Web Form Error Handling via Segmented Resubmission Window
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing web form systems inefficiently handle erroneous data entries by requiring users to search and correct multiple fields within a long form, leading to reduced data processing efficiency and user frustration.
Innovation Solution
A system that restructures and displays only the data fields with erroneous inputs in a separate resubmission window, providing context and correct input formats, and prevents users from returning to the original form for correction, using a floating div, popup window, or separate tab.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If the system returns to the original long web form to request correction of erroneous data fields, then the user can access all data fields for correction, but the user experiences reduced efficiency and frustration due to having to search through numerous fields to locate and correct only the erroneous ones
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the original long web form by extracting only the erroneous data fields and presenting them separately in a resubmission window. This segmentation allows users to focus exclusively on correcting errors without navigating through irrelevant fields, directly resolving the contradiction between ease of correction and time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent extracts the erroneous data fields from the context of the original long web form and isolates them in a dedicated resubmission window. This extraction eliminates the need for users to search through the entire form, improving both the ease of operation and reducing time loss by presenting only the problematic fields that require attention.
2Productivity
If the system provides a resubmission window with only erroneous fields, then the user efficiency improves by eliminating navigation through the entire form, but the system complexity increases due to additional window management and data restructuring logic
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal resubmission window mechanism that can handle multiple erroneous fields from any web form regardless of their original positions or types. This multi-functional approach consolidates the error handling logic into a single reusable component, which manages the complexity internally while presenting a simplified interface to users, thereby improving productivity without proportionally increasing observable system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The resubmission window acts as an intermediary between the original web form and the user. It receives erroneous field data from the form processing system, restructures it for optimal presentation, and manages the correction process. This intermediary layer absorbs the system complexity of data restructuring and window management, shielding the user from complexity while maintaining high productivity.
3Reliability
If the system allows users to return to the original form for correction, then users have full access to all fields including context information, but users may accidentally modify correct fields and the overall data re-entry time increases
Solution Approach 1:
By segmenting the correction task to focus only on erroneous fields in a dedicated resubmission window, the patent prevents users from accidentally modifying correct fields while maintaining accuracy. The segmentation isolates the correction activity to specific fields, ensuring reliability by eliminating unintended changes and reducing total re-entry time by eliminating navigation and searching.
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AI summary
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system for re-entering erroneously entered data fields in a web form. During operation, the system identifies one or more data fields with erroneous inputs in a first web form. Upon submission of the first web form, the system restructures the identified data fields based on association information of a respective identified data field and displays the restructured data fields in a resubmission window distinct from the first web form.