DYNAMIC DISCOVERY AND MANAGEMENT OF PAGE FRAGMENTS

• US 20170359445A1
• Filed: 06/26/2017
• Published: 12/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Text Corporation
• Inventors: Totale, Sachin G., Suliman, Marwan, Michael, Deepak, Salvi, Roshan Prakash, Ravi, Shubha, Thiruvasagam, Rajakumar
• Granted Patent: US 10,659,567 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Techniques to dynamically discover and manage page fragments, e.g., to provide a dynamic application user interface, are disclosed. In various embodiments, an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page is received. The fragment to be added is determined, in response to the indication, and added dynamically to the current application page.

Claims

1. A method of providing a dynamic application user interface, comprising:

receiving an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page;

determining in response to the indication the fragment to be added; and

adding the determined fragment dynamically to the current application page.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication to add a fragment dynamically includes receiving a user interface event.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the fragment to be added is determined dynamically based at least in part on the user interface event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the fragment to be added is determined dynamically based at least in part on a payload data comprising the user interface event.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the fragment to be added is determined dynamically at least in part by evaluating an expression.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein adding the determined fragment dynamically to the current application page includes retrieving a fragment definition associated with the determined fragment.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein adding the determined fragment dynamically to the current application page includes providing to the fragment an input value required by the fragment.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the input value required by the fragment is determined based at least in part by a fragment definition associated with the determined fragment.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the fragment added dynamically to the page is configured to publish an event.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the fragment added dynamically to the page is configured to publish an output.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the output comprises one or more output data values and further comprising providing at least a subset of the one or more output data values to one or more other elements of the current application page.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein providing at least a subset of the one or more output data values to one or more other elements of the current application page includes transforming said at least a subset of the one or more output data values.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the fragment is configured to exhibit a first behavior in a first page context of the current application page and a second behavior in a second page context of the current application page.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the first behavior includes being rendered visibly in the current application page as displayed and the second behavior includes being at least partly hidden from view in the current application page as displayed.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page comprises receiving an indication to add the fragment dynamically to another fragment comprising the current application page.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the fragment to be added is defined using an expression and further comprising adding a default fragment in the event a valid fragment to be added cannot be determined based on the expression.

17. A system, comprising:

a display; and

a processor coupled to the display and configured to;

receive an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page displayed on the display;

determine in response to the indication the fragment to be added; and

add the determined fragment dynamically to the current application page.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the fragment to be added is determined dynamically at least in part by evaluating an expression.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further configured to retrieve a fragment definition associated with the determined fragment.

20. A computer program product to provide a dynamic application user interface, the computer program product being embodied in a non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an indication to add a fragment dynamically to a current application page;

determining in response to the indication the fragment to be added; and

adding the determined fragment dynamically to the current application page.