Highlighting User-Filled Data in Electronic Forms
Find Innovative SolutionsGenerate Solutions
Solution Overview
Problem
Electronic forms present challenges in distinguishing user-filled data from form text, leading to potential missed information, especially in critical settings like hospitals where accurate data reading is crucial for patient safety.
Innovation Solution
A method and software that process user-filled forms by parsing electronic representations to identify filled and unfilled input fields, associating descriptive text, and generating a graphical representation where user-filled data is highlighted relative to unfilled sections, improving visibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If electronic forms present all form text and options to users, then complete information is provided to readers, but user-filled data becomes difficult to distinguish from form text
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by making only the portions of the form containing user-filled data visually distinct through highlighting, while leaving other portions in their original appearance. This selective differentiation maintains complete information presentation while drawing attention specifically to filled data points, resolving the contradiction between information completeness and data visibility.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent utilizes color changes by applying highlight colors to text elements associated with filled input fields. This visual differentiation through color allows readers to quickly identify user-filled data among all form content, solving the problem of distinguishing filled data from form text while preserving the complete form structure.
2Loss of information
If electronic forms include both selected and unselected options, then context is provided for readers, but selected options may be missed among unselected options
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by selectively highlighting only those text elements associated with filled input fields, while leaving text elements associated with unfilled fields unhighlighted. This creates a visual hierarchy that maintains contextual information from all fields while reliably distinguishing which options were actually selected by the user.
3Area of stationary object
If electronic forms present dense information to reduce page count, then space is efficient, but readers must scan extensively to locate user-filled data
Solution Approach 1:
The patent utilizes color changes by applying visual highlights to text elements corresponding to filled input fields. This allows readers to rapidly scan through dense form content and immediately locate user-filled data without extensive searching, reducing the time required to extract relevant information while maintaining space-efficient form presentation.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods, software, and devices for processing a user-filled form are disclosed. A parsable electronic representation of the user-filled form is received. Based on parsing this electronic representation, at least one of a first or a second subset of input elements is identified. The first subset of input elements represents input fields that have received user-filled data while the second subset of input elements represents input fields that have not received user-filled data. Those text elements representing text providing descriptive context to input fields represented by the identified subset of input elements are associated with the identified subset of input elements. A graphical representation of the user-filled form is generated. In this graphical representation, text represented by text elements associated the first subset of input elements are highlighted relative to text represented by text elements associated with the second subset of input elements.