Automating interaction with a host computing device
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon to perform a method for automating interaction with one or more host computers, said method comprising:
- receiving a set of input values defining a set of desired interactions with at least one interface on said one or more host computers, wherein said at least one interface includes one or more input prompts;
generating computer code for performing said set of desired interactions with respect to said at least one interface, wherein said computer code is generated in an automated fashion by a computer that incorporates said set of input values into said computer code; and
automating interactions with said one or more host computers by executing said computer code, wherein said interactions include responding to at least a portion of said one or more input prompts by ascertaining said set of desired interactions from the computer code.
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Abstract
A system, a method and computer-readable media for automating interaction with a host computer. Input values defining desired interactions with a host computer are received. The input values are utilized to generate computer code for performing the desired interactions, and this code is executed to perform the interactions with the host computer.
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20 Claims
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon to perform a method for automating interaction with one or more host computers, said method comprising:
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receiving a set of input values defining a set of desired interactions with at least one interface on said one or more host computers, wherein said at least one interface includes one or more input prompts; generating computer code for performing said set of desired interactions with respect to said at least one interface, wherein said computer code is generated in an automated fashion by a computer that incorporates said set of input values into said computer code; and automating interactions with said one or more host computers by executing said computer code, wherein said interactions include responding to at least a portion of said one or more input prompts by ascertaining said set of desired interactions from the computer code. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for automating communications with an interactive program on a host computer, said system comprising:
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a plurality of functions for controlling interactions with said interactive program, wherein at least a portion said plurality of functions include a sequence of one or more responses to one or more input prompts by said interactive program; a control component configured to receive a set of input values defining a series of desired interactions with said host computer, wherein said set of input values identifies at least a portion of said plurality of functions; and a flow component configured to automate performance of said series of desired interactions by executing computer code associated with at least a portion of the functions identified in said set of input values, wherein said computer code is generated in an automated fashion by a computer that incorporates said set of input values into said computer code. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. One or more computer-readable media having computer-useable instructions embodied thereon to perform a method for automating interaction with a host computer, said method comprising:
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providing a plurality of functions for controlling one or more interactions with said host computer, wherein at least a portion of said plurality of functions require one or more parameters associated with at least one of said one or more interactions; receiving a set of input values defining a series of desired interactions with said host computer, wherein said set of input values identifies at least a portion of said plurality of functions; generating computer code for performing said series of desired interactions, wherein said computer code is generated in an automated fashion by a computer that incorporates said set of input values into said computer code; and automating performance of said series of desired interactions by executing said computer code associated with at least a portion of said plurality of functions. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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