Mapping a new user interface onto an existing integrated interface

• US 7,784,022 B2
• Filed: 04/25/2006
• Issued: 08/24/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 04/25/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Zurmuehl, Martin, Elfner, Stefan, Kretschmer, Ruediger
• Primary Examiner(s): DAS, CHAMELI
• Application Number:
  US11/411,463
• Publication Number:
  US 20070250304A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 717/100, 717/103, 717/107, 717/101, 717/102, 717/105, 717/109, 717/113, 715/762, 715/763, 715/769, 707/E17.124, 719/318, 703/27
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method, system, computer readable medium containing instructions to execute a method for an intermediary, such as a controller, to interact between the interface of an older application and a newly programmed User Interface in order to take advantage of existing transactional logic while still allowing a user to interface with a new User Interface.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:

receiving input data from a first user interface, the input data submitted in accordance with a user-interactive process;

transmitting the input data to an intermediary;

at the intermediary, mapping the input data to correspond to inputs accepted by a second user interface of an application;

transmitting the mapped input data to the second user interface;

processing, by an application associated with the second user interface, the mapped input data;

transmitting the processed data from the second user interface to the intermediary; and

based on the processed data, creating a new third user interface, wherein the new third user interface displays both a process chain illustrating steps of the user-interactive process and a current state of the user-interactive process.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intermediary is a controller module designed under a model-view-controller paradigm.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intermediary stores the first set of data.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intermediary stores mapping information.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the second user interface is integrated with a transactional logic.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the transactional logic processes the second set of data.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the transactional logic is business logic.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein the intermediary stores the third set of data.

9. The method according to claim 1, further comprising transmitting a fourth set of data from the intermediary to the third interface.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein the third user interface contains interface logic.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein the interface logic receives data from the intermediary.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein the interface logic receives messages from the intermediary.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein the interface logic receives attribute information from the intermediary.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein the interface logic receives mapping information from the intermediary.

15. A system comprising:

a receiver receiving input data from a first user interface, the input data submitted in accordance with a user-interactive process;

a transmitter transmitting the input data to an intermediary;

a processor mapping the input data to a second user interface to obtain the mapped input data,

wherein the transmitter transmits the mapped input data to the second user interface,

wherein the processor processes the mapped input data to obtain the processed data,

wherein the transmitter transmits the processed data from the second user interface to the intermediary,

wherein the processor creates a new third user interface; and

a terminal providing the new third user interface, the third user interface displaying both a process chain illustrating steps of the user-interactive process and a current state of the user-interactive process.

16. The system according to claim 15, wherein the intermediary is a controller module designed under a model-view-controller paradigm.

17. The system according to claim 15, wherein the intermediary stores the first set of data.

18. The system according to claim 15, wherein the intermediary stores mapping information.

19. The system according to claim 15, wherein the second user interface is integrated with a transactional logic.

20. The system according to claim 19, wherein the transactional logic processes the second set of data.

21. The system according to claim 19, wherein the transactional logic is business logic.

22. The system according to claim 15, wherein the intermediary stores the third set of data.

23. The system according to claim 15, further comprising transmitting a fourth set of data from the intermediary to the third interface.

24. The system according to claim 15, wherein the third user interface contains interface logic.

25. The system according to claim 24, wherein the interface logic receives data from the intermediary.

26. The system according to claim 24, wherein the interface logic receives messages from the intermediary.

27. The system according to claim 24, wherein the interface logic receives attribute information from the intermediary.

28. The system according to claim 24, wherein the interface logic receives mapping information from the intermediary.

29. A computer readable storage medium containing instructions that executed by a processor result in a performance of a method comprising:

receiving input data from a first user interface, the input data submitted in accordance with a user-interactive process;

transmitting the input data to an intermediary;

at the intermediary, mapping the input data to correspond to inputs accepted by a second user interface;

transmitting the mapped input data to the second user interface;

processing, by an application associated with the second user interface, the mapped input data;

transmitting the processed data from the second user interface to the intermediary; and

based on the processed data, creating a new third user interface, wherein the new third user interface displays both a process chain illustrating steps of the user-interactive process and a current state of the user-interactive process.

30. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the intermediary is a controller module designed under a model-view-controller paradigm.

31. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the intermediary stores the first set of data.

32. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the intermediary stores mapping information.

33. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the second user interface is integrated with a transactional logic.

34. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 33, wherein the transactional logic processes the second set of data.

35. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 33, wherein the transactional logic is business logic.

36. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the intermediary stores the third set of data.

37. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, further comprising transmitting a fourth set of data from the intermediary to the third interface.

38. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 29, wherein the third user interface contains interface logic.

39. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 38, wherein the interface logic receives data from the intermediary.

40. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 38, wherein the interface logic receives messages from the intermediary.

41. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 38, wherein the interface logic receives attribute information from the intermediary.

42. The computer readable storage medium according to claim 38, wherein the interface logic receives mapping information from the intermediary.

43. A system comprising:

a processor;

means for receiving input data from a first user interface, the input data submitted in accordance with a user-interactive process;

means for transmitting the input data to an intermediary;

means for mapping the input data to correspond to inputs accepted by a second user interface;

means for transmitting the mapped input data to the second user interface;

means for processing the mapped input data;

means for transmitting the processed data from the second user interface to the intermediary; and

means for creating a new third user interface based on the processed data, wherein the new third user interface displays both a process chain illustrating steps of the user-interactive process and a current state of the user-interactive process.

44. The system according to claim 43, wherein the intermediary is a controller module designed under a model-view-controller paradigm.

45. The system according to claim 43, wherein the intermediary stores the first set of data.

46. The system according to claim 43, wherein the intermediary stores mapping information.

47. The system according to claim 43, wherein the second user interface is integrated with a transactional logic.

48. The system according to claim 47, wherein the transactional logic processes the second set of data.

49. The system according to claim 47, wherein the transactional logic is business logic.

50. The system according to claim 43, wherein the intermediary stores the third set of data.

51. The system according to claim 43, further comprising means for transmitting a fourth set of data from the intermediary to the third interface.

52. The system according to claim 43, wherein the third user interface contains interface logic.

53. The system according to claim 52, wherein the interface logic receives data from the intermediary.

54. The system according to claim 52, wherein the interface logic receives messages from the intermediary.

55. The system according to claim 52, wherein the interface logic receives attribute information from the intermediary.

56. The system according to claim 52, wherein the interface logic receives mapping information from the intermediary.