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Trainable user interface translator

  • US 5,627,977 A
  • Filed: 04/19/1994
  • Issued: 05/06/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/19/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A system for translating a first user interface of a preexisting application running on a host computer to a second user interface running on a client computer, wherein the user interface consists of prompts for input and a set of displays for output, comprising:

  • a training computer in communication with said host computer and adapted to interactively monitor and capture a first set of prompts and displays generated by a first user concurrently operating said first user interface of said preexisting application program running on said host computer via said training computer, adapted to convert said first set of prompts and displays into a second set of prompts and displays for presentation via said second user interface on said client computer, said second set of prompts and displays selected by said first user, and further adapted to store said first set of prompts and displays associated with said second set of prompts and displays; and

    a translating computer in communication with said host computer and said client computer and adapted to monitor said preexisting application first user interface for said first set of prompts and displays, and further adapted to display on said second user interface on said client computer said second set of prompts and displays associated with said first set of prompts and displays;

    whereby a second user operating said client computer interacts, through said translating computer, with said preexisting application running on said host computer via said second set of prompts and displays.

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