Method and system for accessing software-based systems
First Claim
1. A method for creating a system to allow contextual access to data via access of a host data system by a user, said method comprising the following steps:
- defining a host system for use by at least one user to access data, defining at least one target data system to be selectively accessed via the host system, creating an activator and specifying properties of the at least one target data system creating a wrapper to define the interfaces between the at least one target system and the host system and characteristics of operation of the activator instantiating the activator for the host system and at least one target system by adding values for the specification propertiescreating a representation of the at least one target system with regard to the host system and the user using the host system in at least one instance to access at least one target system instance in context via the activator.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for generating a system, and the system itself, which allows the selective access to and retrieval of data from a number of data resources. The system comprises a host system via which a user can make a request for data, and with reference to the request, the host system selects, using a series of activators held therein, those data resources, referred to as target systems, which are required to be accessed. The interface between the host and target systems and the generation and display of the retrieved data is controlled so as to provide the data to the user in a contextual format.
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27 Claims
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1. A method for creating a system to allow contextual access to data via access of a host data system by a user, said method comprising the following steps:
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defining a host system for use by at least one user to access data, defining at least one target data system to be selectively accessed via the host system, creating an activator and specifying properties of the at least one target data system creating a wrapper to define the interfaces between the at least one target system and the host system and characteristics of operation of the activator instantiating the activator for the host system and at least one target system by adding values for the specification propertiescreating a representation of the at least one target system with regard to the host system and the user using the host system in at least one instance to access at least one target system instance in context via the activator. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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15. A system to allow user access to a plurality of data resources said data resources accessible by a user via a host system, each of said data resources identified as a target system connected to the host system, and characterised in that the system comprises at least one activator within the system, the activator selected in response to user request criteria;
- means for identifying the target system or systems which are to be accessed with reference to the specified properties of the target data systems, a wrapper which defines the interfaces between the target systems and the host system and to allow the user to obtain access to data retrieved from one or a number of selected target systems in a usage instance in a contextual manner.
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23. A data access system, said system allowing access via a computer based access location by a user to a host system and via said host system to a number of data resources known as target systems, said system, in response to a user request, identifying, via information stored in the host system, those of the target systems which need to be addressed to meet the user request, and having identified said target systems, accessing the same in accordance with defined interface procedures held in the host system, accessing the required data from the target systems and transferring the same to the host system for provision to the user in a contextual and organised manner.
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