Autonomic user interface widgets

• US 7,861,181 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2003
• Issued: 12/28/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Smith, Kyle M., Rogus, Christopher J., Kaminsky, David L.
• Primary Examiner(s): Basehoar; Adam L
• Application Number:
  US10/652,109
• Publication Number:
  US 20050049989A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,678 Days
• Field of Search: 715/506, 715/513, 715/708, 715/255, 715/764, 715/765, 715/744, 715/747
• US Class Current: 715/765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06N 5/04 Inference or reasoning models

Abstract

A method, system and apparatus for autonomically configuring a user interface. The system can include at least one widget programmed to be disposed in the user interface. The widget can include a dynamically configurable presentation field. Additionally, the system can include a policy defined by one or more business rules for configuring the widget in the user interface based upon a context provided by the widget. Finally, the system can include a rules engine configured to process the business rules. Notably, the widget can be a widget configured to be disposed in a markup language document. The business rules which define the policy of the present invention can include a multiplicity of rules which both define and constrain the level of complexity of user interface widgets in the user interface.

Claims

1. A machine readable storage having stored thereon a computer program for autonomically configuring a user interface widget, the computer program comprising a routine set of instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of:

evaluating business rules for configuring the user interface widget according to context information for the user interface widget; and

,

configuring the user interface widget with options permitted by said evaluation, wherein said configuring step comprises the step of filtering at least one option from being presented to an end user through said user interface widget.