Patent ID: 9253187
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method for operating a computer to identify a user name field, a password field, and a submit field on a remote website, the method comprising the steps: (a) searching a code defining a webpage to identify a password field by locating code defining a field which is at least one of labelled as “password” and configured to suppress display of characters typed in that field; (b) defining a first threshold area around the password field in which a user name field is likely to occur, and defining a second threshold area around the password field in which a submit field is likely to occur; (c) examining the webpage code in the first threshold area to locate a field for user text entry which, if found, is taken to be the user name field; and (d) examining the webpage code in the second threshold area to locate a field for a user click entry which, if found, is taken to be the submit field.