Method and apparatus for displaying and processing input fields from a document

1. A method in a data processing system for presenting input fields from a document, the method comprising:

parsing the document to identify a selected indicator associated with a set of mandatory input fields in the document and presenting only the set of mandatory input fields.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenting step comprises:

displaying the set of mandatory input fields in a window.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenting step comprises:

reformatting the document to contain only the set of mandatory input fields.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the presenting step comprises:

presenting a first input field from the set of mandatory input fields; and

responsive to information being entered in the first input field, presenting a second input field from the set of mandatory input fields.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the indicator is a hypertext markup language tag.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the document is a Web page.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining whether any of the set of mandatory input fields correspond to pre-stored information; and

responsive to an input field within the set of mandatory input fields corresponding to pre-stored information, filling the input field within the set of mandatory input fields with the pre-stored information.

8. A data processing system for presenting input fields from a document, the data processing system comprising:

identifying means for identifying a selected indicator within a parsed document, the indictor being associated with a set of mandatory input fields in the document; and

presenting means for presenting only the set of mandatory input fields.

9. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the presenting means comprises:

displaying means for displaying the set of mandatory input fields in a window.

10. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the presenting means comprises:

reformatting means for reformatting the document to contain only the set of mandatory input fields.

11. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the presenting means comprises:

first means for presenting a first input field from the set of mandatory input fields; and

second means for presenting a second input field from the set of mandatory input fields in response to information being entered in the first input field.

12. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the indicator is a hypertext markup language tag.

13. The data processing system of claim 8 , wherein the document is a Web page.

14. The data processing system of claim 8 further comprising:

determining means for determining whether any of the set of mandatory input fields correspond to pre-stored information; and

filling means for filling an input field within the set of mandatory input fields with the pre-stored information in response to the input field within the set of mandatory input fields corresponding to the pre-stored information.

15. A computer program product in a recordable-type medium for presenting input fields from a document, the computer program product comprising:

first instructions for parsing the document to identify a selected indicator associated with a set of mandatory input fields in the document; and

second instructions for presenting only the set of mandatory input fields.

16. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the second instructions comprises:

sub-instructions for displaying the set of mandatory input fields in a window.

17. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the second instructions comprises:

sub-instructions for reformatting the document to contain only the set of mandatory input fields.

18. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the second instructions comprises:

first sub-instructions for presenting a first input field from the set of mandatory input fields; and

second sub-instructions for presenting a second input field from the set of mandatory input fields in response to information being entered in the first input field.

19. The computer program product of claim 15 , wherein the document is a Web page.

20. The computer program product of claim 15 further comprising:

seventh instructions for determining whether any of the set of mandatory input fields correspond to pre-stored information; and

eighth instructions for filling an input field within the set of mandatory input fields corresponding to pre-stored information with the pre-stored information in response to the input field within the set of mandatory input fields corresponding to the pre-stored information.

21. A server data processing for obtaining cultural context information from a client, the server data processing system comprising:

a bus system;

a communications unit connected to the bus system;

a memory connected to the bus system, wherein the memory includes a set of instructions; and

a processing unit connected to the bus system, wherein the processing unit identifies a selected indicator associated with a set of mandatory input fields in the document and presents only the set of mandatory input fields, wherein the indicator is a hypertext markup language tag.