Reversible logic for widget and markup language generation

• US 20060206804A1
• Filed: 03/08/2005
• Published: 09/14/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 03/08/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alvaria Cayman
• Original Assignee: Aspect Software Incorporated
• Inventors: Barnett, James
• Granted Patent: US 7,634,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Method, apparatus and systems provide reversible logic for widget and markup language generation. In some embodiments, a method includes receiving one or more widgets. The method also includes generating first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of the one or more widgets. The method includes receiving second markup language code. The method also includes generating the one or more widgets based on the second markup language code.

Claims

1. A method including:

receiving one or more widgets;

generating first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of the one or more widgets;

receiving second markup language code; and

generating the one or more widgets based on the second markup language code.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the second markup language code is an edited version of the first markup language code.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the second markup language code is corresponds exactly to the first markup language code.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the first markup language code includes generating the first markup language code based on one or more reversible templates.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein generating the one or more widgets includes generating the one or more widgets based on the one or more reversible templates.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the first markup language code having semantics that are independent of the description of the one or more widgets includes generating the first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of an attribute of the one or more widgets.

20. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations of claim 1.

7. A method including:

receiving markup language code that is without a description of an attribute of a widget;

parsing the markup language code to locate a set of tags;

matching, at least partially, the set of tags and data within the set of tags to a template; and

generating the widget based on the template.

8. The method of claim 7, further including matching, at least partially, data within the set of tags that did not match with the template to a subtemplate if all of the data within the set of tags does not match the template.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein matching, at least partially, data within the set of tags that did not match with the template to a subtemplate includes recursively matching, at least partially, data within the set of tags that did not match with the template to a subtemplate.

21. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations of claim 7.

10. A method including:

receiving a number of widgets, wherein the number of widgets is associated with a number of reversible templates;

generating descriptor language representative of the number of widgets using the number of reversible widgets, wherein the descriptor language is independent of an attribute of the number of widgets;

updating the descriptor language based on edits;

matching, at least partially, the descriptor language to at least part of the number of reversible templates or to a wildcard template; and

generating the number of widgets based on the matched reversible templates or matched wildcard template.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein receiving the number of widgets includes receiving the number of widgets generated by a Graphical User Interface application.

12. The method of claim 10, further including parsing the descriptor language to locate sets of tags, wherein the matching is based on matching of the sets of tags and the data between the sets of tags to the number of reversible templates.

22. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions which, when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations of claim 10.

13. An apparatus including:

means for receiving one or more widgets;

means for generating first markup language code having semantics that are independent of a description of the one or more widgets;

means for receiving second markup language code; and

means for generating the one or more widgets based on the second markup language code.

14. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second markup language code is an edited version of the first markup language code.

15. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein the second markup language code corresponds exactly to the first markup language code.

16. The apparatus of claim 13, wherein means for generating the first markup language code includes means for generating the first markup language code based on one or more reversible templates.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein means for generating the one or more widgets includes means for generating the one or more widgets based on the one or more reversible templates.

18. A system including:

a machine-readable medium to store a number of widgets, a number of reversible templates and markup language;

markup language generation logic to generate markup language for the number of widgets based on the number of reversible templates associated with the number of widgets, wherein the markup language is independent of an attribute of the number of widgets;

parser logic to receive an edited version of the markup language and to locate a set of tags within the edited version;

pattern match logic to match the set of tags and the data between the set of tags to a template and a number of subtemplates of the number of reversible templates; and

a widget generator to generate one or more widgets based on the template and the number of subtemplates.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein one of the number of subtemplates is a wildcard template.