User interface widget unit sharing for application user interface distribution

• US 8,914,733 B2
• Filed: 10/04/2005
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Chai, Haixin, Chen, Daniel Q., Fu, Rong Yao, Su, Hui
• Primary Examiner(s): Kujundzic, Dino
• Application Number:
  US11/243,424
• Publication Number:
  US 20070078953A1
• Time in Patent Office: 3,360 Days
• Field of Search: 715/751
• US Class Current: 715/751
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to application sharing and provide a method, system and computer program product for user interface widget unit based application sharing. In a first embodiment, a data processing system for user interface widget unit based application sharing, can include a dynamic widget server communicatively linked to a dynamic widget browser. The dynamic widget browser can include program code enabled to render a user interface including one or more remote dynamic widgets peered to corresponding dynamic widgets for a dynamic view for an application launched by the dynamic widget server.

Claims

1. A method for user interface widget unit based application sharing, comprising:

separating an application user interface for a shareable application into movable and non-movable graphical user interface widgets;

distributing remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets to a client host for incorporation in a synchronized dynamic view for the application; and

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synchronizing said remote peer instances with corresponding instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in a server host.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

registering a plurality of shareable applications and corresponding views for distribution to client hosts; and

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listening for requests to launch selected ones of said shareable applications.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said distributing remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets to a client host for incorporation in a synchronized dynamic view for the application, comprises:

creating said remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in said client host; and

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coupling a listener object to each of said remote peer instances to pass events occurring in said remote peer instances to said corresponding instances.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said synchronizing said remote peer instances with corresponding instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in a server host, comprises:

listening for events received from said remote peer instances; and

, forwarding method calls to said remote instances from said corresponding instances.

5. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer usable storage medium having computer usable program code for user interface widget unit based application sharing, said computer program product including:

computer usable program code for separating an application user interface for a shareable application into movable and non-movable graphical user interface widgets;

computer usable program code for distributing remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets to a client host for incorporation in a synchronized dynamic view for the application; and

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computer usable program code for synchronizing said remote peer instances with corresponding instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in a server host.

6. The computer program product of claim 5, further comprising:

computer usable program code for registering a plurality of shareable applications and corresponding views for distribution to client hosts; and

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computer usable program code for listening for requests to launch selected ones of said shareable applications.

7. The computer program product of claim 5, wherein said computer usable program code for distributing remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets to a client host for incorporation in a synchronized dynamic view for the application, comprises:

computer usable program code for creating said remote peer instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in said client host; and

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computer usable program code for coupling a listener object to each of said remote peer instances to pass events occurring in said remote peer instances to said corresponding instances.

8. The computer program produce of claim 5, wherein said computer usable program code for synchronizing said remote peer instances with corresponding instances of said movable graphical user interface widgets in a server host, comprises:

computer usable program code for listening for events received from said remote peer instances; and

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computer usable program code for forwarding method calls to said remote instances from said corresponding instances.