Computerized Toolset for Use with Oracle Forms

• US 20110185280A1
• Filed: 01/26/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AuraPlayer Ltd.
• Original Assignee: OraPlayer Ltd.
• Inventors: Urman, Mia Yael, Nakash, Yosef
• Granted Patent: US 9,953,100 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/957 Browsing optimisation, e.g. caching or content distillation

Abstract

A method for automatically operating an Oracle Forms application, the method comprising: intercepting, using a Listener component of the Oracle Forms application, a communication between the Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server, and storing the intercepted communication; identifying, in the intercepted communication, data associated with at least one user input field of the Oracle Forms application; replacing, in the intercepted communication, the identified data with new data corresponding to the user input field of the Oracle Forms application, to produce a new communication; and transmitting the new communication to the an Oracle Forms server, using a Dispatcher component of the Oracle Forms application, thereby causing the Oracle Forms application to operate automatically.

Claims

1. A method for automatically operating an Oracle Forms application, the method comprising:

intercepting, using a Listener component of the Oracle Forms application, a communication between the Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server, and storing the intercepted communication;

identifying, in the intercepted communication, data associated with at least one user event of the Oracle Forms application;

replacing, in the intercepted communication, the identified data with new data corresponding to the user event of the Oracle Forms application, to produce a new communication; and

transmitting the new communication to the an Oracle Forms server, using a Dispatcher component of the Oracle Forms application, thereby causing the Oracle Forms application to operate automatically.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

interfacing with a computer-telephone integration (CTI) system for receiving a caller identifier; and

utilizing the caller identifier as at least a part of the new data, such that the automatic operation of the Oracle Forms application comprises displaying information associated with the caller.

3. The method according to claim 1, further comprising, prior to replacing the identified data, providing a web-based user interface enabling a user to input at least a part of the new data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the Oracle Forms application to operate automatically comprises causing the Oracle Forms application to operate silently.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein causing the Oracle Forms application to operate automatically comprises causing the Oracle Forms application to operate visually, by displaying responses received from the Oracle Forms server.

6. A method for auditing communications between a client running an Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server, the method comprising:

running a memory-resident auditing agent in the client;

using the auditing agent, automatically interfacing with a Listener component of the Oracle Forms application, to intercept communications between the Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server;

transmitting at least a portion of the intercepted communications to an auditing server; and

in the auditing server, parsing the transmitted communications, to produce an audit report which lists a set of actions performed by the client, along with a corresponding textual description of at least a portion of the Oracle Forms application.

7. A method for monitoring communications between a client running an Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server, the method comprising:

running a memory-resident monitoring agent in the client;

using the monitoring agent, automatically interfacing with a Listener component of the Oracle Forms application, to intercept communications between the Oracle Forms application and an Oracle Forms server;

producing performance data, based on the intercepted communications, and transmitting the performance data to a monitoring server; and

analyzing the performance data, to produce a performance report.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the analyzing of the performance data to produce the performance report is performed in the monitoring server.

9. The method according to claim 7, wherein the analyzing of the performance data to produce the performance report is performed in a management console.

10. A method for monitoring communications between a client and an Oracle Forms server, the method comprising:

running a memory-resident monitoring robot and a memory-resident monitoring agent in the client;

remotely triggering the monitoring robot at pre-determined times, by a monitoring server, to generate and transmit a communication to an Oracle Forms server;

intercepting, using the monitoring agent, a response to the communication received from the Oracle Forms server, and producing performance data; and

analyzing the performance data, to produce a performance report

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the analyzing of the performance data to produce the performance report is performed in a monitoring server.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the analyzing of the performance data to produce the performance report is performed in a management console.