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Data entry screen
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1984-10-18
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Granted: 1987-02-24
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Expires: 2004-10-18
Abstract
Abstract A data entry screen for an interactive data entry system provides a means for identifying to a user those fields where data may be entered and those fields in which data must be entered. Initially, the formatted data entry screen is displayed to the user with mandatory data entry fields highlighted and optional data entry fields without highlighting. As data is correctly entered into either a mandatory or optional data entry field, the data is processed and redisplayed without highlighting. The interactive data entry system checks the correctness of data entered by the user in the mandatory and some of the optional data entry fields, and if an error is detected, the incorrectly entered data is redisplayed with highlighting whether the data was entered in a mandatory or an optional data entry field.
Inventors
- 👤 John F. Childress
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-26 01:35
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/01; G06F3/048; G06F3/0487; G06F3/0489; G06F40/00; G06F40/10; G06F40/166; G06F40/174
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
113 words
In an interactive data entry system wherein a user is presented with a data entry screen which includes a display of manadatory and optional data entry fields, the method for identifying to the user only those fields in which data must be entered, said method comprising the steps of initially displaying the formatted data entry screen to the user with only said mandatory data entry fields highlighted, checking the correctness of data entered by the user in both said mandatory and optional data entry fields, and if an error is detected in the data entered in either said mandatory or optional data entry fields, processing and redisplaying the incorrectly entered data with highlighting.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
113 words
In an interactive data entry system wherein a user is presented with a data entry screen which includes a display of manadatory and optional data entry fields, the method for identifying to the user only those fields in which data must be entered, said method comprising the steps of initially displaying the formatted data entry screen to the user with only said mandatory data entry fields highlighted, checking the correctness of data entered by the user in both said mandatory and optional data entry fields, and if an error is detected in the data entered in either said mandatory or optional data entry fields, processing and redisplaying the incorrectly entered data with highlighting.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of checking of the correctness of data is accomplished after the user has selectively entered or omitted data in all of the data entry fields.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the step of checking of the correctness of data is accomplished for a particular field after the user has enter data in said particular field.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
138 words
In an interactive data entry system wherein a user is presented with a data entry screen displaying both mandatory and optional data entry fields, the method for identifying to the user those fields where data may be entered and those fields in which data must be entered, said method comprising the steps of initially displaying the formatted data entry screen to the user with mandatory data entry fields highlighted and optional data entry fields without highlighting, as data is correctly entered into either a mandatory or optional data entry field, processing the correctly entered data and redisplaying the entered data without highlighting, checking the correctness of data entered by the user in at least the mandatory data entry fields, and if an error is detected in the data entered, processing and redisplaying the incorrectly entered data with highlighting.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
138 words
In an interactive data entry system wherein a user is presented with a data entry screen displaying both mandatory and optional data entry fields, the method for identifying to the user those fields where data may be entered and those fields in which data must be entered, said method comprising the steps of initially displaying the formatted data entry screen to the user with mandatory data entry fields highlighted and optional data entry fields without highlighting, as data is correctly entered into either a mandatory or optional data entry field, processing the correctly entered data and redisplaying the entered data without highlighting, checking the correctness of data entered by the user in at least the mandatory data entry fields, and if an error is detected in the data entered, processing and redisplaying the incorrectly entered data with highlighting.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the step of checking also includes checking the correctness of data entered by the user in some of the optional data entry fields.
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