Internet interface and integration language system and method

• US 9,703,447 B2
• Filed: 12/28/2015
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2001
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: CoKinetic Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: CoKinetic Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Stevens, Kris, Shulman, David J., Lennon, Kevin J., Baresich, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Kevin
• Application Number:
  US14/980,936
• Publication Number:
  US 20160209991A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• Field of Search: 715740-744, 715851-853, 715761-765
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0481 based on specific properties of the displayed interaction object or a metaphor-based environment, e.g. interaction with desktop elements like windows or icons, or assisted by a cursor's changing behaviour or appearance
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system for generating, on a user terminal, a user interface having at least two interface items, where the system is configured to store at least two sets of data each corresponding to the interface items. A first set of data includes data for generating and controlling the performance of an operation associated with a first of interface items, and a second said set of data includes data for generating and controlling the performance of an operation associated with a second of the interface items. When a user interacts with the first interface item, the system is configured to perform the action associated with the first interface item, independent of the second interface item and without performing any other action corresponding to the user interface.

Claims

1. A method for providing data for a user interface comprising:

storing information about a plurality of data sources;

receiving a request in a first markup language from a player module executing a user interface;

determining a particular data source from the plurality of data sources to satisfy the request received from the player module;

transforming the request into a second markup language comprehensible by the particular data source based on the stored information;

transmitting the transformed request to the particular data source;

receiving a response from the particular data source;

transforming the response into the first markup language executable by the player module; and

transmitting the transformed response to the player module.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of transforming the request is performed by a connector specific to the particular data source.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the step of transforming the response is performed by the connector specific to the particular data source.

4. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing instructions for providing data for a user interface that, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:

storing information about a plurality of data sources;

receiving a request in a first markup language from a player module executing a user interface;

determining a particular data source from the plurality of data sources to satisfy the request received from the player module;

transforming the request into a second markup language comprehensible by the particular data source based on the stored information;

transmitting the transformed request to the particular data source;

receiving a response from the particular data source;

transforming the response into the first markup language executable by the player module; and

transmitting the transformed response to the player module.

5. The storage medium of claim 4 wherein the step of transforming the request is performed by a connector specific to the particular data source.

6. The storage medium of claim 5 wherein the step of transforming the response is performed by the connector specific to the particular data source.

7. A method for user interface generation, comprising:

receiving an input file containing markup language data;

parsing the markup language data in the input file into a data tree structure;

traversing the data tree structure to generate run time logical objects for markup language data elements present in the data tree structure, wherein the logical objects maintain the attributes specified in the data tree structure;

generating and storing a markup language data set comprising references to the logical objects;

displaying user interface items associated with the logical objects on a display device;

receiving an indication that a user initiated event has occurred;

reviewing the markup language data for an action associated with the user initiated event;

determining whether the associated action is a local action or a remote action;

if the associated action is a local action, displaying the result of the local action; and

if the associated action is a remote action, generating a request to a remote server, converting the request from a first markup language into a format compatible with the remote server, receiving a response from the remote server, converting the response into a second markup language, and displaying the result of the remote action.

8. The method for user interface generation of claim 7, wherein the first markup language is XML and the second markup language is a custom markup language using XML syntax.