Platform-independent distributed user interface server architecture
First Claim
1. A data processing method comprising:
- executing, at a user interface (UI) server, a server-based application configured to process source data items;
retrieving a UI form definition stored at said UI server, said UI form definition specifying characteristics of a UI form for said server-based application;
instructing a client device to render a UI form corresponding to said UI form definition; and
transmitting, from said UI server, a number of source data items for population in said UI form, said number of source data items being related to said server-based application.
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Abstract
A distributed user interface (UI) system includes a client device configured to render a UI for a server-based application. The client device communicates with a UI server over a network such as the Internet. The UI server performs formatting for the UI, which preferably utilizes a number of native UI controls that are available locally at the client device. In this manner, the client device need only be responsible for the actual rendering of the UI. The source data items are downloaded from the UI server to the client device when necessary, and the client device populates the UI with the downloaded source data items. The client device employs a cache to store the source data items locally for easy retrieval.
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55 Claims
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1. A data processing method comprising:
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executing, at a user interface (UI) server, a server-based application configured to process source data items;
retrieving a UI form definition stored at said UI server, said UI form definition specifying characteristics of a UI form for said server-based application;
instructing a client device to render a UI form corresponding to said UI form definition; and
transmitting, from said UI server, a number of source data items for population in said UI form, said number of source data items being related to said server-based application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A data processing method comprising:
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receiving, at a user interface (UI) server, a number of device capabilities for a client device;
generating a UI form definition based upon said number of device capabilities, said UI form definition specifying characteristics of a UI form for a server-based application maintained by said UI server;
said UI server transmitting data indicative of said UI form definition to said client device; and
said UI server sending a number of source data items to said client device, said number of source data items being related to said UI form. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43)
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37. A data processing method comprising:
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receiving a device identifier that identifies a client device;
receiving a request for a server-based application;
transmitting a UI form identifier to said client device in response to said device identifier, said UI form identifier representing at least one UI form definition that specifies characteristics of at least one UI form for said server-based application; and
sending a number of source data items to said client device, said number of source data items being configured for display in connection with said at least one UI form.
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44. A server architecture for use with a user interface (UI) server capable of communicating with a client device, said server architecture comprising:
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a receive module configured to receive a device identifier that identifies a client device, and to receive a request for a server-based application;
a send module configured to send a UI form identifier to said client device in response to said device identifier, said UI form identifier representing at least one UI form definition that specifies characteristics of a UI form for said server-based application; and
a data management module configured to retrieve a number of source data items for display in connection with said UI form. - View Dependent Claims (45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55)
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