Mobile Device Interface Generator

• US 20140082512A1
• Filed: 09/17/2012
• Published: 03/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Neuert, Holger, Hoerisch, Michael, Breitkopf, Stefan
• Granted Patent: US 9,442,618 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/744
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/022 Centralised management of display operation, e.g. in a server instead of locally

Abstract

A mobile device and method includes receiving communications from an application server at a touchscreen based mobile device, wherein the communications are tailored for providing a user interface for a workstation computer system, translating the received communications at the mobile device into a mobile device user interface tailored for the mobile device touchscreen, receiving user interactions via the mobile device touchscreen, translating the received user interactions into corresponding workstation based user interactions, and transmitting the translated user interaction to the application server such that the application server interacts with the mobile device in the same manner as with workstations.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving communications from an application server at a touchscreen based mobile device, wherein the communications are tailored for providing a user interface for a workstation computer system;

translating the received communications at the mobile device into a mobile device user interface tailored for the mobile device touchscreen;

receiving user interactions via the mobile device touchscreen;

translating the received user interactions into corresponding workstation based user interactions; and

transmitting the translated user interaction to the application server such that the application server interacts with the mobile device in the same manner as with workstations.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device connects to the server via a wireless access point.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device facilitates signing on to the application server using a same user id and password as used when signing on via a workstation computer system.

4. The method of claim 3 wherein the user id and password entered in the mobile device are translated to be identical with the same user id and password when entered via a workstation computer system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile device user interface provides tap-able thumbnail images of stored views.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the stored view thumbnail images are scrollable via finger gestures.

7. The method of claim 5 and further comprising:

receiving a notification of a shared view that includes an icon of the shared view; and

importing the shared view into the stored views via a touch of the touchscreen.

8. The method of claim 5 and further comprising executing a view with real-time data.

9. The method of claim 5 and further comprising modifying filters for a dimension of a view.

10. The method of claim 5 and further comprising displaying a view as a graph responsive to a finer gesture via the touchscreen user interface.

11. The method of claim 1 and further comprising providing a keyboard interface on the touchscreen to facilitate user input of text.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the application server is executing a business warehouse application and wherein the mobile device user interface provides for browsing of available queries, filtering of displayed queries, and searching and displaying metadata associated with queries.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the mobile device user interface facilitates user searching and selection of variables.

14. The method of claim 13 wherein the mobile device user interface provides and facilitates adapting tabular views.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the mobile device user interface facilitates storing and sharing of views.

16. A method comprising:

receiving communications from an application server at a touchscreen based mobile device, wherein the communications are tailored for providing a pull-down menu based user interface tailored for a workstation computer system;

translating the received communications at the mobile device into a mobile device user interface tailored for the mobile device touchscreen with dragable icons;

receiving user touch based interactions via the mobile device touchscreen;

translating the received user interactions into corresponding workstation pull-down menu based user interactions; and

transmitting the translated user interaction to the application server such that the application server interacts with the mobile device in the same manner as with workstations.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the mobile device user interface provides tap-able thumbnail images of stored views that are scrollable via finger gestures, and wherein the method further comprises:

receiving a notification of a shared view that includes an icon of the shared view; and

importing the shared view into the stored views via a touch of the touchscreen.

18. A mobile device comprising:

a processor;

a touchscreen interface coupled to the processor;

a transceiver coupled to the processor to communicate with an application server via a wireless access point;

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having instructions stored thereon to cause the processor to;

receive communications from the application server, wherein the communications are tailored for providing a user interface for a workstation computer system;

translate the received communications into a mobile device user interface tailored for the mobile device touchscreen;

receive user interactions via the mobile device touchscreen;

translate the received user interactions into corresponding workstation based used interactions; and

transmit the translated user interaction to the application server such that the application server interacts with the mobile device in the same manner as with workstations.

19. The mobile device of claim 18 wherein the mobile device user interface provides tap-able thumbnail images of stored views that are scrollable via finger gestures, and wherein the mobile device is further adapted to:

receive a notification of a shared view that includes an icon of the shared view; and

import the shared view into the stored views via a touch of the touchscreen.

20. The mobile device of claim 18 wherein the application server is executing a business warehouse application and wherein the mobile device user interface provides for browsing of available queries, filtering of displayed queries, and searching and displaying metadata associated with queries.