Community-based web service user interface annotations

• US 8,914,738 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Issued: 12/16/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Gbel, Steffen
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Quoc A
• Application Number:
  US13/339,673
• Publication Number:
  US 20130174006A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,083 Days
• Field of Search: 715738-764, 715/788, 715/765, 705/26.5
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24573 using data annotations, e.g. user-defined metadata
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/048 Interaction techniques based on graphical user interfaces [GUI]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Implementations of the present disclosure include methods, systems, and computer-readable storage mediums for receiving, at a computing device, a technical service description associated with a web service, receiving, from an annotation repository, one or more first annotations to one or more user interface (UI) elements associated with the technical service description, the annotation repository electronically storing annotations to UI elements, refining at least one of the one or more UI elements based on one or more edits to the one or more UI elements, extracting one or more second annotations based on the one or more edits, and providing the one or more second annotations for storage in the annotation repository.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of providing annotations to a technical service description associated with a web service, the method being executed using one or more processors and comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, a technical service description associated with a web service;

receiving, by the one or more processors and from an annotation repository, one or more first annotations to one or more user interface (UI) elements associated with the technical service description, at least one annotation of the one or more first annotations being provided based on editing of the one or more UI elements, the one or more first annotations comprising information about a design and a behavior of the one or more UI elements, the annotation repository electronically storing annotations to UI elements;

receiving, from a user, one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

refining at least one of the one or more UI elements based on the one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

extracting one or more second annotations based on the one or more edits; and

providing the one or more second annotations for storage in the annotation repository.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more edits include an edit to an annotation of the one or more first annotations to provide an edited annotation, an annotation of the one or more second annotations comprising the edited annotation.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more edits to the one or more UI elements comprise adding an annotation to a UI element of the one or more UI elements.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving includes receiving a plurality of first annotations associated with a UI element.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising displaying annotations of the plurality of annotations in rank order based on respective counts associated with each annotation.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving user input, the user input comprising a selection of an annotation of the plurality of annotations; and

providing a UI element based on the selection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein storage in the annotation repository comprises:

receiving a first annotation associated with a UI element of a web service;

determining that the first annotation has been previously stored; and

in response to determining that the first annotation has been previously stored, incrementing a count associated with the first annotation.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein storage in the annotation repository comprises:

receiving a first annotation associated with a UI element of a web service;

determining that the first annotation is a new annotation to the UI element; and

in response to determining that the first annotation is a new annotation, storing the first annotation and associating an initial count with the first annotation.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations comprising:

receiving a technical service description associated with a web service;

receiving, from an annotation repository, one or more first annotations to one or more user interface (UI) elements associated with the technical service description, at least one annotation of the one or more first annotations being provided based on editing of the one or more UI elements, the one or more first annotations comprising information about a design and a behavior of the one or more UI elements, the annotation repository electronically storing annotations to UI elements;

receiving, from a user, one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

refining at least one of the one or more UI elements based on the one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

extracting one or more second annotations based on the one or more edits; and

providing the one or more second annotations for storage in the annotation repository.

10. A system, comprising:

a computing device; and

a non-transitory computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations comprising;

receiving a technical service description associated with a web service;

receiving, from an annotation repository, one or more first annotations to one or more user interface (UI) elements associated with the technical service description, at least one annotation of the one or more first annotations being provided based on editing of the one or more UI elements, the one or more first annotations comprising information about a design and a behavior of the one or more UI elements, the annotation repository electronically storing annotations to UI elements;

receiving, from a user, one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

refining at least one of the one or more UI elements based on the one or more edits to the one or more UI elements;

extracting one or more second annotations based on the one or more edits; and

providing the one or more second annotations for storage in the annotation repository.