Form Filling Patents (Class 715/224)
  • Publication number: 20140026024
    Abstract: Methods, software, and devices for processing a user-filled form are disclosed. A parsable electronic representation of the user-filled form is received. Based on parsing this electronic representation, at least one of a first or a second subset of input elements is identified. The first subset of input elements represents input fields that have received user-filled data while the second subset of input elements represents input fields that have not received user-filled data. Those text elements representing text providing descriptive context to input fields represented by the identified subset of input elements are associated with the identified subset of input elements. A graphical representation of the user-filled form is generated. In this graphical representation, text represented by text elements associated the first subset of input elements are highlighted relative to text represented by text elements associated with the second subset of input elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicant: PatientOrderSets.com Ltd.
    Inventors: Ryan Kimber, Tommy Trinh, Alfred Wong
  • Publication number: 20140019841
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the inventive subject matter include a computer-implemented method for processing text received in an input filed. The method can include presenting, under control of a processor, the input field configured to receive text, wherein the input field has a character limit defining a maximum number of characters that will appear in the input field. The method can also include receiving a first group of text in the input field, wherein the first group of text does not exceed the character limit. The method can also include receiving a second group of text in the input field. The method can also include detecting that the second group of text combined with the first group of text exceeds the character limit, and presenting, in response to the detecting, an input viewer including the first and second groups of text.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Ryan M. Basile
  • Publication number: 20140019840
    Abstract: A user interface features a field explorer component comprising a list of available fields in a stored document. Certain embodiments may present the field explorer in conjunction with an existing transaction interface. In one operational mode, information may be input by selecting values from a drop menu associated with one field of the field explorer. The corresponding field of the transaction interface may be indicated (e.g. with highlighting), with the user being allowed to click/drag/drop selected data from the field explorer to that indicated field. Some embodiments may dispense with displaying the transaction interface, presenting the field explorer instead alongside a symbolic representation of a document container. In this operational mode, the user pulls the desired data from the field explorer into the container representation. If the document is persisted (e.g. as a file or on a database), an output representation (e.g. PDF) may be generated and stored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2012
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicant: SAP AG
    Inventor: Ralf Wolfgang Geithner
  • Patent number: 8621383
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer programs are provided for smart interfaces that shift the burden of cognition from a user to a computer system. More particularly, a method is presented for using a computer system to interpret data. The method includes an operation for accepting data from a data entry field of the user interface, where the data is provided to the data entry field in a selected format. The selected format is different from a common data format expected by the user interface. In another operation, the accepted data is normalized to conform to the common data format expected by the user interface. This normalization is based on information about one or more of a geographic location of the user, a geographic location of a server, and a geographic location of a product being used. Further, the method includes an operation for providing the normalized data in the common data format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2013
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventor: Lucas Visvikis Pettinati
  • Patent number: 8615706
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that improves data entry for a form with one or more fields. During operation, the system displays both a printed representation of the form as well as an enhanced representation of the form that displays an enhanced view of the form's fields. When the system detects a user action related to a field displayed in one of the representations, the system adjusts the display of the field in the other representation (or in both representations) to indicate that the two fields are related. By indicating this relationship, the system facilitates entering and/or updating data for the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2013
    Assignee: Intuit Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher E. Smith, Heidi J. Strazdus, Brian E. Morearty
  • Publication number: 20130339836
    Abstract: Systems and methods for enforcing compliance in a computing environment, the method comprising concurrently and independently executing a monitoring application with a first application utilized by a user, wherein navigating beyond a first decision point in the first application requires the user considering values associated with one or more elements in the first application, wherein the monitoring application monitors elements presented to the user to determine which elements are presented to the user at a point in time; and notifying the user of at least a first element, in response to not having been able to confirm whether a value associated with the first element has been considered by the user prior to said first decision point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2012
    Publication date: December 19, 2013
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Tal Drory, Amir Geva, Asaf Tzadok, Eugene Walach
  • Patent number: 8612418
    Abstract: Computer-implemented methods for pre-loading a web page in a mobile web browser are provided. In one aspect, a method includes receiving a partial or complete query in a mobile web browser from a mobile device prior to the partial or complete query being submitted by a user and receiving an identification of a predicted web page responsive to the partial or complete query. The method also includes loading but not rendering the predicted web page prior to the partial or complete query being query being submitted by the user, and displaying the loaded and rendered predicted web page in the mobile web browser after the completed query is submitted by the user when the predicted web page is determined to be responsive to the submitted query. Systems, graphical user interfaces, and machine-readable media are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Pierre Civelli, Arnaud Claude Weber
  • Patent number: 8606548
    Abstract: An energy facility control system transforms the manner in which energy facilities create, modify, share, and store information during all phases of their lifecycles, from licensing through construction and decommissioning. The energy facility control system provides energy operators and their suppliers with collaborative toolsets to help improve accuracy, reliability and efficiency during every stage of an energy facility's lifecycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Sebastian Webster, Adam Glenn Hess, Keith E. Kowal, John Ciecholewski
  • Patent number: 8607060
    Abstract: A first information handling system (“IHS”) receives identification information of a first user of a second IHS. The first IHS initiates a network session in response to authenticating the identification information of the first user. Within the network session, the first IHS receives identification information of a second user of the second IHS. The first IHS authenticates the identification information of the second user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: United Services Automobile Association (USAA)
    Inventors: Christopher Scott Stewart, Pamela Ann Thibodeaux, Bonnie Rose Stewart
  • Patent number: 8601361
    Abstract: Automatically populating and/or generating tables using data extracted from files is disclosed. In some embodiments, in response to receiving an indication that at least a portion of a data object is desired to be included in a table, a set of one or more data values associated with the data object is selected for inclusion in the table and automatically included as an entry corresponding to the data object in the table. In various embodiments, the table may comprise an existing table and/or a newly generated table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Glen Berger, Jay Christopher Capela, Yaniv Gur, Roger Rock Rosner, Christopher Douglas Weeldreyer
  • Patent number: 8595230
    Abstract: A system and method may assist in accurately inserting user data into a form document. An attribute may be received from a user, where the attribute is associated with an attribute name. A document may be presented including a form field element having an identifier. User information may be received into the form field element. It may be determined whether the user information matches the attribute. If so, the identifier associated with the form field element is mapped to the attribute name and the mapping is stored. Upon subsequent display of the form document, user data associated with the mapped attributed name may be inserted into the form field element based on the mapping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Gueorgui Djabarov
  • Patent number: 8595030
    Abstract: A system and method for managing form-generated data related to a patient encounter involves translating location information related to a user writing on a form into a contextualized data element that includes contextual information. The contextual information helps to explain and/or give meaning to the user writing. Contextual information may include a descriptive name, an identification of data type, healthcare classification information, taxonomic information, an indication of the patient, an indication of the person that wrote on the form, and/or an indication of the date and time at which the writing occurred. The contextual information is then used by an Electronic Medical Record (EMR)/Electronic Health Record (EHR) application to perform a function such as patient/insurance billing, case management, or order fulfillment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2013
    Assignee: Medrule Business Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-heng Thomas Yeh, Lionel P. Ng
  • Patent number: 8577846
    Abstract: A system may present a document including a form. Forms content may be received into the form. The received forms content may be periodically and automatically saved to reduce the likelihood that received forms content is lost prior to form submission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Axe, Evan Williams
  • Patent number: 8572474
    Abstract: Printing non-visible, overflowing text is described, including detecting text boxes with visible and non-visible content, the text boxes being disposed in a file, retrieving the visible and non-visible content from at least one of the text boxes, and generating a printout of the file, the printout having the file and the visible and non-visible content of at least one of the text boxes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventors: Anubhav Mukherjee, Narinder Beri, Abhishek Naveen Hegde, Mohd. Fahadullah
  • Patent number: 8570281
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a computing device including a multi-touch surface. The method comprises: presenting a customer with an application form; transferring data from a customer's portable device (such as a cellphone) placed on or near the multi-touch surface to the application form; communicating with an authorization portable device (such as a staff identification badge) placed on or near the multi-touch surface by an authorized user; and transferring data from the authorization portable device to the application form to complete the application form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: NCR Corporation
    Inventor: Jonathan S. Black
  • Patent number: 8572483
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for browsing websites are provided. More specifically, a presentation browser application and method are provided that allows a user to browse content available from the World Wide Web using a display device and relatively limited user input device. The content is presented in a presentation skin selected from a number of available presentation skins. The presentation browser application is particularly useful for browsing the Internet with a television or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Inventor: Mark DiLorenzo
  • Publication number: 20130283142
    Abstract: A safe cloud-based environment for student learning and collaboration, promotion of appropriate and responsible online student behavior, introduction and development of student work skills and abilities, and access to hundreds of online learning systems for students instantly and securely. For parents, real-time access to student performance and behavior is afforded, as is easily submitted student registration information online. Collaboration of parents with school staff and other parents is promoted. For teachers, appropriate teaching curriculum and effective assessment/grading methods can be created/provided and collaboration with students and parents regarding assignments, events, and other information is promoted. The effectiveness of teaching initiatives and programs is tracked and analyzed and direct and instant access to critical student information is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2013
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Inventors: KAYVAN FARZIN, Tony Anton, Edward C. Reitz
  • Patent number: 8566739
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for and input field on a graphical user interface (GUI). The graphical user interface (GUI) includes one or more input fields that, when activated in response to a stimulus, display one or more associated projected input fields showing a maximum width of the respective input fields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Stefan Kracht
  • Patent number: 8566459
    Abstract: Embodiments relate to systems and methods for integrated console management in networks populated by a diverse set of console types. A set of managed machines, such as personal computers or other clients, servers, hosts, and/or other machines, can be managed by a network management platform. Different machines populating the managed network can be accessed or controlled by different types of network management consoles, or client interfaces for monitoring and controlling different sets of machines. The network management platform or other node can maintain a console management engine which interacts with the various console types connected or assigned to underlying target machines. The console management engine can maintain a console translation table which invokes particular interfaces, data formats, ports, and/or other parameters of specific console packages used for underlying sets of machines. The console management engine can thereby present a unified interface to systems administrators or other users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael P. DeHaan, William F. Peck
  • Patent number: 8559729
    Abstract: Systems and methods automatically generate a model of a form or other document and identify the form or other document. In one aspect, a system and method normalize an image of a document and identify the relative positions of vertical and horizontal lines in the normalized image. The relative positions of vertical and horizontal lines of the normalized image are the model of the document image. The model may be stored in a record, such as an array. The system and method compare the relative positions of vertical and horizontal lines of the model to the relative positions of vertical and horizontal lines of other models to identify a matching model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
    Inventors: Jose Eduardo Bastos dos Santos, Brian G. Anderson, David E. Kelley
  • Patent number: 8560098
    Abstract: A system to monitor a status from a secondary location of a plurality of equipment on a drilling site, while simultaneously enabling preventive maintenance is described herein. A user can view at least one cycle, at least one control state, and at least one pressure. The user can also view equipment information, equipment repair history, and other information necessary to ensure that a piece of equipment has minimal down time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ashford Technical Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Marion Chapman, Ronald Lyle Brown
  • Patent number: 8560935
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system and/or a method that facilitates completing multiple electronic document applications. An interface component can receive two or more electronic documents, wherein each electronic document includes at least two or more questions with respective fill-in fields to be completed by a user input. A master field component can create a master field list that includes a first subset of questions and a second subset of questions and the first subset of questions is targeted toward a first user to answer and the second subset of questions are targeted toward second user to answer. A user segregation manager component can ensure an independent and secure log in to the master field list for each user to provide information. A form aggregation component can leverage the master field list to populate or update the electronic document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: American Sterling Dental Plan, LLC
    Inventors: Adam Jaffe, Sam Jaffe
  • Patent number: 8560096
    Abstract: A method to monitor a status from a secondary location of a plurality of equipment on a drilling site, while simultaneously enabling preventive maintenance for the plurality of equipment is described herein. A user can view at least one cycle, at least one control state, and at least one pressure. The user can also view equipment information, equipment repair history, and other information necessary to ensure that a piece of equipment has minimal down time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ashford Technical Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Marion Chapman, Ronald Lyle Brown
  • Patent number: 8560097
    Abstract: A computer assisted method to monitor a status from a secondary location of a plurality of equipment on a drilling site, while simultaneously enabling preventive maintenance is described herein. A user can view at least one cycle, at least one control state, and at least one pressure. The user can also view equipment information, equipment repair history, and other information necessary to ensure that a piece of equipment has minimal down time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Ashford Technical Software, Inc.
    Inventors: Frank Marion Chapman, Ronald Lyle Brown
  • Patent number: 8560934
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for automated verification and entry of customer facility location data. The customer facility location data is subsequently used for the computer-based dispatching of service technicians in a resource-efficient fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
    Inventors: Charlie Reddick, Charles W. Garris, Robert A. Cole, Robert M. Ingman, Roy E. Glascoe, Jr., Paul J. Mankowski
  • Publication number: 20130268835
    Abstract: Allowing a user-friendly localization of an entry form on an interactive web page includes providing an entry form having a plurality of editable input fields corresponding to a plurality of locale codes and providing at least one visible input field for display, wherein the remainder of the plurality of input fields are hidden until accessed. Data received are mapped to at least one input field selected from the plurality of input fields. As shown, data is transferred asynchronously to and from the plurality of editable input fields, without requiring updating any other information displayed on the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Inventor: Rudy G. Duym
  • Patent number: 8553993
    Abstract: A method of aided input especially for a computer management tool, the management tool being executed in a computer system possessing an operating system furnished with instrumentation services, the method including the following steps: (a) entering raw data from an exterior source, (b) extracting relevant data from the raw data, (c) using the instrumentation services to transcribe the extracted data to corresponding fields of a preexisting input interface belonging to the management tool, within a view to allowing further inputs and overall validation. Application in particular to the semi-automated input of accounting items such as supplier invoices and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Serensia
    Inventor: Emmanuel Flesselles
  • Patent number: 8553272
    Abstract: An image processing apparatus which performs variable printing in accordance with print data containing a fixed object and a variable object determines whether the fixed object overlaps another fixed object. When the image processing apparatus determines that the fixed object overlaps the other fixed object, the image processing apparatus generates data by performing the first image forming processing to combine the fixed object and the other fixed object or the second image forming processing to process the fixed object or the other fixed object. The image processing apparatus stores the generated data. The image processing apparatus extracts the stored data, combines it with the variable object to generate print data, and outputs the print data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Shunsuke Iguchi
  • Publication number: 20130262497
    Abstract: An electronic tool is disclosed to collect form data to determine if physical adjustments are required by a physical object. The forms may be device agnostic and the data may be stored in a way that the forms may be created, reviewed and edited on virtually any device that can execute a web browser and have periodic network access.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2013
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chad William Case, Gerald Lee Green, Gregory T. Johnson, Mark Juchems, Michael E. Kamp, Michael David Young, Steven Bergstrom
  • Patent number: 8539335
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and computer program products for entering data into a web page by means of a data processing system. The method includes detecting a wireless device and forming a communication link between the data processing system and the wireless device. The method also includes retrieving data from the wireless device. The method also includes populating fields in the web-page with the retrieved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Barbara Febonio, Sandro Piccinini
  • Patent number: 8538949
    Abstract: The claimed subject matter provides a system or method for web crawling hidden files. An exemplary method includes loading a web page with a browser agent, and executing any dynamic elements hosted on the web page using the browser agent to insert pre-determined values. A list of form controls may be retrieved from the web page using the browser agent, and the controls may be analyzed using a driver component. Form control values may be sent from the driver component to the browser agent, and an event may be submitted to the web page by the browser agent or scripted content may be run to trigger operations on the web page corresponding to the form control values. A URL may be generated for various form control values using a generalizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
    Inventors: Chao Liu, Chao Zhaou, Yi-Min Wang
  • Patent number: 8531698
    Abstract: An object is to reduce a document generating time period of a form or the like, and to generate an appropriate document having correct calculation results even if it is necessary to calculate the aggregate of calculation target data extending over a plurality of pages. To achieve the object, the information processing apparatus is a system for generating a form by filling a plurality of insertion data into a template, which has a requesting unit configured to request one or more other apparatuses to execute processing of filling part of the plurality of insertion data into the template, wherein the requesting unit decides, according to the difference between two consecutive insertion data in the plurality of insertion data, the part of the insertion data the one or more other apparatuses are requested to fill into the template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Yutaka Kato
  • Publication number: 20130232400
    Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer-readable media, for receiving an ordered list of nodes that defines contents of a transaction document. The one or more nodes include a data field associated with one or more data items. Transaction data associated one or more data items is received. Each node of the ordered list of nodes is executed to generate a result tree that includes at least a portion of the transaction data. The result tree is sent to a remote device that displays a first document in a first format based upon the result tree. A second document is rendered in a second format based upon the result tree and sent to the remote device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2012
    Publication date: September 5, 2013
    Inventors: Brett Finnell, Taylor Olson, Ben Hales
  • Patent number: 8527897
    Abstract: A method according to one embodiment includes outputting several data elements in a raw view in which all of the data elements are selectable by a single action; allowing editing of the data elements in the raw view; outputting the data elements in a formatted view in which the data elements are positioned in individual fields; allowing editing of the data elements in the formatted view; and toggling back and forth between the raw view and the formatted view. Additional systems, methods, and computer program products are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Michael Eischeid, Mark E. Molander
  • Patent number: 8520251
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus generates print data interpretable by a printing apparatus and transmits the generated print data to the printing apparatus. The information processing apparatus includes a setting unit configured to set information identifying a positional relationship between a tab portion of a first tab sheet and a tab portion of a second tab sheet in a state where the first and second tab sheets are stacked, if usage of the tab sheets is designated, wherein the tab sheet is a tab-attached printing paper to be inserted between printing papers based on print data of document information. The information processing apparatus includes a determination unit configured to determine a print start position of a character string to be printed on the tab portion of the first tab sheet and the tab portion of the second tab sheet according to the information identifying the positional relationship set by the setting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Junko Sato
  • Publication number: 20130205189
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided that is caused to receive a form definition for a multi-page electronic form including a plurality of fields. The apparatus is caused to display the form in accordance with the form definition, including in at least one instance, display of a focused one of the pages in its entirety. The apparatus is also caused to receive an indication of user interaction with the displayed page of the form; and in response to receipt of the indication, process events in accordance with a defined interactive behavior of the displayed form. The events include one processed without regard to user interaction with any field of the displayed page, such as to transition focus to the non-focused page in response to user interaction with the non-focused page. The non-focused page may thereby become the focused page, and the focused page may become the non-focused page displayed only partially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: Advanced Digital Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Advanced Digital Systems, Inc.
  • Publication number: 20130205188
    Abstract: A terminal comprising a memory and a controller is disclosed. The controller is configured to receive a selection of at least one field, analyze said at least one selected field, generate a rendering template for said at least one selected field, share said rendering template with a visitor terminal via a server, receive data being associated with said rendering template from said visitor terminal, match said received data to said at least one selected field, and input said received data into said at least one selected field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Applicant: SOARIC AB
    Inventor: Fredrik LUNDE
  • Publication number: 20130198598
    Abstract: A method of populating form data may include accessing an electronic form provided by a website. The electronic form may include a plurality of fields. The method may also include using the plurality of fields to request information associated with the plurality of fields from an identity repository and receiving the information associated with the plurality of fields from the identity repository. The method may additionally include using the information associated with the plurality of fields to populate the plurality of fields of the electronic form.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Applicant: OneID Inc.
    Inventor: OneID Inc.
  • Patent number: 8498858
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the translation of a portion of text to be communicated in a text-based communication in a communications network. A communications device for composing the text-based communication queries a translation service with a portion of text in a first language to obtain a replacement for the portion in a second language. A user may trigger a replacement query by composing the portion using at least one trigger symbol monitored by the communications device. Replacement may be confirmed with the user and at least one alternative replacement sought in response to the confirmation. The communications network may comprise a wireless network and the communications device a wireless mobile communications device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2013
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventor: Thanh Vinh Vuong
  • Publication number: 20130191714
    Abstract: Animation and visuals are displayed when automatically filling/changing values within a document. A scan animation may be displayed to assist a user in understanding that an action is about to occur using their recent edit(s). A fill animation may be displayed while the suggested values are automatically filled within the document. For example, the suggested values may be displayed according to an uncommitted state (e.g. light grey text) as compared to a committed state (e.g. black text) of related values. The suggested values may be accepted/rejected while they are displayed according to the uncommitted state. When the suggested values are rejected, the suggested values are removed from the display. When the suggested values are accepted, the suggested values are transitioned to the committed state. When a user performs an edit on one or more of the suggested values, a change animation may be displayed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: MICROSOFT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chad Rothschiller, Eric Cohen, Karen Cheng, Josh Leong, Christopher Benedict, Keri Talbot, Igor Borisov Peev, Andrew Becker
  • Patent number: 8495487
    Abstract: An integrated web-based dealership management system providing accounting ,financial reporting, parts and service sales tracking, vehicle and parts inventory, vehicle sales tracking, and customer management software developed on a relational database on a web server and with web application tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2013
    Inventors: Sandra Lee Jerome, Keith Jerome
  • Patent number: 8490010
    Abstract: A subset of a plurality of input elements associated with a form to be rendered in a graphical user interface may be identified. Thereafter, the rendering of the form may be initiated such that the graphical user interface renders a form to include the subset of the plurality of input elements and to exclude input elements that are not within the subset. Related techniques, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: SAP AG
    Inventor: Frank Stienhans
  • Patent number: 8473857
    Abstract: A computer navigation system and method has one or more interactive links displayed on a display connected to a computer appliance, and one or more visual linktags associated with individual ones of the one or more interactive links, the linktags displaying one or more numbers, characters or symbols, the system enabled to initiate an interactive link in the display upon user input of one of the numbers, characters or symbols in a linktag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2013
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventor: Fritz Schneider
  • Publication number: 20130145246
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing content (e.g., such as web content) to a computing device are disclosed. An example method for providing web content includes receiving, from a first computing device, a request for the web content and determining a device type of the first computing device. The example method further includes retrieving the web content and modifying the web content based on the device type. The example method still further includes providing the modified web content to the first computing device for display on the first computing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: SALMON ALAGNAK LLC
    Inventor: Salmon Alagnak LLC
  • Publication number: 20130139045
    Abstract: Provided is an information browsing apparatus provided with a display section on which display surface a touch panel to detect contact of an object is disposed. The information browsing apparatus is capable of displaying a document in a first display form where the entire display section is configured with a single region, and in a second display form where the display section is divided into a plurality of regions and provided with a data processing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Inventors: Masayuki Inoue, Tetsuhiro Shibata, Keiichiro Hyodo
  • Publication number: 20130139044
    Abstract: A system and machine-implemented method for populating an electronic form is provided. A command for pasting a string of unstructured data into one of several fields of a structured address form is detected. The string of unstructured data is geocoded to obtain a geolocation. The geolocation is reverse-geocoded to obtain structured address data. Each of the several fields of the structured address form is populated with a corresponding field from the structured address data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2011
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventor: Grim Hegland IVERSEN
  • Patent number: 8453047
    Abstract: Systems and methods for automatically submitting data entered into a web page in the event the user shifts focus away from the form may include displaying a web page to a user, the web page containing a form; receiving, from the user, at least some input corresponding to the form; detecting that the form has lost user focus; and submitting, in response to the detection, the form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: AppFolio, Inc.
    Inventors: Eirik Holm, Comron Sattari, Tushar Ranka, Jonathan Walker
  • Patent number: 8452594
    Abstract: A method and a system for processing dictated information into a dynamic form are disclosed. The method comprises presenting an image (3) belonging to an image category to a user, dictating a first section of speech associated with the image category, retrieving an electronic document having a previously defined document structure (4) associated with the first section of speech, thus associating the document structure (4) with the image (3), wherein the document structure comprises at least one text field, presenting at least a part of the electronic document having the document structure (4) on a presenting unit (5), dictating a second section of speech and processing the second section of speech in a speech recognition engine (6) into dictated text and associating the dictated text with the text field.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Nuance Communications Austria GmbH
    Inventor: Mehmet Mert Oz
  • Publication number: 20130132813
    Abstract: A mobile device displays a document. Further, the mobile device receives an input in a form-field of the document. In addition, the mobile device determines a quantity of boxes that fit into the form-field. Each of the quantity of boxes has a predetermined maximum size. A plurality of mobile platform dependent text boxes is generated based on the quantity of boxes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: May 23, 2013
    Applicant: ADOBE SYSTEMS INCORPORATED
    Inventor: ANAND TARALIKA
  • Patent number: 8448061
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to computing devices and systems, software, computer programs, applications, and user interfaces, and more particularly, to implementing content input fields in forms to create electronic documents, among other things.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated
    Inventor: Carol Linburn