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Method to automatically fill entry items of documents, recording medium and system thereof

US6421693B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 15, 1998
Grant dateJul 16, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 15, 2018

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F40/174
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An item data entry method by detecting a constituent element which represents an entry item from among received Internet documents, based on the document structure data of a document such as an HTML document containing the entry item key, comparing the entry item key of the detected entry item with the entry item key registered in a database, thereby automatically entering in the entry item the user's name, address, phone number, and the like corresponding to the entry item key registered in the database which has been matched as a result of comparison.

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