System and method for customizing a data display using a presentation profile

• US 20050119990A1
• Filed: 07/09/2004
• Published: 06/02/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/10/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Computer Associates Think Inc. (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Lee, Patrick R., Chen, Shyhshiun, Kung, Ching-Yi
• Granted Patent: US 7,331,018 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method for customizing a data display using a presentation profile comprises retrieving extensible Markup Language (XML) data in response to a request from a client. A presentation profile is loaded based on at least one characteristic of the client. The XML data is formatted into a data display based on the presentation profile and the data display is communicated to the client.

Claims

1. A method for customizing a data display using a presentation profile, comprising:

retrieving eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data in response to a request from a client;

loading a presentation profile based on at least one characteristic of the client;

formatting the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile; and

communicating the data to display to the client.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising generating at least one HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page for the data display and wherein formatting the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile comprises formatting the HTML page based on the presentation profile.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the HTML is at least partially generated through eXtensible Stylesheet Language:

Transformation (XSLT).

4. The method of claim 1, the presentation profile comprising at least one table attribute and at least one chart attribute and the method further comprising:

inserting a table into the data display based on the table attribute;

populating the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data;

inserting a chart into the data display based on the chart attribute; and

populating the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

processing a regular expression stored in the presentation profile; and

generating an HTML link in the data display based on the regular expression.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving the presentation profile from the client; and

storing the presentation profile for subsequent loading.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

comparing the received presentation profile to a profile schema;

in response to the received profile conforming to the profile schema, storing the profile for subsequent access; and

in response to the received profile not conforming to the profile schema;

communicating a deny profile message to the client; and

automatically associating a default presentation profile with the client.

8. Software for customizing a data display using a presentation profile, the software operable to:

retrieve eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data in response to a request from a client;

load a presentation profile based on at least one characteristic of the client;

format the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile; and

communicate the data display to the client.

9. The software of claim 8, the software further operable to generate at least one HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page for the data display and wherein the software operable to format the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile comprise software operable to format the HTML page based on the presentation profile.

10. The software of claim 9, wherein the HTML is at least partially generated through extensible Stylesheet Language:

Transformation (XSLT).

11. The software of claim 8, the presentation profile comprising at least one table attribute and at least one chart attribute and the software further operable to:

insert a table into the data display based on the table attribute;

populate the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data;

insert a chart into the data display based on the chart attribute; and

populate the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data.

12. The software of claim 8, the software further operable to:

process a regular expression stored in the presentation profile; and

generate an HTML link in the data display based on the regular expression.

13. The software of claim 8, the software further operable to:

receive the presentation profile from the client; and

store the presentation profile for subsequent loading.

14. The software of claim 13, the software further operable to:

compare the received presentation profile to a profile schema;

in response to the received profile conforming to the profile schema, store the profile for subsequent access; and

in response to the received profile not conforming to the profile schema;

communicate a deny profile message to the client; and

automatically associate a default profile with the client.

15. A system for customizing a data display using a presentation profile comprising:

memory operable to store a plurality of presentation profiles;

one or more processors collectively operable to;

retrieve eXtensible Markup Language (XML) data in response to a request from a client;

load one of the presentation profiles based on at least one characteristic of the client;

format the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile; and

communicate the data display to the client.

16. The system of claim 15, the one or more processors further operable to generate at least one HyperText Markup Language (HTML) page for the data display and wherein the one or more processors operable to format the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile comprise one or more processors operable to form the HTML page based on the presentation profile.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the HTML is generated through extensible Stylesheet Language:

Transformation (XSLT).

18. The system of claim 15, the presentation profile comprising at least one table attribute and at least one chart attribute and the one or more processors further operable to:

insert a table into the data display based on the table attribute;

populate the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data;

insert a chart into the data display based on the chart attribute; and

populate the chart with at least a portion of the retrieved data.

19. The system of claim 15, the one or more processors further operable to:

process a regular expression stored in the presentation profile; and

generate an HTML link in the data display based on the regular expression.

20. The system of claim 15, the one or more processors further operable to:

receive the presentation profile from the client; and

store the presentation profile in memory for subsequent loading.

21. The system of claim 20, the one or more processors further operable to:

compare the received presentation profile to a profile schema;

in response to the received profile conforming to the profile schema, store the presentation profile in memory for subsequent access; and

in response to the received profile not conforming to the profile schema;

communicate a deny profile message to the client; and

automatically associate a default profile with the client.

22. A system for customizing a data display using a presentation profile, comprising:

means for retrieving extensible Markup Language (XML) data in response to a request from a client;

means for loading a presentation profile based on at least one characteristic of the client;

means for formatting the XML data into a data display based on the presentation profile; and

means for communicating the data display to the client.