Adapting legacy software with an XML/XSL ISAPI

• US 20060288396A1
• Filed: 06/19/2006
• Published: 12/21/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Original Assignee: Siemens Medical Solutions USA Incorporated (Siemens AG)
• Inventors: Palmer, Carl, Trainor, Mike
• Application Number:
  US11/455,624
• Publication Number:
  US 20060288396A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets

Abstract

A method for translating a text based command into a multimedia format is provided. The method includes providing a the text based command to a network, converting the text based command to a URL request, providing the text based command to a text based program, translating a text based output into XML, and translating the text based XML into HTML via an XSL stylesheet.

Claims

1. A method for translating a text based command into a multimedia format comprising:

providing a the text based command to a network;

converting the text based command to a URL request;

providing the text based command to a text based program;

translating a text based output into XML; and

translating the text based XML into HTML via an XSL stylesheet.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text based program comprises the Legacy program.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network comprises the Internet.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the multimedia format comprises graphics, text and audio.

5. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the network provides the text based command to an IIS server.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text based command is transmitted from a PDA.

7. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text based command is transmitted from a cellular phone.

8. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text based command is transmitted from a laptop.

9. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the text based program resides in a medical imaging system.

10. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the medical imaging system comprises a SPECT.

11. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the medical imaging system comprises a CT.

12. The method as recited in claim 9, wherein the medical imaging system comprises a PET.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the network comprises a CGI network.