PAGE NAVIGATION GENERATION SYSTEM FOR A CUSTOMIZABLE APPLICATION

• US 20090217146A1
• Filed: 02/22/2008
• Published: 08/27/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 02/22/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Original Assignee: Accenture Global Services Limited (Accenture PLC)
• Inventors: GOLDFARB, EUGENE
• Application Number:
  US12/036,120
• Publication Number:
  US 20090217146A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/205
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A page navigation rule generator system for a customizable application includes a page navigation rule detail module and a page navigation rule generation module. The page navigation rule detail module may be executable to receive a page navigation rule detail. The page navigation rule detail may include a page identifier to identify a display page in the customizable application, a navigation rule identifier to identify an evaluative expression, and a destination page identifier to identify a destination page in the customizable application. The page navigation rule generation module is executable to generate a page navigation rule detail entry in an application database from the page navigation rule detail. The page navigation rule detail is configurable to direct the customizable application to display a link to the destination page on the display page when the evaluative expression is determined to be a predetermined condition.

Claims

1. A page navigation rule generation system for a customizable application, the page navigation rule system comprising:

a processor and a memory storage device, the memory storage device including computer code executable with the processor, the computer code comprising;

a page navigation rule detail module executable to receive a page navigation rule detail, the page navigation rule detail comprising a page identifier to identify a display page in the customizable application, a navigation rule identifier to identify a logic expression, and a destination page identifier to identify a destination page in the customizable application; and

a page navigation rule generation module executable to generate a page navigation rule detail entry in an application database from the page navigation rule detail, wherein the page navigation rule detail entry is configurable to direct the customizable application to display a link to the destination page on the display page in response to a predetermined value of the logic expression.

2. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the destination page identifier is a first destination page identifier, the destination page is a first destination page, and the link is a first link, wherein the page navigation rule detail further comprises a second destination page identifier to identify a second destination page, and the page navigation rule detail entry is further configurable to direct the customizable application to display a second link to the second destination page in response to a second predetermined value of the logic expression different from the first predetermined value.

3. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the navigation rule identifier is represented as the logic expression.

4. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the page navigation rule detail module is executable to receive a plurality of page navigation rule details, and the page navigation rule generation module is executable to generate a plurality of page navigation rule detail entries in the application database from the page navigation rule details.

5. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 4, wherein the customizable application is configurable to display a plurality of default links in the display page, the default links comprise a default link, the default link includes a linked page, and wherein the navigation rule detail entry is configurable to direct the customizable application to display the default link unless the linked page is the destination page and the logic expression is determined to be a predetermined value.

6. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the customizable application is configured with a default page flow, the destination page identifier is a next page identifier, and the next page identifier represents a next page in the default page flow from the display page.

7. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the page navigation rule detail module is executable to receive the page navigation rule detail from a network using a Simple Object Access Protocol.

8. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the computer code further comprises a user interface module, the user interface module is executable to receive user input from a selection device to create the page navigation rule detail, and the page navigation rule detail module is executable to receive the page navigation rule detail from the user interface module.

9. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 1, wherein the page navigation rule generation module is executable to generate the page navigation rule detail entry based on security authorization of a user.

10. A page navigation rule generation system comprising:

a processor;

a memory storage device in communication with the processor, the memory storage device including computer code, the computer code executable with the processor and comprising;

a user interface module executable to receive a set of page navigation rule detail entries from an application database, the application database configurable to customize a customizable application, wherein;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries is configurable to customize navigation behavior of a display page of the customizable application;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries includes a navigation rule identifier to identify a logic expression, the logic expression comprising at least two operators;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries includes a destination page identifier to identify a destination page in the customizable application;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries is configurable to direct the customizable application to navigate from the display page to the destination page of each of the page navigation rule detail entries in response to the logic expression identified by a respective one of the page navigation rule detail entries being determined to be a predetermined value;

the user interface module is executable to receive user modifications of the set of page navigation rule detail entries and to store the user modifications in a page navigation rule detail; and

the user interface module is executable to receive a save command from a user; and

a page navigation rule generation module executable to receive the page navigation rule detail from the user interface module upon receipt of the save command, and to modify the set of page navigation rule detail entries in the application database to reflect the user modifications stored in the page navigation rule detail.

11. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the set of page navigation rule detail entries received from the application database is an empty set.

12. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the set of page navigation rule detail entries updated in the application database is an empty set.

13. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the user interface module is executable to receive from a selection device a page identifier to identify the display page.

14. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the user modifications include an addition of a new page navigation rule detail entry.

15. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the user modifications include a new logic expression identified by the respective one of the page navigation rule detail entries.

16. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 15, wherein the new logic expression is represented as text.

17. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the destination page identifier is a first destination page identifier, the destination page is a first destination page, the predetermined value is a first predetermined value, each of the page navigation rule detail entries further includes a second destination page identifier to identify a second destination page in the customizable application, and each of the page navigation rule detail entries is also configurable to direct the customizable application to navigate from the display page to the second destination page of each of the page navigation rule detail entries in response to the logic expression identified by the navigation rule of each of the page navigation rule detail entries determined to be a second predetermined value different than the first predetermined value.

18. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the user interface module is executable to receive an application identifier to identify one of a plurality of applications implemented with the customizable application and configured with the application database.

19. The page navigation rule generation system of claim 10, wherein the logic expression includes an operand, the operand is a variable, and the variable represents a user-provided answer to a question, the question is displayed in one of a plurality of display pages of the customizable application, and the user-provided answer is entered in the one of the display pages.

20. In a computer system comprising a graphical user interface including a display and a selection device, a method of configuring page navigation of a customizable application, the method comprising:

displaying on the display at least one page navigation rule detail entry of a set of page navigation rule detail entries, wherein;

each of the page navigation detail rule entries is configurable to customize navigation behavior of a display page of the customizable application;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries includes a navigation rule identifier to identify a navigation rule, the navigation rule comprising an evaluative expression;

each of the page navigation rule detail entries includes a destination page identifier to identify a destination page of the customizable application; and

each of the page navigation rule detail entries is configurable to direct the customizable application to navigate from the display page to the destination page of each of the page navigation rule detail entries in response to the navigation rule evaluating to a predetermined condition;

receiving modification signals from the selection device, the modification signals indicative of the selection device selecting a new navigation rule identifier from a plurality of navigation rules defined in the application database, and the modification signals indicative of the selection device selecting a new destination page identifier to identify a new destination page of the customizable application; and

modifying the set of page navigation rule detail entries in the application database in response to receipt of the modification signals, wherein modifying the set of the page navigation rule detail entries includes adding a new page navigation rule detail entry to the set, the new page navigation rule detail entry comprising the new navigation rule identifier and the new destination page identifier.