Dynamic adaptive cross-site custom interface

• US 8,578,276 B2
• Filed: 11/26/2008
• Issued: 11/05/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Red Hat, Inc. (International Business Machines Corporation)
• Inventors: Palmieri, John
• Primary Examiner(s): Lo, Weilun
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHUONG, TRUC T
• Application Number:
  US12/324,772
• Publication Number:
  US 20100131853A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,805 Days
• Field of Search: 715/762, 715/733, 715/765, 715734-736, 715/740, 715/741
• US Class Current: 715/740
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

The system includes a user interface module to receive a request to access a dynamic adaptive custom user interface and to generate a dynamic adaptive custom user interface. The user interface module configures the user interface with one or more application modules, where each application module utilizes a data set provided by an application server. The user interface module uses a proxy module to obtain the data set from the application server. The user interface module populates the user interface with the data set from the application server and provides the dynamic adaptive custom user interface having the data set provided by the application server.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

generating, by a server computing system, a user interface using configuration information for a plurality of different data applications;

obtaining application data from a plurality of different data application servers to populate the user interface;

providing the user interface populated with the application data obtained from the plurality of different data application servers to a remote machine;

receiving a request via the user interface from the remote machine to manipulate the application data, wherein manipulating the application data comprises manipulating data in a data structure of one of the plurality of data application servers; and

providing a response to the remote machine indicating whether the application data is manipulated.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

displaying additional application data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining application data comprises:

loading a plurality of application modules that correspond to the plurality of different data application servers, wherein an application module defines the application data to be obtained from the corresponding data application server.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein providing the user interface comprises:

receiving the application data from one of a plurality of proxy modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of proxy modules.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein each of the plurality of proxy modules corresponds to one of the plurality of different data application servers.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

configuring the user interface using the configuration information, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of different data applications to place in the user interface;

loading the plurality of different data applications based on the configuration information; and

placing the plurality of different data applications in the user interface.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing controls in the user interface for manipulating the application data;

providing the request to manipulate the application data to one of the plurality of different data application servers able to process the request, wherein the request comprises a set of user credentials; and

receiving a response to the request, wherein the response indicates whether the application data was manipulated by the data application server.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein obtaining application data from a plurality of different data application servers comprises:

providing a set of user credentials to a corresponding data application server;

gathering the application data from the corresponding data application server;

formatting the application data, wherein the format of the application data is defined by a corresponding application module; and

providing the application data to the corresponding application module.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a master user interface or a resource user interface.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium, including instructions that, when executed by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a set of operations comprising:

generating a user interface using configuration information for a plurality of different data applications;

obtaining application data from a plurality of different data application servers to populate the user interface;

providing the user interface populated with the application data obtained from the plurality of different data application servers to a remote machine;

receiving a request via the user interface from the remote machine to manipulate the application data, wherein manipulating the application data comprises manipulating data in a data structure of one of the plurality of data application servers; and

providing a response to the remote machine indicating whether the application data is manipulated.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

displaying additional application data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein obtaining application data comprises:

loading a plurality of application modules that correspond to the plurality of different application servers, wherein an application module defines the application data to be obtained from the corresponding data application server.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein providing the user interface by a plurality of application modules comprises:

receiving the application data from one of a plurality of proxy modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules corresponds to one of the plurality of proxy modules.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein each of the plurality of proxy modules corresponds to one of the plurality of different data application servers.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

configuring the user interface using the configuration information, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of different data applications to place in the user interface;

loading the plurality of different data applications based on the configuration information; and

placing the plurality of different data applications in the user interface.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, further comprising:

providing controls in the user interface for manipulating the application data;

providing the request to manipulate the application data to one of the plurality of different data application servers able to process the request, wherein the request comprises a set of user credentials; and

receiving a response to the request, wherein the response indicates whether the application data was manipulated by the data application server; and

displaying the response to the request in the user interface.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein obtaining application data from a plurality of different data application servers comprises:

providing a set of user credentials to the corresponding data application server;

gathering the application data from the corresponding data application server;

formatting the application data, wherein the format of the application data is defined by a corresponding application module; and

providing the application data to the corresponding application module.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 10, wherein the user interface is a master user interface or a resource user interface.

19. A system comprising:

a memory;

a processing device coupled to the memory;

a plurality of proxy modules executable from the memory by the processing device to obtain application data to be displayed in a user interface from a plurality of different data application servers to populate the user interface;

a plurality of application modules, wherein each of the plurality of application modules is coupled to a corresponding proxy module, the plurality of application modules to run the plurality of different data applications to display the application data; and

a user interface module, coupled to the plurality of application modules, the user interface module to generate the user interface using configuration information for the plurality of different data applications to provide the user interface populated with the application data obtained from the plurality of different data application servers to a remote machine, receive a request via the user interface from the remote machine to manipulate the application data, wherein manipulating the application data comprises manipulating data in a data structure of one of the plurality of data application servers; and

provide a response to the remote machine indicating whether the application data is manipulated.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the user interface module is further to configure the user interface using the configuration information, wherein the configuration information defines the plurality of different data applications to place in the user interface.

21. The system of claim 19, further comprising:

a control module, coupled to the plurality of application modules, the control module to load the plurality of application modules for the user interface; and

a template module, coupled to plurality of application modules, the template module to place the plurality of application modules in the user interface.

22. The system of claim 19, wherein the user interface module is further to display additional application data in the user interface via an extension point in the user interface.