USER INTERFACE (UI) CONTROL FOR ATTESTATION PROCESS

• US 20120317494A1
• Filed: 07/16/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Siegal, Bess L.M., Duym, Rudy
• Granted Patent: US 9,652,739 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/741
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/107 Computer-aided management of electronic mailing [e-mailing]

Abstract

Methods and apparatus involve attestation of items, such as user profiles, roles, assets, etc. In a computing environment, a compliance administrator initiates an attestation process, including specifying particular attributes of a user that require attestation. A workflow is launched to present the user with a workflow form in a browser page of his computing device. As part of the launch, a UI control makes calls to an attestation service to determine which attributes of the user were specified by the compliance administrator and to query an association between each of the specified attributes and a particular UI control and field value therefor. Upon obtaining the results, the particular UI control for the specified attributes are presented to the user in the workflow form, along with an attestation question UI control, and an option for the user to update at least one of their field values.

Claims

1. In a computing system environment, a method of attestation by a user on a first computing device, a user attestation process having been initiated including attributes of the user needing attestation having been specified, comprising:

determining an associated user interface (UI) control for each of said attributes of the user having been specified; and

generating for a browser page of the first computing device a single workflow form including the associated UI control along with an attestation question UI control for the user attestation profile, the generating including an option for the user to update at least one field value in the browser page.

2. A computing system for user attestation, comprising:

a plurality of computing devices each including a processor, memory and available storage upon which computing instructions can be executed during said user attestation, at least one of the computing devices having a display upon which a browser can be opened to view a loaded page; and

an attestation service by which a compliance administrator acting via one of said computing devices can initiate an attestation process for the user including specifying which attributes of the user need attestation, the attestation service being configured to launch a single workflow form in the browser including a user interface (UI) control configured to make calls to the attestation service to determine which said attributes of the user were said specified and to make a query of the available storage regarding the specified attributes and an associated UI control and field value therefor to thereafter generate the associated UI control for each of the specified attributes in the form along with an attestation question UI control, the form including an option for the user to selectively update at least one of the field values.

3. The computing system of claim 2, further including an Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (Ajax) service by which the UI control makes said calls and said query.

4. The computing system of claim 3, further including an abstraction layer for the Ajax service and UI control to communicate with the available storage.

5. The computing system of claim 2, wherein the attestation service further includes a workflow engine.

6. The computing system of claim 2, wherein the available storage further includes a directory for a plurality of users, including the specified attributes of said user and the associated UI control and field value therefor.

7. A non-transitory computer program product available as a download or on a computer readable medium for loading on a computing device in a computing system environment for user attestation of an attestation process having been initiated including attributes of the user needing attestation having been specified, the computer program product, comprising:

executable instructions configured to determine an associated user interface (UI) control for each of said attributes of the user having been specified; and

executable instructions configured to generate for a browser page of the computing device a single workflow form including the associated UI control along with an attestation question UI control for the process.

8. The computer program product of claim 7, further including executable instructions configured for generating an option for the user to update at least one field value in the browser page corresponding to one of said attributes thereby avoiding needing multiple browser pages to be loaded on the computing device during the method of attestation.

9. The computer program product of claim 8, further including executable instructions configured for capturing all field values for the specified attributes upon the user selecting the option to said update.

10. The computer program product of claim 7, further including executable instructions configured for determining whether the user has editing rights for field values associated with the specified attributes.

11. The computer program product of claim 10, further including executable instructions configured for generating the associated UI control for the specified attributes as read-only or according to a locale of the user upon the user not having said editing rights.

12. In a computing system environment, a method of attestation by a user on a first computing device, comprising:

from a second computing device, initiating a user attestation process including specifying attributes of the user requiring attestation;

launching a workflow for ultimately presenting to the user on the first computing device a single workflow form including user interface (UI) controls in a single browser page;

querying for an association between each of the specified attributes and a particular UI control and field value therefor; and

generating the single workflow form including particular UI controls for the specified attributes along with an attestation question UI control, the generating including providing an option for the user to update at least one of the field values.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the specifying attributes is done by a compliance administrator on the second computing device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein initiating the user attestation process further includes the compliance administrator invoking an attestation service.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein launching the workflow is performed by the attestation service.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein launching the workflow further includes launching a control that determines which said attributes of the user were specified and queries for the association.

17. The method of claim 12, upon the user selecting the option to update, capturing all the field values for the specified attributes.