System and method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for xml documents

• US 20020129060A1
• Filed: 03/07/2001
• Published: 09/12/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sundaresan, Neelakantan, Rollins, Sami Nicole
• Granted Patent: US 7,237,190 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/513
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

An XML schema and a set of user customization rules are utilized to produce a set of components that interact to provide a user-specific, document specific, multi-modal interface for an XML document. Each generated component provides a specific input and output mode. For example, one component could be an HTML component, which produces a HTML rendering of the XML tree while another component may be a speech component, which produces a speech-based rendering of the XML tree. A series of these components work together to produce a multi-modal view of the XML tree.

Claims

1. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, said method comprising the following steps:

analyzing an XML schema;

analyzing a set of user customization rules;

generating a set of components via code-generation from said analyzed XML schema and said analyzed user customization rules, wherein each of said components implement a specific input and output mode, and

passing said generated set of components to a rendering system,

wherein said rendering system utilizes said generated components, and their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

2. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 1, wherein said step of utilizing generated components further comprises utilizing only a subset of said generated components.

3. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 1, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

4. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 1, wherein one of said generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

5. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 1, wherein said step of code-generation further comprises the steps of:

isolating a set of interface generating components from a library, and

obtaining a set of customization rules, wherein

a set of components are generated based on said interface generating components and said customization rules, to mediate communication between a user and said rendering system.

6. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 5, wherein said generated components are JAVA classes.

7. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 5, wherein said analysis of schema further comprises of the steps of:

passing said schema and said user customization rules into a set of maker interfaces, and

generating mediator interfaces corresponding to said set of maker interfaces, wherein said makers generate mediators that handle output rendering.

8. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, said system comprising:

an XML-schema-analyzer which analyzes an XML schema;

a user-customization-analyzer which analyzes a set of user customization rules;

a component-generator which, based on said analyzed XML schema and user customization rules, generates a set of components via code-generation, and

a rendering system which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

9. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 8, wherein said code-generator further comprises:

an isolator for isolating a set of interface generating components from a library, and

a rule-reader for obtaining a set of customization rules, wherein

a set of components is generated based on said interface generating components and said customization rules, to mediate communication between a user and said rendering system.

10. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 8, wherein said system is implemented locally or remotely on one or more computer-based systems.

11. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 8, wherein said system is implemented across networks comprising any of LANs, WANs, cellular, Internet or Web-based networks.

12. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 8, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

13. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 8, wherein one of said set of generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

15. A method of generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 14, wherein said method further comprises an additional step of analyzing a set of user customization rules.

16. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 15, wherein said step of utilizing generated components further comprises utilizing only a subset of said generated components.

17. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 15, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

18. A method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 15, wherein one of said generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

20. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 19, wherein said system further comprises a user-customization-analyzer which analyzes a set of user customization rules.

21. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 19, wherein said system is implemented locally or remotely on one or more computer-based systems.

22. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 19, wherein said system is implemented across networks comprising any of LANS, WANs, cellular, Internet or Web-based networks.

23. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 19, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

24. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, as per claim 19, wherein one of said set of generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

14. A method of generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, said method comprising the following steps:

analyzing an XML schema;

generating a set of components via code-generation from said analyzed XML schema, wherein each of said components implement a specific input and output mode;

passing said generated set of components to a rendering system, and

wherein said rendering system utilizes said generated components, and their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

19. A system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, said system comprising:

an XML-schema-analyzer which analyzes a XML schema;

a component-generator which based on said analyzed XML schema, generates a set of components via code-generation, and

a rendering system which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

25. An article of manufacture comprising a computer user medium having computer readable code embodied therein which generates multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents, said article comprising:

computer readable code which analyzes an XML schema;

computer readable code which analyzes a set of user customization rules;

computer readable code which, based on said analyzed XML schema and user customization rules, generates a set of components via code-generation, and

computer readable code which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.