Creating an index page for user interface frames

• US 20070044027A1
• Filed: 08/22/2005
• Published: 02/22/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/22/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Fischer, Ilja
• Granted Patent: US 7,774,701 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/760
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/954 Navigation, e.g. using categorised browsing

Abstract

A method of creating an index page that identifies at least one of several user interface (UI) frames includes receiving, in a computer system, information that identifies a category for the index page. The index page is provided with at least one index name identifying a UI frame that is associated with the category. The computer system includes several UI frames, each of which is controlled at least in part by instruction code in a package having a package name. The package names of the several UI frames are read to identify at least one package name that matches the category. The at least one index name is displayed in the index page, the at least one index name being obtained from the at least one package name that matches the category.

Claims

1. A method of creating an index page that identifies at least one of several user interface (UI) frames, the method comprising:

receiving, in a computer system, information that identifies a category for an index page, the index page to be provided with at least one index name identifying a UI frame that is associated with the category, the computer system including several UI frames, each of which is controlled at least in part by instruction code in a package having a package name;

reading the package names of the several UI frames to identify at least one package name that matches the category; and

displaying the at least one index name in the index page, the at least one index name being obtained from the at least one package name that matches the category.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the category relates to a function that the system can perform through at least one of the several UI frames.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the category relates to a provider of a package that controls a UI frame.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the category is input by a user at runtime.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving input that specifies at least one of an identity of a user and a role of the user, wherein the category is identified based on the identity or the role of the user.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the package names follow a format convention that is described in a JAVA™

Language Specification.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the UI frames are configured to be displayed on a screen of a personal digital assistant.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing the index name with a link to the UI frame identified by the index name.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving user input that selects the link, and displaying the identified UI frame based on the received user input.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising extracting at least a portion of a package name that matches the category in obtaining the index name.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising retrieving, from a mapping table, a name that is associated with the extracted portion, the retrieved name to be included in the index name.

12. A computer program product tangibly embodied in an information carrier, to computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform operations comprising:

receiving, in a computer system, information that identifies a category for an index page, the index page to be provided with at least one index name identifying a UI frame that is associated with the category, the computer system including several UI frames, each of which is controlled at least in part by instruction code in a package having a package name;

reading the package names of the several UI frames to identify at least one package name that matches the category; and

displaying the at least one index name in the index page, the at least one index name being obtained from the at least one package name that matches the category.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise receiving input that specifies at least one of an identity of a user and a role of the user, wherein the category is identified based on the identity or the role of the user.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise providing the index name with a link to the UI frame identified by the index name.

15. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise receiving user input in that selects the link, and displaying the identified UI frame based on the received user input.

16. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise extracting at least a portion of the package name that matches the category in obtaining the index name.

17. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the operations further comprise retrieving, from a mapping table, a name to be included in the index name.

18. A system comprising:

a computer device through which a user can access a portal environment having a plurality of user interface frames, each of which is controlled by instruction code in a package having a package name;

a computer program product that can be stored in and executed by the computer device, the computer program product including instructions that, when executed, cause the computer device to perform operations comprising;

receiving, in a computer system, information that identifies a category for an index page, the index page to be provided with at least one index name identifying a UI frame that is associated with the category, the computer system including several UI frames, each of which is controlled at least in part by instruction code in a package having a package name;

reading the package names of the several UI frames to identify at least one package name that matches the category; and

displaying the at least one index name in the index page, the at least one index name being obtained from the at least one package name that matches the category.

19. The system of claim 18, where in the operations further comprise extracting at least a portion of the package name that matches the category in obtaining the index name.

20. The system of claim 18, where in the operations further comprise retrieving a name, from a mapping table to be included in the index name.