Integrating application features into a platform interface based on application metadata

• US 10,318,254 B2
• Filed: 10/23/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Conley, Dylan, Baker, Benjamin, Cherkashin, Pavel, Thorson, Joshua, Campbell, Joseph, Korbein, Brian, Williams, III, Robert Lee, Harrill, Arthur
• Primary Examiner(s): Chavis, John Q
• Application Number:
  US15/790,259
• Publication Number:
  US 20180217820A1
• Time in Patent Office: 596 Days
• Field of Search: 717107
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

Techniques for configuring and generating an integrated application interface are disclosed. An interface for generating application metadata associating application components and component behaviors may be displayed to a user. The metadata generation interface accepts user input associating an action with an application component. The system generates application metadata, defining application behavior corresponding to the application component, based on the user input. The system may generate a platform interface that integrates the application behavior into a platform interface, based on the application metadata. The system determines behaviors of components of the application by analyzing the application metadata. Based on the application component behaviors, the system renders platform components of the platform interface to integrate the application behaviors into the platform interface. Upon receiving user input via the platform components of the platform interface, the system may construct and transmit a request to the application.

Claims

1. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause:

analyzing application metadata to determine application behavior of a set of application components of a third-party application interface corresponding to a third-party application;

constructing platform components for a platform interface to integrate at least a portion of the third-party application into the platform interface, the platform components configured to replicate at least a portion of the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface;

rendering a first subset of platform components, of said platform components, in a blocking state which prohibits user input until all of the first subset of platform components have been rendered within the platform interface;

executing operations to display the platform interface comprising the platform components configured in accordance with the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface; and

constructing and transmitting a request to the third-party application based on input received by the platform interface via the platform components.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein rendering a first subset of platform components further comprises:

analyzing application metadata to determine rendering behavior defined for the set of application components of the third-party application interface; and

adapting the platform interface to render the platform components in accordance with the rendering behavior defined for the set of application components of the third-party application interface.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

rendering a second subset of platform components, of said platform components, in a non-blocking state which does not prohibit user input until all of the second subset of platform components have been rendered within the platform interface.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein constructing the platform components comprises utilizing a native library of tools defined for the platform interface.

5. The media of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

receiving a response from the third-party application;

extracting information from the response; and

displaying the extracted information via the platform components of the platform interface.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein configuring the platform components to replicate at least the portion of the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components comprises:

binding I/O of a platform component, of said platform components, to a data set corresponding to a respective application component of the set of application components.

7. The media of claim 1, wherein constructing the platform components comprises converting one type of element to another type of element.

8. The media of claim 1, wherein constructing the platform components comprises replicating a first portion of the application behavior without modification, and modifying a second portion of the application behavior based on platform behavior corresponding to the platform components of the platform interface.

9. The media of claim 1, wherein constructing the platform components comprises associating the set of application components of the third-party application interface with actions, wherein the actions modify the platform interface.

10. The media of claim 1, wherein constructing the platform components comprises modifying a second portion of the application behavior based on restrictions of the platform interface.

11. A method comprising:

analyzing application metadata to determine application behavior of a set of application components of a third-party application interface corresponding to a third-party application;

constructing platform components for a platform interface to integrate at least a portion of the third-party application into the platform interface, the platform components configured to replicate at least a portion of the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface;

rendering a first subset of platform components, of said platform components, in a blocking state which prohibits user input until all of the first subset of platform components have been rendered within the platform interface;

executing operations to display the platform interface comprising the platform components configured in accordance with the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface; and

constructing and transmitting a request to the third-party application based on input received by the platform interface via the platform components;

wherein the method is performed by at least one device including a hardware processor.

12. A method comprising:

analyzing application metadata to determine application behavior of a set of application components of a third-party application interface corresponding to a third-party application;

constructing platform components for a platform interface to integrate at least a portion of the third-party application into the platform interface, the platform components configured to replicate at least a portion of the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface;

rendering a second subset of platform components, of said platform components, in a non-blocking state which does not prohibit user input until all of the second subset of platform components have been rendered within the platform interface;

executing operations to display the platform interface comprising the platform components configured in accordance with the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface; and

constructing and transmitting a request to the third-party application based on input received by the platform interface via the platform components;

wherein the method is performed by at least one device including a hardware processor.

13. One or more non-transitory machine-readable media storing instructions which, when executed by one or more hardware processors, cause:

analyzing application metadata to determine application behavior of a set of application components of a third-party application interface corresponding to a third-party application;

constructing platform components for a platform interface to integrate at least a portion of the third-party application into the platform interface, the platform components configured to replicate at least a portion of the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface;

rendering a second subset of platform components, of said platform components, in a non-blocking state which does not prohibit user input until all of the second subset of platform components have been rendered within the platform interface;

executing operations to display the platform interface comprising the platform components configured in accordance with the application behavior corresponding to the set of application components of the third-party application interface; and

constructing and transmitting a request to the third-party application based on input received by the platform interface via the platform components.