ID Provider Pre-populating Web Forms to Reduce Entry Time
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Solution Overview
Problem
The existing method of manually typing user information on web sites is time-consuming, prone to errors, and annoying, detracting from the efficiency and convenience of registration, logging on, and ordering processes.
Innovation Solution
A system and method where an ID provider pre-populates user information from an information provider to a web site, facilitating access and reducing the need for manual input, using a network to transfer the necessary data such as email addresses, mailing addresses, and names.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If user information is manually typed into web site forms, then the information can be provided accurately, but the process becomes time-consuming and error-prone
Solution Approach 1:
The ID provider pre-collects and stores user information (email, mailing address, shipping address, name) before the user visits the merchant web site. When the user registers, this information is automatically retrieved and populated into the web site forms, eliminating the need for manual re-entry and significantly reducing registration time while maintaining accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
An ID provider system acts as an intermediary between the user and the merchant web site. The ID provider receives requests from the web site for user information, retrieves the pre-collected data, and automatically populates the forms. This intermediary mechanism streamlines the registration process by handling information retrieval and form population automatically.
2Reliability
If user information is manually typed, then the user can control the accuracy of input, but typing errors occur and require correction
Solution Approach 1:
User information is collected and validated in advance by the ID provider system before being needed at the merchant web site. This preliminary collection allows for initial verification and storage of accurate data, which is then automatically retrieved during registration, eliminating typing errors and the time required for error correction.
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates and stores accurate copies of user information (email, mailing address, shipping address, name) in the ID provider's database. During registration, these pre-validated copies are automatically copied into the web site forms, ensuring accuracy without requiring the user to re-type the information.
3Productivity
If complete user information is collected during registration, then the ordering process is facilitated, but the registration form becomes complex and time-consuming to fill out
Solution Approach 1:
The ID provider serves as an intermediary that handles the complexity of collecting and managing multiple user information fields (email, mailing address, shipping address, name). The merchant web site's registration form is simplified because the ID provider automatically retrieves and populates all required fields, reducing the perceived complexity for the user while maintaining complete data collection.
Solution Approach 2:
All user information fields are pre-collected and stored by the ID provider before the registration process at the merchant web site. This preliminary action means that during registration, the system only needs to retrieve and populate existing data rather than collecting new information for each field, simplifying the registration form while maintaining productivity.
Data Source
AI summary
Methods and systems are provided for populating user related information, such as in forms at web sites. For example, a method can include providing a web site with information about a user during the front end of accessing the web site by the user. The information can be used to facilitate use of the web site by the user. A system for facilitating access of a web site by a user can comprise an ID provider that is configured to receive a request from a web site for information regarding a user, request information regarding the user from an information provider, and forward the information to the web site. By providing such information to the web site, log on, sign in, and/or registration with a web site can be done quickly, conveniently, and in a manner that is substantially less prone to errors.