Machine interface configuration system for coerced inconsistencies on different machine platforms

• US 9,898,158 B1
• Filed: 02/29/2016
• Issued: 02/20/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Globant, LLC (Globant S.A.)
• Original Assignee: Globant, LLC (Globant S.A.)
• Inventors: Milligan, Ryan, Whittle, Parker
• Primary Examiner(s): Khatri, Anil
• Application Number:
  US15/056,241
• Time in Patent Office: 722 Days
• Field of Search: 717100-108, 717120-122
• 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 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method of operating a machine includes receiving via a network machine interface a schema defining a hierarchy of page objects for application logic on a plurality of different machine platforms; applying the schema to operate shell logic specific to a particular machine platform comprising the network machine interface via which the schema was received to provide a look and feel for application logic native to the particular machine platform; and cooperatively operating layout logic and navigation logic of the shell logic to cause the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform as defined by the hierarchy of page objects to be inconsistent on the plurality of different machine platforms.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

an application on a machine platform applying an identification to a bootstrapper to generate an identification control;

the bootstrapper applying the identification control to a configuration server to extract a schema from a schema database and transmit the schema to a feed generator via a machine network interface, the schema defining a common layout and presentation for a feed common to a plurality of different machine platforms, of which the machine platform is one;

the feed generator applying the schema to filter a content signal from a content management system to generate the feed; and

the feed controlling machine platform-specific shell logic within the application to operate a machine-platform specific layout generator and machine-platform specific dynamic navigation to configure a user interface on the machine platform to vary a layout and presentation of content of the feed to vary the common layout and presentation to generate a native look and feel of the content of the feed among the plurality of different machine platforms.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the machine platform-specific shell logic comprises navigation logic and layout logic to apply machine-platform specific skin logic to the feed.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the schema is applied to the feed for the plurality of different machine platforms and the feed is displayed with variations in the look and feel of the content corresponding to a native look and feel of each one of the plurality of different machine platforms.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the schema filters the feed to display different content on each one of the plurality of different machine platforms.

5. A method comprising:

receiving via a machine network interface a schema defining a hierarchy of page objects for application logic on a plurality of different machine platforms;

applying the schema to operate machine platform-specific shell logic specific to a particular machine platform comprising the machine network interface via which the schema was received to provide a look and feel for layout and presentation of the hierarchy of page objects for application logic native to the particular machine platform; and

cooperatively operating layout logic and navigation logic of the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause a look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform as defined by the hierarchy of page objects to be inconsistent on the plurality of different machine platforms.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

operating skin logic in cooperation with the layout logic to cause the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform as defined by the hierarchy of page objects to be inconsistent on the plurality of different machine platforms.

7. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

operating the machine platform-specific shell logic to deliberately ignore variations between page types of the hierarchy of page objects.

8. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform according to a mode of operation of the particular machine platform.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause the variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform according to at least a registered mode of operation of the particular machine platform and a snap mode of operation of the particular machine platform.

10. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform by displaying alternative content for different ones of the plurality of different machine platforms.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

the alternative content for the different ones of the plurality of different machine platforms comprising alternative page objects.

12. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, configure the processor to perform a method comprising:

receiving via a machine network interface a schema defining a hierarchy of page objects for application logic on a plurality of different machine platforms;

applying the schema to operate machine platform-specific shell logic specific to a particular machine platform comprising the machine network interface via which the schema was received to provide a look and feel for application logic native to the particular machine platform; and

cooperatively operating layout logic and navigation logic of the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause a look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform as defined by the hierarchy of page objects to be inconsistent on the plurality of different machine platforms.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

operating skin logic in cooperation with the layout logic to cause the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform as defined by the hierarchy of page objects to be inconsistent on the plurality of different machine platforms.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

operating the machine platform-specific shell logic to deliberately ignore variations between page types of the hierarchy of page objects.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform according to a mode of operation of the particular machine platform.

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

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause the variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform according to at least a registered mode of operation of the particular machine platform and a snap mode of operation of the particular machine platform.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, the method further comprising:

the schema configured to operate the machine platform-specific shell logic to cause variations in the look and feel of the application logic native to the particular machine platform by displaying alternative content for different ones of the plurality of different machine platforms.