Entry of values into multiple fields of a form using touch screens

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.

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.