user in a first window of a display; and

displaying a subset of the plurality of fields to the user in a second window of the display separate from the first window, where a location of the second window is selected by the user and remains visible and in a static location while the user adjusts a location of one or more of the plurality of fields displayed in the first window;

wherein the system is operable such that when a field within the second window is populated by the user, the field is removed from the second window, and a subsequent unpopulated field from the first window is then added to the second window.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the processor is coupled to memory via a bus.