System and method for automatically filling webpage fields

• US 9,373,141 B1
• Filed: 09/22/2010
• Issued: 06/21/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verient Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Verient Incorporated
• Inventors: Shakkarwar, Rajesh G.
• Primary Examiner(s): Subramanian, Narayanswamy
• Application Number:
  US12/888,328
• Time in Patent Office: 2,099 Days
• Field of Search: 705 35- 45
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/10 specially adapted for electronic funds transfer [EFT] systems; specially adapted for home banking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/12 specially adapted for electronic shopping systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/351 Virtual cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/356 Aspects of software for card payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/4018 using the card verification value [CVV] associated with the card
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 40/00 Finance; Insurance; Tax strategies; Processing of corporate or income taxes
• CPC Class Codes: G07F 17/32 for games, toys, sports, or amusements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

A computer-implemented method for automatically populating fields of an online webpage. The method includes inserting a code segment into a first webpage that is configured to populate fields included in the first webpage with received data, where the first webpage is displayed on a display device in a web browser application executing on a computer system; receiving data from a second webpage; and executing the code segment to populate the fields based on the received data.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for automatically populating fields of an online webpage, the method comprising:

displaying a first webpage on a display device in a web browser application executing on a computer system, wherein the first webpage has installed therein a code segment which is executed to populate fields in the first webpage;

generating, via a second webpage, a virtual card that is linked to a core account that provides financial backing for the virtual card, wherein the virtual card includes a card number and a card verification value (“

CVV”

);

installing, in the second webpage, a browser add-on which pushes data including the card number and the CVV to the code segment; and

executing the code segment to populate the fields based on the data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first webpage comprises a merchant payment page, the fields included in the first webpage comprise payment fields, and the data comprises payment data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the core account is held with a financial institution.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the payment data further includes a virtual personal identification number (“

PIN”

), a virtual expiration date, or a virtual name on card.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the second webpage comprises a secure payment page.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the code segment comprises a script.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising installing a browser add-on in the first webpage.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of transmitting the data from the add-on installed in the second webpage to a browser add-on installed in the first webpage.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the data is based on a user selection of an auto fill button.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the data is performed automatically without a user making a selection of an auto fill button.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the data is transmitted only to the first webpage and is not transmitted to other open instances of the web browser application.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the data is transmitted to each open instance of the web browser application.

13. A computer-readable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause a computer system to automatically populate fields of an online webpage, by performing steps comprising:

displaying a first webpage on a display device in a web browser application executing on a computer system, wherein the first webpage has installed therein a code segment which is executed to populate fields in the first webpage;

generating, via a second webpage, a virtual card that is linked to a core account that provides financial backing for the virtual card, wherein the virtual card includes a card number and a card verification value (“

CVV”

);

installing, in the second webpage, a browser add-on which pushes data including the card number and the CVV to the code segment; and

executing the code segment to populate the fields based on the data.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the first webpage comprises a merchant payment page, the fields included in the first webpage comprise payment fields, and the data comprises payment data.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein core account is held with a financial institution.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 14, wherein the payment data further includes a virtual personal identification number (“

PIN”

), a virtual expiration date, or a virtual name on card.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the second webpage comprises a secure payment page.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the code segment comprises a script.

19. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising installing a browser add-on in the first webpage.

20. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, further comprising the step of transmitting the data from the add-on installed in the second webpage to a browser add-on installed in the first webpage.

21. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein transmitting the data is based on a user selection of an auto fill button.

22. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein transmitting the data is performed automatically without a user making a selection of an auto fill button.

23. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the data is transmitted only to the first webpage and is not transmitted to other open instances of the web browser application.

24. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 20, wherein the data is transmitted to each open instance of the web browser application.

25. A computing system for automatically populating fields of an online merchant payment webpage, the computing system comprising:

a user device including a processor, a display device for displaying an output from the processor, and a memory interconnected with the processor and storing instructions executed by the processor, the user device to;

display a first webpage on the display device in a web browser application executed by the processor, wherein the first webpage has installed therein a code segment which is executed to populate fields in the first webpage;

detect that the first webpage is an online payment page,

generate, via a second webpage, a virtual card that is linked to a core account that provides financial backing for the virtual card, wherein the virtual card includes a card number and a card verification value (“

CVV”

);

install, in the second webpage, a browser add-on which pushes payment data including the card number and the CVV to the code segment, and

execute the code segment to populate the payment fields based on the payment data; and

a payment processing platform coupled to the user device via a network and generate or retrieve the virtual card.

26. The computing system of claim 25, wherein the payment data further includes a virtual expiration date or a virtual name on card.