Form template matching to populate forms displayed by client devices

A method for operating a server comprising:

• receiving from a client device a screenshot of an application page from an application, with the application page including a form requiring data to be filled in by a user of the client device;
• extracting a form template from the screenshot, with the extracted form template not including form field values;
• comparing the extracted form template to a private form template database for a match, the private form template database comprising a plurality of private form templates from a plurality of different applications, with each private form template having form field values previously filled in for the user;
• and
• providing form field values from a matched private form template to the client device in order for the client device to populate the form in the screenshot.

A method for operating a client computing device comprising:

• displaying an application page from an application, with the application page including a form requiring data to be filled in by the user;
• generating a screenshot of the application page prior to the form being filled in with the data;
• transmitting the screenshot of the application page to a server that includes a private form template database comprising a plurality of private form templates from a plurality of different applications, with each private form template having different user data associated therewith previously filled in for a user;
• receiving, from the server, a matched private form template based on the server comparing a form template extracted from the screenshot to the private form template database for a match;
• and
• obtaining form field values from the matched private form template;
• and
• populating the displayed form with the form field values from the matched private form template.