“If” and “switch” as drag and drop objects

• US 8,302,074 B1
• Filed: 10/14/2005
• Issued: 10/30/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Waldorf, Jerry A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lee, Marina
• Application Number:
  US11/250,749
• Time in Patent Office: 2,573 Days
• Field of Search: 717/120, 717/110
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking

Abstract

Systems and methods for graphical user interfaces and for presenting content to a user of a graphical user interface are provided. In one implementation, a method for providing a graphical user interface component for a web page is disclosed. The method includes positioning a graphical user interface component on a web page layout, defining one or more conditions associated with the graphical user interface component, and determining content to be displayed at run time if the conditions are satisfied.

Claims

1. A method for providing a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) component for a web page, comprising;

selecting the GUI component associated with computer code for a conditional statement, wherein the GUI component is associated with a property sheet;

positioning the GUI component on a layout design canvas for the web page;

creating, within the GUI component, a first case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the first case with first web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

creating, within the GUI component, a second case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the second case with second web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

defining, using the property sheet, a first user-defined value and a second user-defined value for the conditional statement associated with the GUI component to obtain a modified conditional statement;

creating a web page layout from the property sheet and the GUI component;

generating the web page from the web page layout to obtain a resulting web page;

displaying, at runtime and on a display device, the resulting web page comprising the first web content within the GUI component when the first user-defined value matches a mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true, wherein the resulting web page is displayed without the first web content within the GUI component when the first user-defined value does not match the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true; and

displaying, at runtime and on the display device, the resulting web page comprising the second web content within the GUI component when the second-user-defined value matches the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein positioning the GUI component comprises:

selecting the GUI component from a plurality of pre-built GUI components.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein defining the first user-defined value comprises:

receiving a user input defining the first user-defined value.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein positioning the GUI component comprises:

opening a page layout designer for adding content to the web page, wherein the page layout designer comprises the layout design canvas and a plurality of selectable GUI components;

selecting the GUI component from the plurality of selectable GUI components;

moving the GUI component to the layout design canvas; and

positioning the GUI component in a desired position on the layout design canvas.

5. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising computer readable code for providing a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) component for a web page that, when executed by a processor, is configure to perform a method, the method comprising;

selecting the GUI component associated with computer code for a conditional statement, wherein the GUI component is associated with a property sheet;

positioning the GUI component on a layout design canvas for the web page;

creating, within the GUI component, a first case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the first case with first web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

creating, within the GUI component, a second case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the second case with second web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

defining, using the property sheet, a first user-defined value and a second user-defined value for the conditional statement associated with the GUI component to obtain a modified conditional statement;

creating a web page layout from the property sheet and the GUI component;

generating the web page from the web page layout to obtain a resulting web page;

displaying, at runtime and on a display device, the resulting web page comprising the first web content within the GUI component-when the first user-defined value matches a mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true, wherein the resulting web page is displayed without the first web content within the GUI component when the first user-defined value does not match the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true; and

displaying, at runtime and on the display device, the resulting web page comprising the second web content within the GUI component when the second-user-defined value matches the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true.

6. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein positioning the GUI component comprises:

selecting the GUI component from a plurality of pre-built GUI components.

7. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein defining the first condition comprises:

receiving a user input defining the first user-defined value.

8. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 5, wherein positioning the GUI component comprises:

opening a page layout designer for adding web content to the web page, wherein the page layout designer comprises the layout design canvas and a plurality of selectable GUI components;

selecting the GUI component from the plurality of selectable GUI components;

moving the GUI component to the layout design canvas; and

positioning the GUI component in a desired position on the layout design canvas.

9. A system for providing a graphical user interface (“

GUI”

) component for a web page, comprising;

a processor; and

a computer readable storage medium comprising computer readable code which, when executed by the processor, is configure to perform a method, the method comprising;

selecting the GUI component associated with computer code for a conditional statement, wherein the GUI component is associated with a property sheet;

positioning the GUI component on a layout design canvas for the web page;

creating, within the GUI component, a first case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the first case with first web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

creating, within the GUI component, a second case associated with the conditional statement;

associating, using the property sheet, the second case with second web content to be displayed within the GUI component;

defining, using the property sheet, a first user-defined value and a second user-defined value for the conditional statement associated with the GUI component to obtain a modified conditional statement;

creating a web page layout from the property sheet and the GUI component;

generating the web page from the web page layout to obtain a resulting web page;

displaying, at runtime and on a display device, the resulting web page comprising the first web content within the GUI component-when the first user-defined value matches a mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true, wherein the resulting web page is displayed without the first web content within the GUI component when the first user-defined value does not match the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true; and

displaying, at runtime and on the display device, the resulting web page comprising the second web content within the GUI component when the second-user-defined value matches the mapped runtime value to render the modified conditional statement as true.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer readable code is configured to position the GUI component by:

selecting the GUI component from a plurality of pre-built GUI components.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer readable code is configured to define the first user-defined value by:

receiving a user input defining the first user-defined value.

12. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer readable code is configured to position the GUI component by:

opening a page layout designer for adding content to the web page, wherein the page layout designer comprises the layout design canvas and a plurality of selectable GUI components;

selecting the GUI component from the plurality of selectable GUI components;

moving the GUI component to the layout design canvas; and

positioning the GUI component in a desired position on the layout design canvas.