Method and system for sharing metadata between interfaces

• US 20080052367A1
• Filed: 08/23/2006
• Published: 02/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Agrawal, Ajay K., King, Philip J., Liu, Allen Yihren
• Granted Patent: US 8,639,782 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/208
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A system communicates a client application and a web application and receives configuration data operable within the web application and the client application. The system distributes the configuration data to the client application and the web application. The distributed configuration data is then used to configure the client application and the web application

Claims

1. A method to distribute configuration data over a network, the method including:

receiving at a server, configuration data operable within a client application and a web application, the server being in communication with the web application and the client application; and

distributing the configuration data to the client application and the web application, the configuration data to configure the client application and the web application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes at least one from a group including framework data, programmatic logic, validation rules, and user interface data.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the client application includes a first framework and the web application includes a second framework, the first framework and the second framework including one or more modules associated with a first programmatic response and a second programmatic response, respectively.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more modules include one or more components, including at least one from a group including user interface components, functional components and sub-modules.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the configuration data distributed to the client application and the web application includes at least one from a group including first framework data, second framework data, programmatic logic, validation rules, and user interface data.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the one or more modules of the first framework correspond to the one or more modules of the second framework.

7. The method of claim 6, including using the configuration data distributed to the first framework and the second framework to select which modules of the one or more modules to use to generate the first programmatic response and the second programmatic response in the client application and a web client in communication with the web application, respectively.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the using of the configuration data includes using the programmatic logic to select which components of the selected modules to use to generate the first programmatic response and the second programmatic response.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the using of the programmatic logic to select which components of the selected modules to use includes using user input to select which components of the selected modules to use to generate the first programmatic response and the second programmatic response.

10. The method of claim 5, including using the validation rules of the configuration data to determine if a user of the client application or the web client is authorized to use at least one from a group including the client application, web client, modules of the first framework and the second framework, and components of the one or more modules of the first framework and the second framework.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the client application is a third party application configured to generate the first programmatic response based on the configuration data based on the determination.

12. The method of claim 1, including determining if the client application and the server have previously received the configuration data and selectively providing the configuration data to at least one of the client application and the web application.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration data includes at least one from a group including framework data, programmatic logic, validation rules, and user interface data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein,

the client application includes a first framework including one or more modules operable to create a first programmatic response based on using the configuration data received at the client application;

and

the web application includes a second framework including one or more modules operable to create a second programmatic response based on using the configuration data received at the web application.

16. The system of claim 15, further including the first framework and the second framework to use the configuration data to select which modules of the one or more modules of the first framework and the second framework to use to generate the first programmatic response and the second programmatic response.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the modules selected from the one or more modules of the first framework and the second framework to use the programmatic logic from the configuration data to select which components of the selected modules to use to generate the first programmatic response and the second programmatic response.

18. The system of claim 14, where in the first framework and the second framework to use the validation rules of the configuration data to determine if a user of the client application or the web client, respectively, is authorized to use at least one from a group including the client application, web client, one or more modules of the first framework and the second framework, and components of the one or more modules of the first framework and the second framework.

13. A system to distribute configuration data over a network, the system including:

a configuration engine to receive configuration data operable within a client application and a web application; and

a distribution module to distribute the configuration data to the client application and the web application, the configuration data being used to configure the client application and the web application.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the distribution module further to determine if the client application and a web server associated with the web application have previously received the configuration data and selectively to provide the configuration data to at least one of the client application and the web application.

20. A machine-readable medium comprising instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause the machine to:

receive configuration data at a server operable within a client application and a web application, the server being in communication with the web application and the client application; and

distribute the configuration data to the client application and the web application, the configuration data to configure the client application and the web application.