Embedded Web Form for Software Installation Data Collection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing software installation processes do not allow users to input data during the installation process, making software registration a time-consuming task.
Innovation Solution
A method where a web form is embedded into the installation web screen, allowing users to input data such as user identification, customer information, and software registration data during the software installation process, with the data being stored in the user's profile or other data files after installation is complete.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If traditional software installation process is used, then installation is simple and fast, but user data input and software registration cannot be performed during installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines the data collection form with the installation interface by embedding a web form into the installation screen. This allows users to input data (username, password, registration information) while the installation process is running, merging two previously separate operations into one unified interface without requiring separate registration steps after installation.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses a web form as an intermediary component that bridges the installation process and data collection requirements. The web form acts as a mediator between the installation program and the user, enabling data input during installation without complicating the core installation functionality. The form is embedded within the installation interface, allowing seamless data capture without requiring a separate registration system.
2Productivity
If software registration is performed after installation, then installation remains simple, but registration becomes time-consuming and separate from installation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs data collection and registration actions during the installation process itself, rather than requiring users to complete registration after installation. The web form captures user identification data, customer information, and software registration data while the installation is running, completing the registration action preliminarily before installation finishes. This eliminates the need for a separate post-installation registration step.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent maintains continuous useful action by keeping the data collection form active throughout the installation process. Instead of stopping the installation process to complete registration, the system continuously collects data in the background during installation, ensuring that both installation and registration actions occur without interruption or separate time investment.
3Adaptability or versatility
If data collection form is embedded in installation screen, then data input during installation is enabled, but installation interface complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the installation interface universal by embedding a web form that serves multiple functions: data collection, user authentication, and software registration. Instead of creating separate interfaces for each function, the embedded web form handles all data collection needs within the existing installation screen, allowing the same interface to perform installation guidance and data capture simultaneously.
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AI summary
Methods, systems, and computer program products for data collection and/or software registration during software installation. One or more embodiments involve a computer presenting a screen or interface comprising a screen to a user through a display, during a software installation process of a software program, a web form embedded into a web screen. The web screen may be installation web screen for the software installation process. In at least one embodiment, the web form allows the user to input data. One or more embodiments further involve the computer providing the data inputted by the user to the software program after the installation process is complete. In one or more embodiments, the data is user identification data, customer information data, software registration data, software configuration data, and/or answers by the user to at least one survey.