| 7043700 |
Mobile client computer programmed to predict input |
| May-9-2006 |
A computer system preferably a mobile client computer, optimizes data handling and display through the use of predictive widgets. A predictive widget uses a predictive list of possible entries into a defined... |
| 7035784 |
Data-driven method simulator and simulation process |
| Apr-25-2006 |
A simulator and/or simulation process operates by receiving a message from a system; comparing the received message to information stored in a response file used to simulate system response; and simulating... |
| 7028288 |
Input field constraint mechanism |
| Apr-11-2006 |
A method of automating enforcement of a data validation rule associated with an input field by a Model View Controller software application includes applying an input constraint embodying the data validation... |
| 7024620 |
Point-of-need document production system and method |
| Apr-4-2006 |
A method of producing a document for a customer at a point-of-need includes selecting an intelligent template for the document from the point-of-need, merging data of the customer with the intelligent... |
| 7020670 |
Document constraint descriptors obtained from user signals indicating attribute-value relations |
| Mar-28-2006 |
Document constraint descriptors are obtained from user signals. User signals are received indicating a set of attribute-value relations that can apply to documents. The user signals are used to obtain... |
| 7007233 |
Device and method for entering a character string |
| Feb-28-2006 |
The invention presents a device and a method for entering a character string in which a dictionary is changed dynamically in accordance with the input situation of the user, and in which character strings... |
| 6981001 |
Method and systems for default mapping mechanization |
| Dec-27-2005 |
Methods and systems are provided for acquiring and assembling customer facility location data from multiple sources. The customer facility location data is subsequently used for the automated dispatching... |
| 6964010 |
Formatted-item list control |
| Nov-8-2005 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture, and a memory structure for displaying diagnostic messages is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of accepting user input into the computer, generating... |
| 6961899 |
Automatic transaction device |
| Nov-1-2005 |
The automatic transaction device includes a storage section for storing form format-data of a plurality of different forms, a display/input section for displaying the plurality of different forms, a selection... |
| 6959414 |
Form editing method and apparatus, and storage medium storing computer-readable program |
| Oct-25-2005 |
Composite form data is constructed by one or a plurality of component form data. The attribute, print position, and the like of each field data defined in separately prepared field data are described in... |
| 6952281 |
Apparatus and method for dynamically creating fax cover sheets containing dynamic and static content zones |
| Oct-4-2005 |
The present invention allows users to index and label documents prior to scanning/imaging and then use dynamically generated fax cover sheets and a fax machine to create digital images of the paper-based... |
| 6950981 |
Method and system for providing task information in a place |
| Sep-27-2005 |
Collaboration space object model provides for a place consisting of rooms created by users interacting with a client browser. A skin (i.e., theme) may be used as template for creating places. PlaceBots... |
| 6950980 |
System, method, and program product for saving a submitted form of a web page |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A system, method, and program product enables saving a submitted form of a web page. A browser application receives from a user data for a form in a web page. Upon the submission of the form with the data... |
| 6950857 |
Secure server-based indentification for simplified online transaction processing with palmtop computer |
| Sep-27-2005 |
A secure simplified transaction processing method and apparatus for a palmtop computer. Sensitive personal information is stored in a secure personal information database. A site map database contains... |
| 6934913 |
Graphical data entry screen |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A graphical user interface and method for data entry of a plurality of fields of information in a computer system, such as a web browser interface, using small scrolling and paging of tabular data and... |
| 6934905 |
Automated document drafting system |
| Aug-23-2005 |
A system for automated drafting of a customized document, the system interfacing with a word processing application having a plurality of word processing functionalities and with a database having a plurality... |
| 6922807 |
Object editing apparatus and method, and recording medium storing computer-readable program |
| Jul-26-2005 |
A form for being overlaid with print data is edited through a simple method. Specifically, a tree is displayed on a screen for editing a composite form. When an icon included in the tree is moved, editing... |
| 6910179 |
Method and apparatus for automatic form filling |
| Jun-21-2005 |
A method and apparatus allowing for entry of form data in a browser. In the described embodiment, a browser automation program executes on the user's computer and communicates with a browser program in... |
| 6901435 |
GUI interpretation technology for client/server environment |
| May-31-2005 |
A method that involves receiving a message from a remote device, the message comprising either a definition, a state change, a command or some combination thereof; processing the definition (if any) before... |
| 6898760 |
Reporting status of external references in a spreadsheet without updating |
| May-24-2005 |
The invention, in one embodiment, is a method and system for reporting the status of external references, or links, of a spreadsheet workbook. In an Edit Links dialog box, the user may view a list of links... |
| 6882981 |
Method and system for integrating transaction mechanisms over multiple internet sites |
| Apr-19-2005 |
A method for effecting transactions across multiple vendors in an integrated environment, wherein the user may purchase each of a plurality of items the user finds independent of the vendors. The user's... |
| 6874120 |
Method, system, and product for efficient retrieval of information related to data input into a data entry form from the data entry form |
| Mar-29-2005 |
A method, system, and product are described for efficiently retrieving information related to data items input into a data entry form displayed on a client computer system. The client computer system is... |
| 6865714 |
Automatic generation of card-based presentation documents from multimedia data |
| Mar-8-2005 |
An automatic card-based presentation generation system programmatically creates card-based presentation documents from source documents by transforming a card layout style specification into presentation... |
| 6859908 |
Automated text entry for processor-based system |
| Feb-22-2005 |
Predefined text may be repetitively entered into graphical user interfaces in response to mouse commands. This enables systems with reduced keyboard functions to more easily insert the text data. In addition,... |
| 6854085 |
System and method for automatically pre-setting form field values |
| Feb-8-2005 |
A system and method for filling in a field of a form includes a network access facility and a mapping facility. Specifically, the network access facility accesses a network in order to receive the form,... |
| 6850941 |
Method and system for native-byte form handling |
| Feb-1-2005 |
A method and system are provided for native-byte form handling, one embodiment comprising a method for encoding user-submitted native-byte form data in a client-server computer network. A user, at a client... |
| 6823491 |
System and method for a dynamically integrated search engine |
| Nov-23-2004 |
A system and method for dynamically integrating a site specific search engine. In one embodiment, a hidden HTML tag is used on web pages to identify the site specific search engine for the web site. When... |
| 6792574 |
Computer-based patient recording system |
| Sep-14-2004 |
The computer-based patient recording system according to the present invention has the following component: An inputting means for inputting a text and break points thereof, a saving means for saving the... |
| 6754874 |
Computer-aided system and method for evaluating employees |
| Jun-22-2004 |
A computer-aided method of evaluating personnel performance. The method includes the steps of making available to a user an electronic evaluation form, inputting a first set of data into the electronic... |
| 6748123 |
Displaying multi-line fields for key-in |
| Jun-8-2004 |
A method for displaying data includes receiving an input image of alphanumeric characters appearing on first and second lines. The characters are concatenated into a single line so as to generate an output... |
| 6725229 |
Configuration utility |
| Apr-20-2004 |
As part of electronically handling a large amount of data (e.g., error messages) generated within, for example, a telephone service provider's billing network, a configuration utility software allows a... |
| 6725220 |
System and method for integrating paper-based business documents with computer-readable data entered via a computer network |
| Apr-20-2004 |
In an Internet-based process, a method of integrating paper-based business documents requiring an original signature with electronic data about those documents, and for later retrieving the data entered... |
| 6720985 |
Method and system for object selection |
| Apr-13-2004 |
The present invention provides a method for enabling association of objects in a computer system, the method including the steps of: providing a user with at least one first form printable on a first surface... |
| 6701486 |
Method, apparatus, and computer program product for automatic page suppression in forms |
| Mar-2-2004 |
Disclosed are methods for reducing the number of "pages", e.g. HTML, JavaScript/ECMA Script, or XML documents or the like, in forms-based transaction applications. One disclosed method involves using dynamic... |
| 6697839 |
End-to-end mobile commerce modules |
| Feb-24-2004 |
The present invention provides the capability by which mobile applications can provide improved usability in the areas of information input to the mobile application, such as to online forms, storage and... |
| 6662340 |
Client-side form filler that populates form fields based on analyzing visible field labels and visible display format hints without previous examination or mapping of the form |
| Dec-9-2003 |
Client side program code examines electronic documents such as web pages and automatically fills out fields of forms contained in the document with the appropriate data from a user profile, without requiring... |
| 6658622 |
Self-diagnosing and self-correcting data entry components with dependency behavior |
| Dec-2-2003 |
A method, apparatus, and article of manufacture, and a memory structure for accepting data input into a computer is disclosed. The method presents an independent component and a dependent component to... |
| 6654932 |
Validating data within container objects handled by view controllers |
| Nov-25-2003 |
A method and apparatus in a data processing system for performing validation of user input. User input is received in a container displayed in a graphical user interface, wherein presentation of the container... |
| 6654767 |
Methods and systems for managing invention disclosures |
| Nov-25-2003 |
Methods and systems for management of invention disclosures, in one exemplary embodiment, utilizes a system including a server and at least one device connected to the server via a network. The system... |
| 6651217 |
System and method for populating forms with previously used data values |
| Nov-18-2003 |
A system and method is provided for populating a plurality of fields appearing on a form such as an HTML-based form rendered on a browser. When a user first populates a form and submits it for processing,... |
| 6643624 |
Method and system for integrating transaction mechanisms over multiple internet sites |
| Nov-4-2003 |
A method for effecting transactions across multiple vendors in an integrated environment, wherein the user may purchase each of a plurality of items the user finds independent of the vendors. The user's... |
| 6640009 |
Identification, separation and compression of multiple forms with mutants |
| Oct-28-2003 |
A method for processing images includes receiving a group of the images having similar characteristics, the group comprising multiple classes, such that each image belongs to one of the classes and comprises... |
| 6632250 |
Method and system for creating a card |
| Oct-14-2003 |
A card creation method and system includes defining a data entry screen including a plurality of screen fields and creating at least one card layout, including defining specific positions for a plurality... |
| 6603489 |
Electronic calendaring system that automatically predicts calendar entries based upon previous activities |
| Aug-5-2003 |
An electronic calendaring system that automatically predicts calendar entries based upon previous activities. The system presents a user with an intelligent sequence of forms which query the user about... |
| 6600501 |
Method and system for generating a dynamic timeline |
| Jul-29-2003 |
A Dynamic Timeline for a computer-based information source, such as an electronic encyclopedia. The Dynamic Timeline can display Links, typically a reference to a time period, topic, or event. When the... |
| 6594405 |
Method and apparatus for preprinted forms completion |
| Jul-15-2003 |
A method and apparatus that provides for the straightforward completion of preprinted forms with a word processor, or with another computer program suitable for generating text, is disclosed. The method... |
| 6589290 |
Method and apparatus for populating a form with data |
| Jul-8-2003 |
A method and apparatus for populating a form with data is described. In one embodiment of the invention, a form is displayed to the user via the target application. Each form has one or more data receptacles.... |
| 6585778 |
Enforcing data policy using style sheet processing |
| Jul-1-2003 |
Enforcing data policy using style sheet processing. A Document Type Definition (DTD) associated with an Extensible Markup Language document is modified to specify a reference to stored data policy to be... |
| 6553380 |
Encapsulating form and function in user data in a relational database in order to eliminate database schema changes |
| Apr-22-2003 |
A method for encapsulating the form and function of user data in a relational database that eliminates database schema changes whenever the presentation of the user data changes is described. The method... |
| 6549906 |
System and method for electronic data retrieval and processing |
| Apr-15-2003 |
A system and method for electronic data retrieval and processing is provided. The system includes a computer for retrieving customer-formatted data and converting the customer-formatted data into expanded... |