Semantic web portal graphic interface
First Claim
1. Computer system, of the type comprising a query manager (GR) intended to work with a history manager (GH) and a graphics generator (GG) to display entities according to data stored in a database, characterised in that the query manager (GR) is capable of reacting to the fact that an entity displayed is pointed to by the user, executing on the database an internal query, defined from a query expression chosen according to the type of the entity, and supplemented according to the entity, which supplies new data, from which the display is modified, the history manager (GH) is arranged so as to interact step by step with the query manager (GR) in order to construct a user request from successive selections relating to the entities pointed to by the user on the graphical interface, and the graphics generator (GG) is capable of displaying an adapted representation of the results produced by the query manager, according to a predetermined formatting.
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Abstract
The invention concerns a computer system for generating a web portal graphic interface, comprising a request manager (GR), designed to co-operate with a history manager (GH) and a graphic generator (GG) to display entities based on data stored in a database. The request manager (GR) reacts to the fact that an entity is pointed at by the user, by executing on the database an internal quest, defined from a selected quest expression, depending on the type entity, and completed in accordance with the entity. This provides novel data, on the basis of which, the display is modified. The history manager (GH) interacts step by step with said request manager (GR), to construct a user request based on successive selections concerning the entities pointed at by the user on the graphic interface. The graphic generator (GG) then displays an adapted representation of the results produced by the request manager, in accordance with a predetermined format.
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1. Computer system, of the type comprising a query manager (GR) intended to work with a history manager (GH) and a graphics generator (GG) to display entities according to data stored in a database,
characterised in that the query manager (GR) is capable of reacting to the fact that an entity displayed is pointed to by the user, executing on the database an internal query, defined from a query expression chosen according to the type of the entity, and supplemented according to the entity, which supplies new data, from which the display is modified, the history manager (GH) is arranged so as to interact step by step with the query manager (GR) in order to construct a user request from successive selections relating to the entities pointed to by the user on the graphical interface, and the graphics generator (GG) is capable of displaying an adapted representation of the results produced by the query manager, according to a predetermined formatting.
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15. Method for generating a web portal graphical interface, intended to interrogate a database,
characterised in that it comprises the following steps: -
a. presenting to the user a starting display derived from stored data, the displayed entities being of the class or object type, b. in response to the pointing by the user to an entity, executing an internal query on the database, defined from a query expression chosen according to the type of entity, and supplemented according to the entity, c. modifying the display from data supplied by step b, d. repeating steps b and c until there is a decision by the user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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