Open data protocol services in applications and interfaces across multiple platforms

• US 10,346,184 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2017
• Issued: 07/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Jann, Florian, Jann, Annette, Voutta, Emil, Richter, Kai, Grammatikakis, Ioannis, Cabahug, Maria
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Philip
• Application Number:
  US15/461,290
• Publication Number:
  US 20170329581A1
• Time in Patent Office: 845 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/541 Client-server
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4451 User profiles; Roaming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

In one general aspect, a system and method are described for generating user interfaces at runtime. The system may include memory and processors to implement a gateway to receive a plurality of service requests, a first component to translate the plurality of service requests into structured query language statements and execute the structured query language statements, a second component to access a plurality of stored document models based on the executed structured query language statements, a service component to aggregate data based upon one or more of the document models and at least one service request, and a user interface generator to generate and provide a plurality of user interfaces configured to present the aggregated data.

Claims

1. A system for generating user interfaces at runtime, the system comprising:

at least one memory including instructions on a computing device; and

at least one processor on the computing device, wherein the processor is operably coupled to the at least one memory and is arranged and configured to execute the instructions that, when executed, cause the processor to implement;

a gateway to receive a plurality of service requests, including read requests and write requests, wherein the gateway is configured to analyze the plurality of service requests to dynamically select, at runtime, an execution runtime, from a plurality of execution runtimes, to process a respective request, wherein the plurality of execution runtimes include a read-only model-driven runtime, an object processing runtime, and an analytical engine, wherein the analyzing includes;

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the respective request is a read request;

selecting the object-processing runtime based on determining that the respective request is a write request;

selecting the analytical engine based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that require processing by the analytical engine; and

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that do not require processing by the analytical engine;

a first component to translate the plurality of service requests into structured query language statements and execute the structured query language statements;

a second component to access a plurality of stored document models based on the executed structured query language statements;

a service component to aggregate data based upon one or more of the document models and at least one service; and

a user interface generator to generate and provide a plurality of user interfaces configured to present the aggregated data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein functionality of the at least one service is generated automatically for provision in the plurality of user interfaces.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the execution of the structured query language statements is based at least in part on the plurality of stored document models.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the gateway represents an access layer between a client device and at least one user interface in the plurality of user interfaces.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the gateway enables development of additional user interfaces based upon the document models.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the gateway employs Representational State Transfer (RESTful) application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide the plurality of user interfaces.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of services are open protocol data services that access the data models and corresponding metadata to provide a proxy to access at least one of the plurality of user interfaces.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the open protocol data services define a communication protocol for accessing the at least one user interface.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the gateway supports a plurality of different versions for the at least one service.

10. A computer-implemented method for generating user interfaces at runtime, the method comprising:

receiving, at a gateway hosted on a computing device, a plurality of service requests including read requests and write requests;

analyzing the plurality of service requests to dynamically select, at runtime, an execution runtime, from a plurality of execution runtimes, to process a respective request, the plurality of execution runtimes including a read-only model-driven runtime, an object processing runtime, and an analytical engine, including;

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the respective request is a read request;

selecting the object-processing runtime based on determining that the respective request is a write request;

selecting the analytical engine based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that require processing by the analytical engine; and

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that do not require processing by the analytical engine;

translating the plurality of service requests into structured query language statements; and

executing the structured query language statements;

accessing a plurality of stored document models based on the executed structured query language statements;

aggregating aggregate data based upon one or more of the document models and at least one service request; and

generating and providing a plurality of user interfaces configured to present the aggregated data.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the execution of the structured query language statements is based at least in part on the plurality of stored document models.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the gateway represents an access layer between a client device and at least one user interface in the plurality of user interfaces.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the gateway enables development of additional user interfaces based upon the document models.

14. The method of claim 10, wherein the gateway employs Representational State Transfer (RESTful) application programming interfaces (APIs) to provide the at least one service.

15. The method of claim 10, wherein the at least one service is an open protocol data service that accesses the data models and corresponding metadata to provide a proxy to access at least one of the plurality of user interfaces.

16. A computer program product being tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one computing device, are configured to cause the at least one computing device to:

receive, at a gateway hosted on a computing device, a plurality of service requests including read requests and write requests;

analyze the plurality of service requests to dynamically select, at runtime, an execution runtime, from a plurality of execution runtimes, to process a respective request, the plurality of execution runtimes including a read-only model-driven runtime, an object processing runtime, and an analytical engine, including;

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the respective request is a read request;

selecting the object-processing runtime based on determining that the respective request is a write request;

selecting the analytical engine based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that require processing by the analytical engine; and

selecting the read-only model-driven runtime based on determining that the request includes analytical annotations that do not require processing by the analytical engine;

translate the plurality of service requests into structured query language statements and executing the structured query language statements;

access a plurality of stored document models based on the executed structured query language statements;

aggregate data based upon one or more of the document models and at least one service request; and

generate and providing a plurality of user interfaces configured to present the aggregated data.

17. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the execution of the structured query language statements is based at least in part on the plurality of stored document models.

18. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the gateway represents an access layer between a client device and at least one user interface in the plurality of user interfaces.

19. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the gateway enables development of additional user interfaces based upon the document models.

20. The computer program product of claim 16, wherein the at least one service is an open protocol data service that accesses the data models and corresponding metadata to provide a proxy to access at least one of the plurality of user interfaces.