Method to dynamically customize a web user interface

• US 20060015817A1
• Filed: 06/28/2005
• Published: 01/19/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Fioretti, Giuseppe, Bevilacqua, Massimiliano
• Application Number:
  US11/168,721
• Publication Number:
  US 20060015817A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents

Abstract

A method, computer program and data processing system for customizing the visualization of a Web page on a client side of a Web application operating on a computer, the server side of the Web application being responsible for receiving parameters entered by a user on the client side, processing them and sending back a new Web page wherein, if at least one visualization parameter is received among the parameters, it is reapplied in the new Web page. The method comprises the steps of storing the customization parameters entered by a user on a currently displayed Web page on the client side and locally applying them on the Web page. When a page form is sent with parameters entered by the user and which are relevant for the Web application, adding the stored current customization parameters with the other parameters. The new Web page generated by the server side of the Web page application and sent to the client side will contain the visualization customization parameters entered by the user.

Claims

1. A method for customizing the visualization of a Web page on a client side of a Web application operating on a computer, the server side of the Web application being responsible for receiving parameters entered by a user on the client side, processing them and sending back a new Web page wherein, if at least one visualization parameter is received among the parameters, it is reapplied in the new Web page, said method comprising the steps of:

receiving, on the client side of the Web application, from the user, at least one visualization customization parameter entered on a displayed Web page;

storing the at least one visualization customization parameter;

creating the Web page source modifications corresponding to the at least one visualization customization parameter;

displaying the modified Web page;

upon reception from the user of at least one parameter entered on the displayed Web page which is not a visualization customization parameter but at least one parameter relevant for the Web application, retrieving the stored at least one visualization customization parameter;

sending to the server side Web application the at least one parameter relevant for the application and the at least one visualization customization parameter; and

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receiving from the server side a new Web page according to the processing of the server side Web application, said new Web page including Web page source modifications corresponding to the at least one visualization customization parameter.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising the step of displaying the new Web page with the at least one customization parameters.

3. The method of anyone of claim 1 wherein the displaying of a Web page and the step of sending and receiving a Web page is done by calling a Web browser operating on the client side.

4. The method of anyone of claim 1 wherein the visualization customization parameters are layout parameters.

5. A computer program product comprising programming code instructions for executing the steps of the method according to anyone of claims 1 when said program is executed on a computer.

6. A data processing system comprising means adapted for carrying out the method according to anyone of claims 1.