US 2015/0089345 A1 · CUSTOM VALIDATION OF VALUES FOR FIELDS OF SUBMITTED FORMS

Abstract

A server system provided according to an aspect of the present disclosure receives validation rules for fields of a form, and stores the validation rules as metadata in a memory. When values are later received based on the form, the values are validated using the rules in the metadata. Any errors detected are notified to a user system from which the values are received. The values are forwarded to a corresponding application if no errors are detected. According to another aspect, a developer of the application provides an initial set of validation rules prior to the application being deployed at a customer site. The customer then specifies additional rules. The metadata stores both the initial rules and the additional rules. A user interface module validates each received value against any applicable rules present in the metadata.

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Dependent claims

A method of providing values to applications, said method comprising:

receiving validation rules for a set of fields of a form, a first set of validation rules of said validation rules being received for a first field of said set of fields;
storing said validation rules as metadata in a memory;
sending to a user, said form associated with an application;
receiving a value submitted by said user for said first field;
validating said submitted value using said first set of rules in said metadata;
if errors are found by said validating, notifying said user of said errors, or else forwarding said value to said application for processing.

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A non-transitory machine readable medium storing one or more sequences of instructions for enabling a system to provide values to application, wherein execution of said one or more instructions by one or more processors contained in said system enables said system to perform the actions of:

receiving validation rules for a set of fields of a form, a first set of validation rules of said validation rules being received for a first field of said set of fields;
storing said validation rules as metadata in a memory;
sending to a user, said form associated with an application;
receiving a value submitted by said user for said first field;
validating said submitted value using said first set of rules in said metadata;
if errors are found by said validating, notifying said user of said errors, or else forwarding said value to said application for processing.

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A digital processing system comprising:

a memory to store instructions;
a processor to retrieve said instructions and execute the retrieved instructions, wherein execution of the retrieved instructions causes said digital processing system to perform the actions of:
receiving validation rules for a set of fields of a form, a first set of validation rules of said validation rules being received for a first field of said set of fields;
storing said validation rules as metadata in a memory;
sending to a user, said form associated with an application;
receiving a value submitted by said user for said first field;
validating said submitted value using said first set of rules in said metadata;
if errors are found by said validating, notifying said user of said errors, or else forwarding said value to said application for processing.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Custom validation of values for fields of submitted forms

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Abstract

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