Data validation

• US 9,460,077 B1
• Filed: 06/29/2012
• Issued: 10/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/29/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mckesson Financial Holdings Limited (McKesson Corp.)
• Original Assignee: McKesson Corp.
• Inventors: Casey, Troy Donovan
• Primary Examiner(s): BOWEN, RICHARD L
• Application Number:
  US13/537,522
• Time in Patent Office: 1,558 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/2365 Ensuring data consistency and integrity
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/226 Validation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1483 service impersonation, e.g. phishing, pharming or web spoofing detection of rogue wireless access points H04W12/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/168 above the transport layer

Abstract

Systems, methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media are disclosed for receiving a validation request from a requestor, executing one or more validation routines for at least a portion of data included in the validation request, generating a validation response based on the execution of the one or more validation routines, and communicating the validation response to the requestor.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, by one or more data validation computers comprising one or more processors, a validation request from a requestor to validate user input data, wherein the validation request comprises a data set, and wherein the data set comprises at least;

one or more asserted data types and one or more data strings, wherein the one or more asserted data types correspond to a data field for which at least one of the one or more data strings is received as input, and

one or more validation directives that specify one or more content requirements for a validation response;

executing, by the one or more data validation computers, one or more validation routines to determine a validity of each of the one or more data strings based at least in part on at least one corresponding asserted data type of the one or more asserted data types;

determining, by the one or more data validation computers, that each of the one or more data strings satisfy one or more data type parameters, wherein the one or more data type parameters specify one or more criteria based upon the one or more asserted data types;

determining, by the one or more data validation computers, the one or more content requirements to be included in the validation response based at least upon the one or more validation directives, wherein the one or more validation directives comprises at least one or more codes that identify a reason that at least one data string of the one or more data strings is determined to be invalid by the execution of the one or more validation routines and one or more recommendations for altering the at least one data string to form at least one new data string that conforms to at least the one corresponding asserted data type;

generating, by the one or more data validation computers and upon completion of the execution of the one or more validation routines, the validation response including at least the determined one or more contents requirements based on the execution of the one or more validation routines, wherein the validation response comprises a same identifier as the validation request, enabling the validation request to be tracked and associated with the appropriate validation response; and

communicating, by the one or more data validation computers, the validation response to the requestor.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more data validation computers, one or more stored data types, wherein each stored data type respectively corresponds to at least one of the one or more asserted data types; and

identifying, by the one or more data validation computers, at least one validation routine of the one or more validation routines that respectively corresponds to each stored data type.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein each stored data type is stored in a first datastore comprising one or more stored data types and each validation routine is stored in a second datastore in association with the respective corresponding stored data type.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

identifying, by the one or more data validation computers, a registered web form among one or more stored web forms that corresponds to the validation request;

identifying, by the one or more data validation computers, the one or more validation routines based on a correspondence between the one or more validation routines and the identified registered web form.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the

one or more data type parameters comprise at least one of:

a size limitation for each of the one or more data strings, one or more encoding parameters, or one or more encryption parameters.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more validation directives comprise at least one of:

one or more pointers to the one or more validation routines, or

computer-executable instructions for executing the one or more validation routines.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein, based at least in part on the one or more validation directives, the validation response further comprises at least one of:

at least one Boolean value indicating a result of the execution of the one or more validation routines for the one or more data strings, at least one sanitized data string generated based on the result of the execution of the one or more validation routines, or a data structure comprising one or more characters of a data string determined to be invalid by the execution of the one or more validation routines.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the validation request comprises the one or more validation routines.

9. A data validation system comprising:

one or more computers, each computer comprising one or more processors and at least one memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors;

a validation module stored in the at least one memory of at least one of the one or more computers, the validation module comprising computer-executable instructions that upon execution by at least one processor of the one or more processors configures the at least one processor to;

receive a validation request from a requestor to validate user input data, wherein the validation request comprises a data set, and wherein the data set comprises at least;

one or more asserted data types and one or more data strings, wherein the one or more asserted data types correspond to a data field for which at least one of the one or more data strings is received as input, and

one or more validation directives that specify one or more content requirements for a validation response;

execute one or more validation routines to determine a validity of each of the one or more data strings based at least in part on at least one corresponding asserted data type of the one or more asserted data types;

determine that each of the one or more data strings satisfy one or more data type parameters, wherein the one or more data type parameters specify one or more criteria based upon the one or more asserted data types;

determine the one or more content requirements to be included in the validation response based at least upon the one or more validation directives, wherein the one or more validation directives comprises at least one or more codes that identify a reason that at least one data string of the one or more data strings is determined to be invalid by the execution of the one or more validation routines and one or more recommendations for altering the at least one data string to form at least one new data string that conforms to at least the one corresponding asserted data type;

generate the validation response upon completion of the execution of the one or more validation routines, the validation response including at least the determined one or more content requirements based at least in part on the execution of the one or more validation routines, wherein the validation response comprises a same identifier as the validation request, enabling the validation request to be tracked and associated with the appropriate validation response; and

communicate the validation response to the requestor.

10. The system of claim 9, further comprising:

one or more datastores comprising one or more stored data types and one or more stored validation routines,

wherein the validation module further comprises computer-executable instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor further configures the at least one processor to;

identify one or more stored data types, wherein each stored data type respectively corresponds to at least one data type of the one or more asserted data types; and

identify the one or more validation routines among the one or more stored validation routines by identifying at least one stored validation routine that respectively corresponds to each stored data type.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the

one or more data type parameters comprise at least one of:

a size limitation for each of the one or more data strings, one or more encoding parameters, or one or more encryption parameters.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein, based at least in part on the one or more validation directives, the validation response further comprises at least one of:

at least one Boolean value indicating a result of the execution of the one or more validation routines for the one or more data strings, at least one sanitized data string generated based on the result of the execution of the one or more validation routines, or a data structure comprising one or more characters of a data string determined to be invalid by the execution of the one or more validation routines.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the validation module further comprises computer-executable instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor further configures the at least one processor to:

identify a registered web form among one or more stored web forms that corresponds to the validation request;

identify the one or more validation routines based on a correspondence between the one or more validation routines and the identified registered web form.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein:

the validation request further comprises one or more additional data sets,

wherein each additional data set comprises a respective corresponding one or more asserted data types and a respective corresponding one or more data strings, and

the validation module further comprises computer-executable instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor further configures the at least one processor to;

execute one or more respective corresponding additional validation routines for each of the one or more data strings of each of the one or more additional data sets based at least in part on at least one corresponding asserted data type of the respective corresponding one or more asserted data types of each of the one or more additional data sets.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the validation module further comprises computer-executable instructions that upon execution by the at least one processor further configures the at least one processor to:

execute the one or more validation routines for the one or more input strings of the data set and the respective corresponding additional validation routines for each of the one or more data strings of each of the one or more additional data sets serially or in parallel.

16. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer program instructions that upon execution by one or more computer processors causes a method to be performed, the method comprising:

receiving a validation request from a requestor to validate user input data, wherein the validation request comprises a data set, and wherein the data set comprises at least;

one or more asserted data types and one or more data strings, wherein the one or more asserted data types correspond to a data field for which at least one of the one or more data strings is received as input, and

one or more validation directives that specify one or more content requirements for a validation response;

executing one or more validation routines to determine a validity each of the one or more data strings based at least in part on at least one corresponding asserted data type of the one or more asserted data types;

determining that each of the one or more data strings satisfy one or more data type parameters, wherein the one or more data type parameters specify one or more criteria based upon the one or more asserted data types;

determining the one or more content requirements to be included in the validation response based at least upon the one or more validation directives, wherein the one or more validation directives comprises at least one or more codes that identify a reason that at least one data string of the one or more data strings is determined to be invalid by the execution of the one or more validation routines and one or more recommendations for altering the at least one data string to form at least one new data string that conforms to at least the one corresponding asserted data type;

generating the validation response upon completion of the execution of the one or more validation routines, the validation response including at least the determined one or more content requirements based on the execution of the one or more validation routines, wherein the validation response comprises a same identifier as the validation request, enabling the validation request to be tracked and associated with the appropriate validation response; and

communicating the validation response to the requestor.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying one or more stored data types, wherein each stored data type respectively corresponds to at least one data type of the one or more asserted data types; and

identifying at least one validation routine of the one or more validation routines that respectively corresponds to each stored data type.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein each stored data type is stored in a first datastore comprising one or more stored data types and each validation routine is stored in a second datastore in association with the respective corresponding stored data type.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16, the method further comprising:

identifying a registered web form among one or more stored web forms that corresponds to the validation request;

identifying the one or more validation routines based on a correspondence between the one or more validation routines and the identified registered web form.