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Method and apparatus for generating a graphical user interface

  • US 6,496,202 B1
  • Filed: 06/30/1997
  • Issued: 12/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/30/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of creating a graphical user interface (GUI) for an application for use on a computer system comprising:

  • obtaining a model, said model having data for an application and definitions of one or more structural components for generating a GUI for said application, wherein said GUI comprises said application'"'"'s look and feel to a user;

    initiating on said computer system a first program module that uses said definitions of said one or more structural components to implement a first portion of said GUI from components in a first GUI library, said GUI displaying said data for said application;

    accepting, by a controller, change inputs to said definitions of said one or more structural components, said controller sending said change inputs to said model;

    sending a change notification from said model to said GUI if said model acknowledges said change inputs; and

    initiating by said GUI on said computer system a second program module to implement a second portion of said GUI from a second GUI library upon receipt of said change notification by said model;

    creating a factory with one or more additional program modules;

    identifying a characteristic of one of said one or more structural components to use in selecting one of said one or more additional program modules.

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