Methods and apparatus for generating a web site from a use case

• US 8,006,226 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2007
• Issued: 08/23/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sorriso Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Sorriso Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Gentry, Joshua E., Kowalonek, John A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pham; Thomas K
• Application Number:
  US11/760,319
• Publication Number:
  US 20070288888A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,537 Days
• Field of Search: 717/106
• US Class Current: 717/106
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/986 Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/10 Requirements analysis; Specification techniques

Abstract

A system obtains at least one requirement for the application. They system defines at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies at least one requirement. The system creates at least one file associated with at least one interaction, and processes at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application.

Claims

1. A method of creating an application, the method comprising:

obtaining at least one requirement for the application;

defining at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies the at least one requirement;

creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction; and

processing the at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application, wherein creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction includes;

creating a description of at least one graphical user interface (GUI) event, the GUI event to be handled by the at least one interactive component of the application, wherein the description of the at least one GUI event is (i) described in accordance with a pseudo code format and (ii) received prior to an implementation of the at least one interactive component.

2. The method of claim 1 comprising:

implementing the application using the at least one interactive component, the application capable of functionality indicated by the at least one interaction.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein implementing the application using the at least one interactive component, the application capable of functionality indicated by the at least one interaction comprises:

creating a data object capable of interfacing with the at least one interactive component; and

implementing the data object within the application.

4. The method of claim 2 comprising:

rendering the application as a web based application.

5. The method of claim 2 comprising:

receiving at least one additional requirement including at least one of;

i) at least one new requirement;

ii) at least one modification to the at least one requirement; and

performing the steps of defining, creating, processing, and implementing based on the at least one additional requirement.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein performing the steps of defining, creating, processing, and implementing based on the at least one additional requirement comprises:

extending the at least one interaction associated with the application that satisfies the at least one requirement; and

modifying the at least one file associated with the at least one interaction based on an extension of the at least one interaction.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein receiving at least one additional requirement comprises:

providing a rules engine capable of determining the at least one additional requirement based on operation of the application.

8. The method of claim 7 comprising:

creating an alert based on the at least one additional requirement determined by the rules engine.

9. The method of claim 8 comprising:

transmitting the alert to an actor interacting with the application.

10. The method of claim 1 wherein defining at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies the at least one requirement comprises:

creating a use case that captures at least one functionality required of the application; and

identifying at least one actor involved in the at least one interaction.

11. The method of claim 10 comprising:

identifying at least one policy authorizing the at least one actor to have access to the at least one functionality required of the application.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein identifying at least one policy authorizing the at least one actor to have access to the at least one functionality required of the application comprises:

providing access to the actor based on a role the actor fulfills within the at least one interaction.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein processing the at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application comprises:

determining, from the at least one file associated with the at least one interaction, a category of data associated with the at least one interaction, the category including at least one of;

i) data to display to at least one actor; and

ii) data to retrieve from the at least one actor.

14. The method of claim 13 comprising:

providing a graphical user interface capable of rendering the category data associated with the at least one interaction.

15. The method of claim 14 comprising:

creating at least one eXtensible Markup Language file defining the category data associated with the at least one interaction.

16. The method of claim 15 comprising:

generating at least one web page from the at least one eXtensible Markup Language file, the at least one web page rendering the category data associated with the at least one interaction.

19. The method as in claim 1, wherein processing the at least one file with the code-generating engine includes:

automatically translating the description of the at least one GUI event, described in accordance with the pseudo code format, into at least a portion of executable code operable to implement the interactive component.

20. The method as in claim 19, wherein the description of the at least one GUI event is (i) described in accordance with a pseudo code format includes:

describing the GUI event in accordance with a non-executable pseudo code format.

17. A computerized device comprising:

a memory;

a processor;

a communications interface;

an interconnection mechanism coupling the memory, the processor and the communications interface;

wherein the memory is encoded with a application creating application that when executed on the processor is capable of creating an application on the computerized device by performing the operations of;

obtaining at least one requirement for the application;

defining at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies the at least one requirement;

creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction; and

processing the at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application, wherein creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction includes;

creating a description of at least one graphical user interface (GUI) event, the GUI event to be handled by the at least one interactive component of the application, wherein the description of the at least one GUI event is (i) described in accordance with a pseudo code format and (ii) received prior to an implementation of the at least one interactive component.

18. A computer readable medium encoded with computer programming logic that when executed on a process in a computerized device provides application creation, the medium comprising:

instructions for obtaining at least one requirement for the application;

instructions for defining at least one interaction, as a use case, associated with the application that satisfies the at least one requirement;

instructions for creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction; and

instructions for processing the at least one file with a code-generating engine to automatically generate at least one interactive component of the application, wherein the instructions for creating at least one file associated with the at least one interaction include;

instructions for creating a description of at least one graphical user interface (GUI) event, the GUI event to be handled by the at least one interactive component of the application, wherein the description of the at least one GUI event is (i) described in accordance with a pseudo code format and (ii) received prior to an implementation of the at least one interactive component.