Service enabled tagged user interfaces

• US 20080098085A1
• Filed: 12/20/2006
• Published: 04/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Misovski, Filip, Krane, Rolf
• Granted Patent: US 8,060,556 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

In one aspect, in a computer-implemented method it is determined whether a placeholder corresponding to a service includes an identifier similar to a tag associated with an element of a user interface. The placeholder is replaced with a value of the element associated with the tag based on the results of the determining step. The service is called using the value. Information is received from the called service, the information corresponding to the element of user interface. Related systems, apparatus, methods, and/or articles are also described.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

determining whether a placeholder corresponding to a service includes an identifier similar to a tag associated with an element of a user interface;

replacing the placeholder with a value of the element associated with the tag based on the results of the determining step;

calling the service using the value; and

receiving information from the called service, the information corresponding to the element of user interface.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein determining further comprises:

determining whether a URL includes the placeholder including an identifier that is the same as the tag associated with the element of the user interface.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

associating an element of a user interface to the tag; and

selecting the service from a repository.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

setting the placeholder to a character string value associated with the tag.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein calling further comprises:

selecting the identifier of the placeholder to be the same as the tag.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising:

presenting in a separate window, the received information from the called service.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein calling further comprises:

calling, as the service, one of the following;

a web service, an enterprise service, and an application.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 further comprising:

defining a concatenated tag as including at least two tags; and

associating the element of a user interface to the concatenated tag.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein defining further comprises:

defining the concatenated tag to include a hierarchy of generic semantic information to specific semantic information.

10. An article comprising a machine-readable medium embodying instructions that when performed by one or more machines result in operations comprising:

determining whether a placeholder corresponding to a service includes an identifier similar to a tag associated with an element of a user interface;

replacing the placeholder with a value of the element associated with the tag based on the results of the determining step;

calling the service using the value; and

receiving information from the called service, the information corresponding to the element of user interface.

11. The article of claim 10, wherein determining further comprises:

determining whether a URL includes the placeholder including an identifier that is the same as the tag associated with the element of the user interface.

12. The article of claim 10 further comprising:

associating an element of a user interface to the tag; and

selecting the service from a repository.

13. The article of claim 10 further comprising:

setting the placeholder to a character string value associated with the tag.

14. The article of claim 10, wherein calling further comprises:

selecting the identifier of the placeholder to be the same as the tag.

15. The article of claim 10 further comprising:

presenting in a separate window, the received information from the called service.

16. The article of claim 10, wherein calling further comprises:

calling, as the service, one of the following;

a web service, an enterprise service, and an application.

17. The article of claim 10 further comprising:

defining a concatenated tag as including at least two tags; and

associating the element of a user interface to the concatenated tag.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein defining further comprises:

defining the concatenated tag to include a hierarchy of generic semantic information to specific semantic information.

19. A computer-implemented method comprising:

associating each of one or more user interface elements with one or more semantic identifiers;

storing the one or more semantic identifiers as one or more tags; and

executing a selected user interface element by access to its associated one or more tags.