MODEL-DRIVEN LIST PICKER

• US 20150089351A1
• Filed: 07/16/2014
• Published: 03/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Davis, Edmund Alexander, Rowles, Brian, Logan, Shaun
• Granted Patent: US 9,619,453 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/245 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/86 Mapping to a database
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/90324 using system suggestions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/18 of spreadsheets form-filling G06F40/174

Abstract

In various embodiments, methods, systems, and non-transitory computer-readable media are disclosed that allow developers to place popup or list pickers as components of a document using a desktop integration framework. The popup or list pickers can be tied to model metadata allowing a pick list to be dynamically generated when the document is rendered. This allows workbook developers to leverage existing Model layer metadata combined with simple workbook configuration to easily create powerful Search and Select user interfaces for choosing values for ADF Table cells.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing code that when executed by one or more processors associated with one or more computer systems configures the one or more processors for creating documents of desktop applications that act as user interfaces for web-based applications, the non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising:

code for creating contents of a document in a native application format associated with a first application;

code for associating a user interface element with a portion of the contents of the document, the user interface element being a component of a second application and providing a link between the portion of the contents of the document and data associated with data models provided by web-based applications in communication with the second application;

code for mapping the user interface element to one or more data models provided by a web-based application wherein the user interface element contributes at least a portion of data associated with the one or more data models provided by the web-based application to a user interface within the first application and wherein how the user interface element contributes a list picker to the user interface is driven at runtime based on the one or more data models; and

code for generating metadata associated with the document based on the associating of the user interface element with the portion of the contents of the document and the mapping of the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for mapping the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application comprises code for configuring the user interface element to provide a list picker based on a type of the data determined at runtime.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for mapping the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application comprises code for configuring the user interface element with specific functionality allowing the user to interact with the data based on one or more aspects of the data determined at runtime.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for mapping the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application comprises code for configuring the user interface element to provide a list of values derived from an entity modeled by the one or more data models at runtime.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for mapping the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application comprises code for configuring the user interface element to provide a search interface enabling a user to search within a list of values derived from an entity modeled by the one or more data models at runtime.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for associating the user interface element with the portion of the contents of the document comprises code for associating a text box, label, button, list, table, radio button, checkbox, input widget, or output widget.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for creating the contents of the document in the native application format associated with the first application comprises code for creating a spreadsheet using a spreadsheet desktop application.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 wherein the code for creating the contents of the document in the native application format associated with the first application comprises code for creating a word processing document using a desktop publishing application.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

code for publishing the document and the metadata associated with the document to the web-based application such that the document becomes usable as a user interface to the web-based application.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

code for retrieving the document from the web-based application; and

code for rendering the document based on the document and the metadata associated with the document at runtime to determine how the user interface element contributes to the user interface.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 10 wherein the code for rendering the document comprises code for generating functionality that displays an interface in response to a user interaction that allows a user to select one or more values determined at runtime and that inputs a selection into the contents of the document.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 1 further comprising:

code for receiving a modification to the document in the portion of data contributed by the user interface element; and

code for updating the web-based application using the second application to reflect the modification.

13. A method comprising:

creating, by a computer system, contents of a document in a native application format associated with a first application;

associating, by a computer system, a user interface element with a portion of the contents of the document, the user interface element being a component of a second application and providing a link between the portion of the contents of the document and data associated with data models provided by web-based applications in communication with the second application;

mapping, by a computer system, the user interface element to one or more data models provided by a web-based application wherein the user interface element contributes at least a portion of data associated with the one or more data models provided by the web-based application to a user interface within the first application and wherein how the user interface element contributes a list picker to the user interface is driven at runtime based on the one or more data models; and

generating, by a computer system, metadata associated with the document based on the associating of the user interface element with the portion of the contents of the document and the mapping of the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application.

14. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing a set of instructions which when executed by the processor configure the processor to;

create contents of a document in a native application format associated with a first application;

associate a user interface element with a portion of the contents of the document, the user interface element being a component of a second application and providing a link between the portion of the contents of the document and data associated with data models provided by web-based applications in communication with the second application;

map the user interface element to one or more data models provided by a web-based application wherein the user interface element contributes at least a portion of data associated with the one or more data models provided by the web-based application to a user interface within the first application and wherein how the user interface element contributes a list picker to the user interface is driven at runtime based on the one or more data models; and

generate metadata associated with the document based on the associating of the user interface element with the portion of the contents of the document and the mapping of the user interface element to the one or more data models provided by the web-based application.