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First Claim
1. A development environment for generating a first user interface for a first computing device and a second user interface for a second computing device comprising:
- a user interface modeling process, the user interface modeling process including;
receiving a first information representing a first display capability of the first computing device, wherein the first display capability includes a first view size;
receiving a second information representing a second display capability of the second computing device, wherein the second display capability includes a second view size;
as a function of the first information and the second information, displaying respectively a first indicator representing the first view size and a second indicator representing the second view size, where the first and second indicators are concurrently superimposed to show an overlapping region and a non-overlapping region of the first and second display capabilities when such regions exist; and
receiving a third information indicating a desired placement of a user interface component; and
an application generation process, the application generation process including;
comparing the first information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the first display capability, storing the third information in a first database, wherein the first database is used to generate the first user interface for the first computing device; and
comparing the second information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the second display capability, storing the third information in a second database, wherein the second database is used to generate the second user interface for the second computing device.
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Abstract
A development environment and/or method for generating a user interface for a plurality of computing devices. The development environment and/or method may include a user interface modeling process for configuring information representing display capabilities of computing devices. The display capabilities may include a desired screen size parameter. As a function of the information configured, indicators are displayed or implemented to represent the respective screen size parameters of the computing devices. The development environment and/or method may also include an application generation process for comparing the information of the display capabilities of the computing devices with the information indicating placement location of a user interface component. If the information indicating placement location of the user interface component complies with a display capability, then the user interface component is stored in a database. The database may be stored in repository; a generator is used to read the database to generate the application requested by one of the computing devices.
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16 Claims
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1. A development environment for generating a first user interface for a first computing device and a second user interface for a second computing device comprising:
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a user interface modeling process, the user interface modeling process including; receiving a first information representing a first display capability of the first computing device, wherein the first display capability includes a first view size; receiving a second information representing a second display capability of the second computing device, wherein the second display capability includes a second view size; as a function of the first information and the second information, displaying respectively a first indicator representing the first view size and a second indicator representing the second view size, where the first and second indicators are concurrently superimposed to show an overlapping region and a non-overlapping region of the first and second display capabilities when such regions exist; and receiving a third information indicating a desired placement of a user interface component; and an application generation process, the application generation process including; comparing the first information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the first display capability, storing the third information in a first database, wherein the first database is used to generate the first user interface for the first computing device; and comparing the second information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the second display capability, storing the third information in a second database, wherein the second database is used to generate the second user interface for the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for generating at least one of a first user interface for a first computing device, a second user interface for a second computing device, and a generic user interface for the first and second computing devices, comprising:
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providing a user interface modeling process, the user interface modeling process including; receiving a first information representing a first display capability of the first computing device; receiving a second information representing a second display capability of the second computing device; as a function of the first information displaying a first indicator representing the first display capability and as a function of the second information displaying a second indicator representing the second display capability, where the first and second indicators are concurrently superimposed to show an overlapping region and a non-overlapping region of the first and second display capabilities when such regions exist; receiving a third information indicating a desired placement of a user interface component; and providing an application generation process, the application generation process including at least one of; comparing the first information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the first display capability, storing the third information in a first database, wherein the first database is used to generate the first user interface for the first computing device; and comparing the second information with the third information, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component complies with the second display capability, storing the third information in a second database, wherein the second database is used to generate the second user interface for the second computing device; and comparing the third information with the overlapping region, wherein if the desired placement of the user interface component is in overlapping region, storing the third information in a third database, wherein the third database is used to generate the generic user interface for the first computing device and the second computing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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