Methods and systems for displaying multiple unique dynamic messages on a user interface

• US 7,681,175 B2
• Filed: 05/02/2006
• Issued: 03/16/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/02/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Bendapudi, Jyotsna
• Primary Examiner(s): DAS, CHAMELI
• Application Number:
  US11/416,665
• Publication Number:
  US 20070261037A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,414 Days
• Field of Search: 717/106, 717/105, 717/108, 717/111, 717/109, 717/110, 719/313, 719/315, 719/316
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of simultaneously providing a plurality of unique and dynamic messages on a user interface page is provided. A first software object may be built having a plurality of rows, and corresponding job request values being stored in a corresponding one of the plurality of rows. The first software object may be parsed and a dynamic message framed for each row of the first software object. A second software object may be build including a row for each of the framed dynamic messages and added to a session context being persistent across a first and second user interface pages. The second user interface page is displayed with a plurality of dynamic messages therein using a static message and a unique URL stored in each of the rows of the second software object.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of simultaneously providing a plurality of unique and dynamic messages on a user interface page, the method comprising:

accepting a plurality of job requests from a first user interface page;

building a first software object, the first software object having a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of job requests and corresponding job request values being stored in a corresponding one of the plurality of rows;

forwarding the first software object to a second user interface page;

parsing, before rendering the second user interface page, the first software object and framing a dynamic message for each row of the first software object, each dynamic message including a unique uniform resource locator (URL) formed of at least one of the job request values appended to a standard format URL and to a static message;

building, before rendering the second user interface page, a second software object, the second software object including a row for each of the framed dynamic messages, each row including the static message and the unique URL of the corresponding dynamic message;

adding, before rendering the second user interface page, the second software object to a session context, the session context being persistent across the first and second user interface pages;

retrieving the second software object from the session context;

unpacking the second software object; and

rendering the second user interface page and displaying a plurality of dynamic messages therein using the static message and the unique URL stored in each of the rows of the second software object.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein building the first software object comprises building the first software object including a hash map object.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein building the second software object comprises building the second software object including a vector object.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the first and second software objects include instances of classes of an object oriented programming language.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the unique URL of each dynamic message in the parsing step points to a third user interface page that is configured to display details of one of the plurality of job requests.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the unique URL includes a unique job request value appended to the standard format URL and to the static message.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 6, wherein the unique job request value includes a unique job identifier.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein building the first software object comprises building the first software object including formatting tags to control a manner in which each of the dynamic messages are to be rendered in the second user interface page.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further including displaying the plurality of dynamic messages in a single message box on the second user interface page.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the static message includes plain text.

11. A machine-readable storage medium having data stored thereon representing sequences of instructions which executed by a computing device causes the computing device to simultaneously provide a plurality of unique and dynamic messages on a user interface page, the machine-readable storage medium comprising:

instructions for accepting a plurality of job requests from a first user interface page;

instructions for building a first software object, the first software object having a plurality of rows, each of the plurality of job requests and corresponding job request values being stored in a corresponding one of the plurality of rows;

instructions for forwarding the first software object to a second user interface page;

instructions for parsing, before rendering the second user interface page, the first software object and framing a dynamic message for each row of the first software object, each dynamic message including a unique uniform resource locator (URL) formed of at least one of the job request values appended to a standard format URL and to a static message;

instructions for building, before rendering the second user interface page, a second software object, the second software object including a row for each of the framed dynamic messages, each row including the static message and the unique URL of the corresponding dynamic message;

instructions for adding, before rendering the second user interface page, the second software object to a session context, the session context being persistent across the first and second user interface pages;

instructions for retrieving the second software object from the session context;

instructions for unpacking the second software object; and

instructions for rendering the second user interface page and displaying a plurality of dynamic messages therein using the static message and the unique URL stored in each of the rows of the second software object.

12. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for building the first software object comprise instructions for building the first software object including a hash map object.

13. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for building the second software object comprise instructions for building the second software object including a vector object.

14. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the first and second software objects include instances of classes of an object oriented programming language.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the unique URL of each dynamic message in the parsing step points to a third user interface page that is configured to display details of one of the plurality of job requests.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the unique URL includes a unique job request value appended to the standard format URL and to the static message.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the instructions for building the first software object comprise instructions for building the first software object including formatting tags to control a manner in which each of the dynamic messages are to be rendered in the second user interface page.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, further comprising instructions for displaying the plurality of dynamic messages in a single message box on the second user interface page.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 11, wherein the static message includes plain text.

20. A computer system for simultaneously providing a plurality of unique and dynamic messages on a user interface page, the computer system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one data storage device coupled to the at least one processor; and

a plurality of processes spawned by said at least one processor, the processes including processing logic for;

accepting a plurality of job requests from a first user interface page;

building a first software object, the first software object having a plurality of rows, each of the plurality ofjob requests and corresponding job request values being stored in a corresponding one of the plurality of rows;

forwarding the first software object to a second user interface page;

parsing, before rendering the second user interface page, the first software object and framing a dynamic message for each row of the first software object, each dynamic message including a unique uniform resource locator (URL) formed of at least one of the job request values appended to a standard format URL and to a static message;

building, before rendering the second user interface page, a second software object, the second software object including a row for each of the framed dynamic messages, each row including the static message and the unique URL of the corresponding dynamic message;

adding, before rendering the second user interface page, the second software object to a session context, the session context being persistent across the first and second user interface pages;

retrieving the second software object from the session context;

unpacking the second software object; and

rendering the second user interface page and displaying a plurality of dynamic messages therein using the static message and the unique URL stored in each of the rows of the second software object.