Method for creating configurable and customizable web user interfaces

• US 20040012626A1
• Filed: 07/22/2002
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Brookins, Timothy J.
• Application Number:
  US10/201,653
• Publication Number:
  US 20040012626A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

A web user interface is defined to include at least one publisher web-part which is adapted to provide publisher information. A service component is configured to receive the publisher information and provide the publisher information to one or more subscribers web-part based upon corresponding subscribers.

Claims

1. A user interface executable on a client browser, on a client computer, the user interface comprising:

a publisher web-part adapted to provide publication event information in response to an event received by the publisher web-part;

a subscriber web-part adapted to generate a subscription indicative of subscription information of interest to the subscriber web-part; and

a service component receiving the subscription from the subscriber web-part and selectively providing the publication event information to the subscriber web-part based upon the subscription.

2. The interface of claim 1 and further comprising at least one additional publisher web-part.

3. The interface of claim 1 and further comprising at least one additional subscriber web-part.

4. The interface of claim 1 wherein the publication event information includes a full entity key.

5. The interface of claim 4 wherein the publication event information includes event type information.

6. The interface of claim 5 wherein the event type information includes Select.

7. The interface of claim 5 wherein the event type information includes Delete.

8. The interface of claim 5 wherein the event type information includes AddNew.

9. The interface of claim 5 wherein the event type information includes Update.

10. The interface of claim 1 wherein the subscription includes an entity type.

11. The interface of claim 10 wherein the subscription further includes an event type.

12. The interface of claim 11 wherein the event type is Select.

13. The interface of claim 11 wherein the event type is Delete.

14. The interface of claim 11 wherein the event type is AddNew.

15. The interface of claim 11 wherein the event type is Update.

16. The interface of claim 10 wherein the subscription further includes an indication of whether the subscriber web-part will cancel publication in selected circumstances.

17. The interface of claim 16 wherein the subscriber web-part generates a user dialog in the selected circumstances.

18. The interface of claim 17 wherein a selected circumstance includes the subscriber web-part having un-saved information when the publication event information is provided to the service component.

19. A method of refreshing a web-user interface, the method includes steps of:

receiving an event in a publication web-part;

providing information indicative of the event to a service component; and

selectively providing the information indicative of the event to at least one subscriber web-part based upon a subscription registered with the service component by the at least one subscriber web-part.