PROVIDING A USER INTERFACE WITH CONFIGURABLE INTERFACE COMPONENTS

• US 20150205470A1
• Filed: 03/30/2015
• Published: 07/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: CA, Inc. (d/b/a CA Technologies) (Broadcom, Inc.)
• Inventors: Abrams, Howard A., Mitranic, Stanislav
• Granted Patent: US 10,379,707 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24578 using ranking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

A method, system and computer program product for providing a configurable user interface comprises receiving, by a server computer, a request for information to be rendered in a user interface; and in response to the request, sending, by the server computer, the information to be rendered and an identifier related to one of a plurality of user interface components. Also, in response to the request, the server computer sends a registry of the plurality of user interface components, wherein the registry comprises a respective entry for each of the plurality of user interface components. More particularly, the respective entry for a particular one of the plurality of user interface components comprises: a) a location of a configuration associated with the particular one user interface component; and b) a plurality of attributes and corresponding attribute values associated with the particular one user interface component.

Claims

1. A method of providing a configurable user interface comprising:

receiving, by a server computer, a request for information to be rendered in a user interface;

in response to the request, sending, by the server computer, the information to be rendered and an identifier related to one of a plurality of user interface components; and

in response to the request, sending, by the server computer, a registry of the plurality of user interface components, wherein the registry comprises a respective entry for each of the plurality of user interface components and the respective entry for a particular one of the plurality of user interface components comprises;

a location of a configuration associated with the particular one user interface component; and

a plurality of attributes and corresponding attribute values associated with the particular one user interface component.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the server, an indication of a characteristic of a runtime environment associated with an originator of the request; and

selecting the registry of the plurality of interface components to be sent by the server, based on the received indication.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending, by the server, executable code that when executed is configured to select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the identifier and the respective entries for the plurality of user interface components.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the executable code is configured when executed to compare a runtime environment with the respective plurality of attribute values for each of the user interface components and select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the comparison.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein one portion of the runtime environment relates to an object type associated with the information to be rendered.

6. A system for providing a configurable user interface comprising:

a server computer comprising a communication module configured to receive a request for information to be rendered in a user interface;

the communication module further configured, in response to receiving the request, to send the information to be rendered and an identifier related to one of a plurality of user interface components; and

the communication module further configured to send a registry of the plurality of user interface components, wherein the registry comprises a respective entry for each of the plurality of user interface components and the respective entry for a particular one of the plurality of user interface components comprises;

a location of a configuration associated with the particular one user interface component; and

a plurality of attributes and corresponding attribute values associated with the particular one user interface component.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein:

the communication module is further configured to receive an indication of a characteristic of a runtime environment associated with an originator of the request; and

the system further comprises;

a selection module configured to select the registry of the plurality of interface components to be sent by the server, based on the received indication.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the communication module is further configured to send executable code that when executed is configured to select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the identifier and the respective entries for the plurality of user interface components.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the executable code is configured when executed to compare a runtime environment with the respective plurality of attribute values for each of the user interface components and select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the comparison.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein one portion of the runtime environment relates to an object type associated with the information to be rendered.

11. A computer program product for providing a configurable user interface comprising:

a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to receive a request for information to be rendered in a user interface;

computer readable program code configured to send the information to be rendered and an identifier related to one of a plurality of user interface components; and

computer readable program code configured to send a registry of the plurality of user interface components, wherein the registry comprises a respective entry for each of the plurality of user interface components and the respective entry for a particular one of the plurality of user interface components comprises;

a location of a configuration associated with the particular one user interface component; and

a plurality of attributes and corresponding attribute values associated with the particular one user interface component.

12. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to receive an indication of a characteristic of a runtime environment associated with an originator of the request; and

computer readable program code configured to select the registry of the plurality of interface components to be sent by the server, based on the received indication.

13. The computer program product of claim 11, further comprising:

computer readable program code configured to send executable code that when executed is configured to select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the identifier and the respective entries for the plurality of user interface components.

14. The computer program product of claim 13, wherein the executable code is configured when executed to compare a runtime environment with the respective plurality of attribute values for each of the user interface components and select one of the plurality of user interface components based on the comparison.

15. The computer program product of claim 14, wherein one portion of the runtime environment relates to an object type associated with the information to be rendered.