VIEW SELECTION AND SWITCHING

• US 20090132915A1
• Filed: 11/20/2007
• Published: 05/21/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Carper, Kathy K., Bulankou, Aliaksandr, McCraw, Michael Scott, Hill, David Paul, Lin, Yifung
• Application Number:
  US11/942,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20090132915A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/700
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Application logic and user interfaces are separated to allow more than one interface or view to be easily employed for given application logic. A particular interface can be utilized to display data and/or facilitate interaction simply by identifying the interface. Available interfaces are identified to users for selection thereof. The specific interfaces and manner of identification can be filtered or otherwise controlled or arranged. Upon selection of an interface, data can be rendered accordingly. A transition can also be applied between switched interfaces.

Claims

1. A user interface system, comprising:

a component that acquires a view type declaration; and

a binder component that binds a view to a discrete and reusable set of application logic in accordance with the declaration.

2. The system of claim 1, the type declaration is specified in a markup language.

3. The system of claim 1, multiple views are bound to the logic.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a selection component that identifies available views for selection by a user at runtime.

5. The system of claim 4, the selection component implements a selection strategy in accordance with a particular visual style

6. The system of claim 4, the views are identified in a drop down list

7. The system of claim 4, further comprising a filter component that controls access to views.

8. The system of claim 4, further comprising a component that renders a selected view.

9. The system of claim 4, a component that orders the views for selection by relevancy to a user.

10. The system of claim 1, the view is a plug-in.

11. A computer implemented presentation method, comprising:

identifying a view selected from a plurality of views by a user at runtime; and

rendering data provisioned by application logic in accordance with an identified view, the logic and the view are implemented separately.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising applying a filter to views provided to a user for selection.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising changing filters at runtime.

14. The method of claim 12, further comprising acquiring a filter from a third party.

15. The method of claim, 11, further comprising ordering views provided to a user as a function of user relevance.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising executing a transition between a first view and a second view.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising receiving a transition from a third party.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising registering a third-party view for use.

19. A view switching system, comprising:

means for filtering user interfaces presented to users for selection;

means for identifying a selected user interface at runtime; and

means for displaying data afforded by interface independent application logic in accordance with the selected interface.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising a means for displaying a transition when switching between interfaces.