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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 01, 1999
Erik J. Snapper, Kirkland, WA (US);
Julian P. Jiggins, Seattle, WA (US);
Bharat Shyam, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hadi Partovi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric R. Berman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven J. Freedman, Seattle, WA (US);
James E. Allard, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank Z. Chang, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen P. Proteau, Bothell, WA (US);
Clint C. Jorgenson, Carnation, WA (US);
Erik J. Snapper, Kirkland, WA (US);
Julian P. Jiggins, Seattle, WA (US);
Bharat Shyam, Mercer Island, WA (US);
Hadi Partovi, San Francisco, CA (US);
Eric R. Berman, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steven J. Freedman, Seattle, WA (US);
James E. Allard, Seattle, WA (US);
Frank Z. Chang, Redmond, WA (US);
Stephen P. Proteau, Bothell, WA (US);
Clint C. Jorgenson, Carnation, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A system and method is provided for learning data values over time as they are entered by a user on a form such as a web page form. An Internet web browser can be modified to suggest previously used data values for any form field that is the same as or similar to a previously used form field. Application programs that use the web browser can gain access to previously used form field values even if they have no knowledge of the field names. Software in a web browser associates field names across different Universal Resource Locators (URLs), so that when a user enters a value into a field (e.g., username) at a first web site, that same value can be automatically suggested when the user displays a different form on a different web site that uses the same field name.