Information processing method and apparatus for preparing a GUI on a client by utilizing an electronic mail message or an agent
First Claim
1. A method of updating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a computer, comprising the steps of:
- acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the acquired input for the menu request on the computer; and
wherein when the result script is not found on the computer as a result of the retrieval, the method including the further steps of;
preparing an electronic mail message containing the acquired input for the menu request for sending the electronic mail message to another computer;
receiving at the computer an electronic mail message containing a process result sent from the another computer;
extracting the result script from the mail message received from the another computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation.
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Abstract
A system for preparing a graphical user interface (GUI) on a client by utilizing an electronic mail message or an agent is provided. In one embodiment, a client (300) includes a client agent manager (330), a script interpretation part (320) and a client application (310), while a server includes a server agent manager (360) and a network service. The client (300), upon receiving an input request, retrieves a script corresponding to the same input request stored in a storage device (322) in the client (300). When the corresponding script is found on the storage device (322) as a result of the retrieval, the corresponding script is utilized to display a GUI containing the content requested by a user.
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14 Claims
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1. A method of updating a Graphical User Interface (GUI) on a computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the acquired input for the menu request on the computer; and
wherein when the result script is not found on the computer as a result of the retrieval, the method including the further steps of;
preparing an electronic mail message containing the acquired input for the menu request for sending the electronic mail message to another computer;
receiving at the computer an electronic mail message containing a process result sent from the another computer;
extracting the result script from the mail message received from the another computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method of updating a GUI on a computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the acquired input for the menu request on the computer; and
wherein when the result script is not found on the computer as a result of the retrieval, the method including the further steps of;
preparing an agent containing the acquired input for the menu request for sending the agent to another computer;
receiving at the computer an agent containing a process result sent from the another computer;
extracting the result script from the agent received from the another computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (4)
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5. A method of preparing a GUI on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a request script relating to the selected menu request;
preparing an electronic mail message containing the retrieved request script for sending the electronic mail message to a server computer;
receiving at the client computer an electronic mail message containing a reply to the electronic mail message from the server computer;
extracting a result script from the electronic mail message received from the server computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule to display a GUI based on the result of the interpretation.
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6. A method of preparing a GUI on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a request script relating to the selected menu request;
preparing an electronic mail message by using the retrieved request script for sending the electronic mail message to a server computer when the request script is not found on the client computer as a result of the retrieval;
preparing a new request script from the selected menu request and preparing an electronic mail message containing the prepared request script for sending the electronic mail message to a server computer when the request script is not found on the client computer as a result of the retrieval;
receiving at the client computer an electronic mail message containing a reply to the electronic mail message from the server computer;
extracting a result script from the electronic mail message received from the server computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule to display a GUI based on the result of the interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (7)
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8. A method of preparing a GUI on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the selected menu request;
preparing a request script by using the retrieved data;
preparing an agent containing the prepared request script for sending the agent to a server computer;
receiving at the client computer an agent containing a reply to the agent from the server computer;
extracting the result script from the result agent received from the server computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation.
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9. A method of preparing a GUI on a client computer, comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a request script relating to the selected menu request;
preparing an agent by using the retrieved request script for sending the agent to a server computer when the request script is found on the client computer as a result of the retrieval;
preparing a new request script from the selected menu request and preparing an agent containing the prepared request script for sending the agent to a server computer when the request script is not found on the client computer as a result of the retrieval;
receiving at the client computer an agent containing a reply to the said agent from said server computer;
extracting a result script from the agent received from said server computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule to display a GUI based on the result of the interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. An apparatus for updating a GUI on a computer, comprising:
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means for acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
means for retrieving a result script relating to said acquired input for said menu request on said computer; and
means, responsive to a condition where said result script is not found on said computer as a result of said retrieval, for;
preparing a file containing said acquired input for said menu request for sending said file to another computer;
receiving at said computer a file containing a process result sent from said another computer;
extracting said result script from said file received from said another computer; and
for interpreting said extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and display a GUI based on the result of said interpretation. - View Dependent Claims (12)
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13. A computer readable recording medium recording therein a program for updating a GUI on a computer, the program executing the steps of:
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acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the acquired input for the menu request on the computer; and
wherein when the result script is not found on the computer as a result of the retrieval, the program further executing steps of;
preparing an electronic mail message containing the acquired input for the menu request for sending the electronic mail message to another computer;
receiving at the computer an electronic mail message containing a process result sent from the another computer;
extracting the result script from the mail message received from the another computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation.
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14. A computer readable recording medium recording therein a program for updating a GUI on a computer, the program executing the steps of:
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acquiring an input for a menu request selected by a user;
retrieving a result script relating to the acquired input for menu request on the computer; and
wherein when the result script is not found on the computer as a result of the retrieval, the program further executing the steps of;
preparing an agent containing the acquired input for a menu request for sending the agent to another computer;
receiving at the computer an agent containing a process result sent from the another computer;
extracting the result script from the agent received from the another computer; and
interpreting the extracted result script according to a predetermined rule and displaying a GUI based on the result of the interpretation.
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