ENTRY OF VALUES INTO MULTIPLE FIELDS OF A FORM USING TOUCH SCREENS

• US 20150039989A1
• Filed: 08/01/2013
• Published: 02/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Sambamurthy, Govinda Raj, Dhanawat, Vineet
• Granted Patent: US 10,445,417 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/226
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04808 Several contacts: gestures triggering a specific function, e.g. scrolling, zooming, right-click, when the user establishes several contacts with the surface simultaneously; e.g. using several fingers or a combination of fingers and pen
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/017 Gesture based interaction, e.g. based on a set of recognized hand gestures interaction based on gestures traced on a digitiser G06F3/04883
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04883 for inputting data by handwriting, e.g. gesture or text
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/171 by use of digital ink
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00501 Tailoring a user interface [UI] to specific requirements
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00509 Personalising for a particular user or group of users, e.g. a workgroup or company

Abstract

An aspect of the present disclosure facilitates users of touch screens to conveniently provide values for fields of a form. In an embodiment, a mapping is maintained to map symbols to corresponding profiles, with each profile being defined to specify a respective value for each of a corresponding set of fields. A form is sent for display on a touch screen, and a user is permitted to perform a touch action constituting a sequence of touch points (and representing input symbol) on the touch screen. The mapping is examined to determine a first symbol matching the input symbol, and a first profile corresponding to the first symbol is identified. The form is then auto-filled with values specified by the first profile. The user can continue interaction with the form with such auto-filled values.

Claims

1. A method of facilitating user of touch screens to provide values for fields of forms, at least a portion of said method being performed in a digital processing system, said method comprising:

maintaining a mapping of each of plurality of symbols to corresponding one of a plurality of profiles, wherein each of said plurality of profiles specifies a respective value for each of a corresponding set of fields of a form, said form containing a plurality of fields, each of said set of fields being contained in said plurality of fields;

sending said form for display on a touch screen;

receiving a sequence of touch points representing an input symbol;

examining said mapping to determining a first symbol matching said input symbol, and a first profile corresponding to said first symbol, wherein said first profile specifies respective values for a first set of fields of said plurality of fields;

auto-filling said first set of fields with respective values specified by said first profile;

receiving an action associated with said form; and

performing said action based on values present in said plurality of fields of said form.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said action comprises a submit action performed by a user on said touch screen, and the values in said form at the time of performance of said submit action are sent in response to said submit action.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein said digital processing system comprises a content server which performs said maintaining and said sending of said form,

wherein said receiving of said sequence of touch points, said examining, said auto-filling, said receiving of said action, and said performing are performed in a user system having said touch screen.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said user system sends to said content server a file for storing, wherein said content server sends said form after receiving said file, wherein said plurality of fields are for entry of respective meta data in relation to said file.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said content server maintains respective set of profiles associated with each of a plurality of users, wherein said examining determines said first profile among the profiles of a user for which said form is previously sent.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein said values in said first profile are auto-filled as default values for said first set of fields of said form, wherein said user is enabled to edit each of said first set of fields prior to performing said action associated with said field.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein said digital processing system comprises a user system interfacing with a server system.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said form comprises a list option containing said plurality of profiles, wherein said list option is operable to facilitate an alternative approach for said user to select said first profile while said form is displayed, wherein said auto-filling is performed in response to said user selecting said first profile using said list option.

9. A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for causing a digital processing system to facilitate a user of touch screens to provide values for fields of forms, wherein execution of said one or more sequences of instructions by one or more processors contained in said system causes said system to perform the actions of:

maintaining a mapping of each of plurality of symbols to corresponding one of a plurality of profiles, wherein each of said plurality of profiles specifies a respective value for each of a corresponding set of fields of a form, said form containing a plurality of fields, each of said set of fields being contained in said plurality of fields;

sending said form for display on a touch screen;

receiving a sequence of touch points representing an input symbol;

examining said mapping to determining a first symbol matching said input symbol, and a first profile corresponding to said first symbol, wherein said first profile specifies respective values for a first set of fields of said plurality of fields;

auto-filling said first set of fields with respective values specified by said first profile;

receiving an action associated with said form; and

performing said action based on values present in said plurality of fields of said form.

10. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 9, wherein said action comprises a submit action performed by a user on said touch screen, and the values in said form at the time of performance of said submit action are sent in response to said submit action.

11. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 10, wherein said digital processing system comprises a content server which performs said maintaining and said sending of said form,

wherein said receiving of said sequence of touch points, said examining, said auto-filling, said receiving of said action, and said performing are performed in a user system having said touch screen.

12. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 11, wherein said user system sends to said content server a file for storing, wherein said content server sends said form after receiving said file, wherein said plurality of fields are for entry of respective meta data in relation to said file.

13. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 12, wherein said content server maintains respective set of profiles associated with each of a plurality of users, wherein said examining determines said first profile among the profiles of a user for which said form is previously sent.

14. The non-transitory machine readable medium of claim 13, wherein said values in said first profile are auto-filled as default values for said first set of fields of said form, wherein said user is enabled to edit each of said first set of fields prior to performing said action associated with said field.

15. A digital processing system comprising:

a memory to store instructions;

a processor to retrieve and execute said instructions, wherein execution of said instructions causes performance of the actions of;

maintaining a mapping of each of plurality of symbols to corresponding one of a plurality of profiles, wherein each of said plurality of profiles specifies a respective value for each of a corresponding set of fields of a form, said form containing a plurality of fields, each of said set of fields being contained in said plurality of fields;

sending said form for display on a touch screen;

receiving a sequence of touch points representing an input symbol;

examining said mapping to determining a first symbol matching said input symbol, and a first profile corresponding to said first symbol, wherein said first profile specifies respective values for a first set of fields of said plurality of fields;

causing said first set of fields to be auto-filled with respective values specified by said first profile;

receiving an action associated with said form; and

performing said action based on values present in said plurality of fields of said form.

16. The digital processing system of claim 15, wherein said action comprises a submit action performed by a user on said touch screen, and the values in said form at the time of performance of said submit action are sent in response to said submit action.

17. The digital processing system of claim 16, wherein said digital processing system comprises a content server, wherein a user system containing said touch screen performs said auto-filling upon receipt of said mapping, said plurality of profiles and said form in response to receipt of said sequence of touch points.

18. The digital processing system of claim 16, wherein said digital processing system comprises a user system, wherein said user system sends to a content server a file for storing, wherein said content server sends said form after receiving said file, wherein said plurality of fields are for entry of respective meta data in relation to said file.

19. The digital processing system of claim 18, wherein said content server sends respective set of profiles associated with each of a plurality of users, wherein said examining determines said first profile among the profiles of a user for which said form is previously sent.

20. The digital processing system of claim 19, wherein said values in said first profile are auto-filled as default values for said first set of fields of said form, wherein said user is enabled to edit each of said first set of fields prior to performing said action associated with said field.