GENERIC XML SCREEN SCRAPING
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1. A method comprising:
- creating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file based on screen shots of a host system;
providing the XML instruction file to a screen scraper program;
executing screen scraping operations, provided by the screen scraper program, based on the XML instruction file; and
outputting a user interface file based on the screen scraping operations that corresponds to extracted data output by the host system.
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Abstract
A method may include creating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file based on screen shots of a host system, providing the XML instruction file to a screen scraper program, executing screen scraping operations based on the XML instruction file, and outputting a user interface file based on the screen scraping operations that corresponds to extracted data output from the host system.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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creating an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file based on screen shots of a host system; providing the XML instruction file to a screen scraper program; executing screen scraping operations, provided by the screen scraper program, based on the XML instruction file; and outputting a user interface file based on the screen scraping operations that corresponds to extracted data output by the host system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-readable memory device containing instructions executable by at least one processor, the computer-readable memory device comprising:
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one or more instructions to establish a connection with a host device; one or more instructions to access an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file; one or more instructions to screen scrape the host device based on the XML instruction file; and one or more instructions to convert extracted data from the host device to an XML format. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A device comprising:
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a memory to store instructions; and a processor to execute the instructions to; establish a screen scraping session with a host device; interpret an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file stored in the memory; execute a screen scraping dialog with the host device based on the interpreted XML instruction file; and generate an output file that provides a user interface to the host device based on the screen scraping dialog. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A system, comprising:
one or more devices to; receive screen scraping operation based on an Extensible Markup Language (XML) instruction file provided in a screen scraping program; output extracted data based on the screen scraping operations for generating a user interface file. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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