METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR UPDATING A PLURALITY OF DATA FIELDS IN AN ELECRONIC FORM
First Claim
1. A method of updating a plurality of data fields in an electronic form, the method comprising:
- detecting an event associated with an update at a client device;
sending a method call from the client device to a broker server in response to detecting the event, the method call using a first protocol; and
receiving data from the broker server using the first protocol, wherein the data received from the broker server is retrieved from a plurality of different data sources using a plurality of different protocols.
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Abstract
The disclosed system empowers technical and non technical users to author logical business objects, author intelligent business forms, and create automated workflows. The logical business objects include data definitions and methods from existing and new data sources. An object broker interprets the business object definition and brokers data/information and method calls to the data sources. The intelligent business forms are created by an information worker in a rich web-based tooling environment. Each form is intelligent enough to recognize other forms that it might co-exist with on a single page, as well as how to react based on events that occur on these related forms. The automated workflow tools include process discovery features that assist users during the process identification phase. The tools assist both technical and non technical users to identify processes within the organization, including supporting solution artifacts such as forms, rules, actions, outcomes and business objects involved. Process modeling features include the ability to combine defined artifacts into a process model that can be published into a runtime environment where it can be executed and used by business users in the organization.
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13 Claims
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1. A method of updating a plurality of data fields in an electronic form, the method comprising:
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detecting an event associated with an update at a client device;
sending a method call from the client device to a broker server in response to detecting the event, the method call using a first protocol; and
receiving data from the broker server using the first protocol, wherein the data received from the broker server is retrieved from a plurality of different data sources using a plurality of different protocols. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A computer readable medium storing instructions for updating a plurality of data fields in an electronic form, the instructions to cause a computing device to:
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detect an event associated with an update at a client device;
send a method call from the client device to a broker server in response to detecting the event, the method call using a first protocol; and
receive data from the broker server using the first protocol, wherein the data received from the broker server is retrieved from a plurality of different data sources using a plurality of different protocols. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A computing device for generating instructions for updating a plurality of data fields in an electronic form, the computing device:
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detecting an event associated with an update at a client device;
sending a method call from the client device to a broker server in response to detecting the event, the method call using a first protocol; and
receiving data from the broker server using the first protocol, wherein the data received from the broker server is retrieved from a plurality of different data sources using a plurality of different protocols. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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