DYNAMIC ADAPTIVE CROSS-SITE CUSTOM INTERFACE

• US 20100131853A1
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Published: 05/27/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Palmieri, John
• Granted Patent: US 8,578,276 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/733
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

The system includes a user interface module to receive a request to access a dynamic adaptive custom user interface and to generate a dynamic adaptive custom user interface. The user interface module configures the user interface with one or more application modules, where each application module utilizes a data set provided by an application server. The user interface module uses a proxy module to obtain the data set from the application server. The user interface module populates the user interface with the data set from the application server and provides the dynamic adaptive custom user interface having the data set provided by the application server.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of servers by a plurality of proxy modules;

displaying the data in the user interface by a plurality of application modules; and

providing the user interface displaying the data obtained from the plurality of servers by a user interface module.

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

displaying additional data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of servers and defines the data to be obtained from the corresponding server.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein displaying the data in the user interface by a plurality of application modules comprises:

receiving the data from one of the plurality of proxy modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of proxy modules.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of proxy modules corresponds to one of the plurality of servers.

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

configuring the user interface using configuration information by the user interface module, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of applications to place in the user interface;

loading the plurality of applications based on the configuration information by a control module; and

placing the plurality of applications in the user interface by a template module.

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

providing controls in the user interface for manipulating the data;

receiving a request via a user input to manipulate the data;

providing the request to manipulate the data to one of the plurality of servers able to process the request, wherein the request includes a set of user credentials;

receiving a response to the request, wherein the response indicates whether the data was manipulated by the server; and

displaying the response to the request in the user interface.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein obtaining data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of servers by a plurality of proxy modules comprises:

providing a set of user credentials to the corresponding server;

gathering the data from the corresponding server;

formatting the data, wherein the format of the data is defined by a corresponding application module; and

providing the data to the corresponding application module.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a master user interface or a resource user interface.

10. A computer-readable storage medium, including instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

obtaining data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of servers by a plurality of proxy modules;

displaying the data in the user interface by a plurality of application modules; and

providing the user interface displaying the data obtained from the plurality of servers by a user interface module.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying additional data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of servers and defines the data to be obtained from the corresponding server.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein displaying the data in the user interface by a plurality of application modules comprises:

receiving the data from one of the plurality of proxy modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of proxy modules.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein each of the plurality of proxy modules corresponds to one of the plurality of servers.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

configuring the user interface using configuration information by the user interface module, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of applications to place in the user interface;

loading the plurality of applications based on the configuration information by a control module; and

placing the plurality of applications in the user interface by a template module.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

providing controls in the user interface for manipulating the data;

receiving a request via a user input to manipulate the data;

providing the request to manipulate the data to one of the plurality of servers able to process the request, wherein the request includes a set of user credentials;

receiving a response to the request, wherein the response indicates whether the data was manipulated by the server; and

displaying the response to the request in the user interface.

17. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein obtaining data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of servers by a plurality of proxy modules comprises:

providing a set of user credentials to the corresponding server;

gathering the data from the corresponding server;

formatting the data, wherein the format of the data is defined by a corresponding application module; and

providing the data to the corresponding application module.

18. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the user interface is a master user interface or a resource user interface.

19. A system comprising:

a plurality of proxy modules to obtain data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of servers;

a plurality of application modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules is coupled to a corresponding proxy module, the plurality of application modules to display the data in the user interface by; and

a user interface module, coupled to the plurality of application modules, the user interface module to provide the a user interface module user interface displaying the data obtained from the plurality of servers.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user interface module is further to configure the user interface using configuration information, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of applications to place in the user interface.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

a control module, coupled to the plurality of application modules, the control module to load the plurality of application modules for the user interface; and

a template module, coupled to plurality of application modules, the template module to place the plurality of application modules in the user interface.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the user interface module is further to:

display additional data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.