Command center system and method

• US 20070169037A1
• Filed: 11/13/2006
• Published: 07/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 11/18/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Fang, Yue, Subramanian, Lenin
• Application Number:
  US11/598,390
• Publication Number:
  US 20070169037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/143
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method for interacting with a computer application includes receiving, from a user, an input string from an input field, parsing the input string to identify a command token, validating user authorization to execute the identified command token and executing at least a portion of the computer application based on the identified command token.

Claims

1. A method for interacting with a computer application comprising:

receiving, from a user, an input string from an input field;

parsing the input string to identify a command token;

validating user authorization to execute the identified command token; and

executing at least a portion of the computer application based on the identified command token.

2. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the input string comprises data tokens used to enter information into the input field.

3. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the executing is performed in response to receiving an execute input from the user.

4. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising providing the user with syntax help when the user is inputting an input string into the input field.

5. The method as recited in claim 4, wherein the syntax help comprises presenting the user with a predetermined number of help values which get converged as and when the user input to the input field approaches a specific command.

6. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a tree model is generated for token parsing to identify the command token.

7. The method as recited in claim 6, wherein for each possible command token, there comprises in the tree model a business object used to execute a command.

8. The method as recited in claim 7, wherein each business object comprises information about the command.

9. A computer recording medium including computer executable code for interacting with a computer application comprising:

code for receiving, from a user, an input string from an input field;

code for parsing the input string to identify a command token;

code for validating user authorization to execute the identified command token; and

code for executing at least a portion of the computer application based on the identified command token.

10. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 9, wherein the input string comprises data tokens used to enter information into the input field.

11. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 9, wherein the executing is performed in response to receiving an execute input from the user.

12. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 9, further comprising providing the user with syntax help when the user is inputting an input string into the input field.

13. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 12, wherein the syntax help comprises presenting the user with a predetermined number of help values which get converged as and when the user input to the input field approaches a specific command.

14. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 9, wherein a tree model is generated for token parsing to identify the command token.

15. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 14, wherein for each possible command token, there comprises in the tree model a business object used to execute a command.

16. The computer recording medium as recited in claim 15, wherein each business object comprises information about the command.

17. A system for interacting with a computer application comprising:

a receiving module for receiving, from a user, an input string from an input field;

a parsing module for parsing the input string to identify a command token;

a validation module for validating user authorization to execute the identified command token; and

an execution module for executing at least a portion of the computer application based on the identified command token.

18. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the input string comprises data tokens used to enter information into the input field.

19. The system as recited in claim 17, wherein the execution module executes at least the portion of the computer application in response to receiving an execute input from the user.

20. The system as recited in claim 17, further comprising a help module for providing the user with syntax help when the user is inputting an input string into the input field.

21. The system as recited in claim 20, wherein the syntax help comprises presenting the user with a predetermined number of help values which get converged as and when the user input to the input field approaches a specific command.

22. The system as recited in claim 17, further comprising an initialization module for generating a tree model used for token parsing to identify the command token.

23. The system as recited in claim 22, wherein for each possible command token, there comprises in the tree model a business object used to execute a command.

24. The system as recited in claim 23, wherein each business object comprises information about the command.