Methods and systems for data validation in a client-server environment

• US 9,602,519 B2
• Filed: 11/06/2015
• Issued: 03/21/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/01/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Advertising Incorporated (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: Miller, Benjamin Aaron, Holbrook, Charles Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): TRUONG, LAN DAI T
• Application Number:
  US14/935,032
• Publication Number:
  US 20160065591A1
• Time in Patent Office: 501 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/223, 709/224, 709/205, 709/201, 709/202
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/123 received data contents, e.g. message integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

Methods and systems are provided for dynamically generating validation rules. In certain implementations, state information related to one or more operations is stored. A request for validation rules is received from a client. The request may include one or more parameters and an identification of an operation to be performed. In response to the request, the state information is accessed for the operation to be performed. The validation rules are then dynamically generated based on the accessed state information and at least one of the parameters or the identification in the request. The validation rules can then be transmitted to the client.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for dynamically generating validation rules, the method comprising the following operations performed by at least one processor:

transmitting, to a server, a request for validation rules, the request for validation rules including an identification and a location of a user;

receiving, from the server, the validation rules, the validation rules being dynamically generated by the server, in response to the request, based on account information and the location associated with the user;

receiving, from the user, input data, the input data conforming to the received validation rules; and

transmitting, to the server, the input data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the request for validation rules includes an identification of an operation to be performed.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the validation rules generated by the server are based on the operation to be performed.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

validating the input data based on the validation rules.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the validation rules include one constraint on the input data received from the user.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

notifying the user if the input data violates at least one of the validation rules.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating, based at least in part on the validation rules, a graphic user interface for receiving input data from the user; and

presenting, to the user, the graphic user interface.

8. A system for dynamically generating validation rules comprising:

a memory device that stores instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions to;

receive, from a client, a request for validation rules, the request including an identification and a location of a user;

access account information associated with the user;

dynamically generate validation rules, in response to the request, based on the accessed account information and the location associated with the user;

transmit, to the client, the validation rules; and

receive, from the client, input data, the input data conforming to the validation rules.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the request for validation rules includes an identification of an operation to be performed.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the validation rules generated by the one or more processors are based on the operation to be performed.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the validation rules include at least one constraint on the input data received from the client.

12. A system for validating input data entered by a user comprising:

a memory device that stores instructions; and

one or more processors that execute the instructions to;

generate a request for validation rules, the request including an identification and a location of a user;

transmit, to a server, the request for validation rules;

receive, from the server, the validation rules, the validation rules being dynamically generated by the server, in response to the request, based on account information and the location associated with the user;

receive, from the user, input data;

validate the input data received from the user based on the validation rules; and

transmit, to the server, the validated input data, the validated input data conforming to the received validation rules.

13. The system of claim 12, wherein the request for validation rules includes an identification of an operation to be performed.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the validation rules dynamically generated by the server are based on the operation to be performed.

15. The system of claim 12, wherein the one or more processors notify the user if the input data violates at least one of the validation rules.

16. The system of claim 12, further comprising a display device, wherein

the one or more processors generate, based at least in part on the validation rules, a graphic user interface for receiving input data from the user;

and

the display device presents to the user the graphic user interface.

17. A non-transitory computer readable medium executing a computer program, the computer program comprising instructions causing a computing device to:

transmit, to a server, a request for validation rules, the request including an identification and a location of a user;

receive, from the server, the validation rules, the validation rules being dynamically generated by the server, in response to the request, based on account information and the location associated with the user;

receive, from the user, input data, the input data conforming to the received validation rules; and

transmit, to the server, the input data.