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US 2013/0173739 A1Published application
Reverse Mapping Method and Apparatus for Form Filing
AssigneeFacebook, Inc.
InventorsOgnian Z. Topalov, Eric Hohenstein
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Abstract
In the presently preferred embodiment of the invention, every time a user submits a form the client software tries to match the submitted information with the stored profile of that user. If a match is discovered, the program tags the field of the recognized data with a corresponding type. The resulting profile can be used after that to help all subsequent users to fill the same form.
Claims3
A caching method for a form fill application, comprising the steps of:
- a client maintaining a cache of form fill mapping data that it receives from a site profile server;
- said client maintaining an index of all domains for which said site profile server has form fill mapping data, wherein said index is identified by a version number and contains a record for each domain supported;
- said client periodically polling said site profile server to identify differences between an index version at said client and a most recent index;
- said client using said differences to update said client's local index;
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- removing form fill mapping data for a domain stored in said cache, if it was present, when said differences indicate that a mapping for said domain has changed.
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A caching apparatus for a form fill application, comprising:
- a client-based cache of form fill mapping data that said client receives from a site profile server;
- an index maintained at said client of all domains for which said site profile server has form fill mapping data, wherein said index is identified by a version number and contains a record for each domain supported;
- a mechanism at said client for periodically polling said site profile server to identify differences between an index version at said client and a most recent index;
- a module at said client for using said differences to update said client's local index;
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- a module for removing form fill mapping data for a domain stored in said cache, if it was present, when said differences indicate that a mapping for said domain has changed.
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