2. The method of claim 1 , wherein each association is based on information comprising at least one of: (1) one or more rules specified by the telnet client; and, (2) the name of the at least one detected input field.
1. A method of operating a telnet client comprising: a. receiving data from a server over a telnet session; b. receiving input from a user of a telnet client; c. running one or more scripts on the telnet client, the one or more scripts causing the telnet client to: I. detect, on the telnet client, one or more input fields displayable on a screen of the telnet client in the received data; II. associate, on the telnet client, one or more data identifiers with at least one detected input field, wherein at least one detected input field is associated with a plurality of data identifiers; III. process the received input, wherein the processing the received input comprises: (1) parsing the received input; (2) inserting additional text in the received input; and, (3) removing a portion of the received input; IV. match the processed input with one of the detected input fields based on one or more data identifiers associated with that input field; and wherein a data identifier of the one or more data identifiers comprises a sequence of special characters that distinguishes that data identifier from other textual information and from a different data identifier.