Automated E-commerce Checkout Form Filling via Server-Side Cognitive Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current e-commerce checkout processes are time-consuming, error-prone, and insecure due to the reliance on browser autofill features, which can expose users' digital objects and lead to website crashes from excessive network traffic.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that includes a user interface and application programming interface for communicating with e-commerce websites, a processing subsystem on a server to collect and manage form data, detect changes, and fill forms using fuzzy logic cognitive mapping, while also handling network traffic through a checkout processing module.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of time
If browser autofill feature is used to save time in filling online forms, then form filling speed is improved, but security of user digital objects is compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the form filling functionality from the browser environment to a server-based system. The server collects form data, detects changes in form structures, and manages digital objects separately from the user's local browser, eliminating the security vulnerability of browser-based autofill while maintaining time-saving benefits through automated server-side form completion.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a server as an intermediary between the user and e-commerce websites. The server acts as a mediator that collects form data, manages digital objects securely, detects form structure changes, and automatically fills forms on behalf of users, providing both time-saving automation and enhanced security through centralized management.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If personal information space is used to store digital objects securely, then security is improved, but user must pre-fill all digital objects which increases complexity
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements self-service through automated form detection and data population. The server automatically detects form structures, identifies required fields, and populates them with appropriate data from stored digital objects without requiring user configuration or manual pre-filling, eliminating complexity while maintaining security.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting and organizing user data in structured formats on the server, and by pre-detecting form structures in advance. This preparation work is done automatically without user intervention, so when forms need to be filled, the data is already ready and organized, eliminating the need for users to pre-fill information manually.
3Extent of automation
If checkout processing is handled by network servers, then centralized control is improved, but network traffic may exceed server capacity causing website crashes
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the checkout processing into distinct phases: form data collection and preparation on the server, form structure change detection, and actual form submission. This segmentation allows the server to manage automated processes efficiently while distributing the load, preventing overload during high-traffic periods and maintaining website stability.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for populating web-based form and managing e-commerce checkout process is disclosed. Combined with the data mapping to user profile, the checkout workflow should be able to make all of the necessary calls on behalf of the user to perform checkout completely. The system performs user authentication to ensure that the user profile is accessed only by the authorized user. During run-time, the program adds the product to cart, and load the checkout pages on behalf of the user, remembers the states such as the cookies and CSRF tokens and performs the form filling using their user profile data. The system makes one or more server calls to the e-commerce website from at least one of the servers or a browser in one click based on filled we-based form to complete a checkout process.