Automatic Defaults Proxy for Web-Delivered Services
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorOri Pomerantz
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Abstract
A method, system and computer program product are presented for intercepting data entry by a proxy server to automatically define data entry fields in a webpage. The proxy server counts a number of instances in which a particular type of data is entered into each field in the webpage. If the number of instances exceeds a predetermined number for a specific field, then subsequent users are prompted to enter data of that particular type in that specific field.
Claims15
A computer-implemented method of automatically defining a data entry classification of a data entry field on a webpage, the computer-implemented method comprising:
- coupling a user's computer to a service provider's computer via a proxy server, wherein the service provider's computer transmits, to a user, a webpage that has at least one data entry field;
- intercepting, at the proxy server, a data entry for the data entry field, wherein the data entry was entered by a first user;
- determining, at the proxy server, a data entry classification of the data entry for the data entry field;
- counting, at the proxy server, a total count of instances of the data entry classification for the data entry field;
- and
- in response to the total count of instances exceeding a predetermined number, prompting a second user of the webpage to populate the data entry field with a type of data that comports with the data entry classification.
A system comprising:
- a processor;
- a data bus coupled to the processor;
- a memory coupled to the data bus;
- and
- a computer-usable medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising instructions executable by the processor and configured for automatically defining a data entry classification of a data entry field on a webpage by performing the steps of:
- coupling a user's computer to a service provider's computer via a proxy server, wherein the service provider's computer transmits, to a user, a webpage that has at least one data entry field;
- intercepting, at the proxy server, a data entry for the data entry field, wherein the data entry was entered by a first user;
- determining, at the proxy server, a data entry classification of the data entry for the data entry field;
- counting, at the proxy server, a total count of instances of the data entry classification for the data entry field;
- and
- in response to the total count of instances exceeding a predetermined number, prompting a second user of the webpage to populate the data entry field with a type of data that comports with the data entry classification.
A computer program product for automatically defining a data entry classification of a data entry field on a webpage, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising:
- computer usable program code configured to couple a user's computer to a service provider's computer via a proxy server, wherein the service provider's computer transmits, to a user, a webpage that has at least one data entry field;
- computer usable program code configured to intercept, at the proxy server, a data entry for the data entry field, wherein the data entry was entered by a first user;
- computer usable program code configured to determine, at the proxy server, a data entry classification of the data entry for the data entry field;
- computer usable program code configured to count, at the proxy server, a total count of instances of the data entry classification for the data entry field;
- and
- computer usable program code configured to, in response to the total count of instances exceeding a predetermined number, prompt a second user of the webpage to populate the data entry field with a type of data that comports with the data entry classification.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.