Multi-platform pattern-based user interfaces

• US 11,157,270 B2
• Filed: 06/21/2019
• Issued: 10/26/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Oracle International Corporation (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Mills, Duncan Richard, Mizuta, Kenichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hien L
• Application Number:
  US16/448,580
• Publication Number:
  US 20190310844A1
• Time in Patent Office: 858 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/316 Aspect-oriented programming techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/73 Program documentation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44542 Retargetable
• 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

Abstract

Techniques are provided for encapsulating a user experience design for user interfaces of an application, where the user experience design comprises a look and feel of the application and a plurality of functional elements of the application. A plurality of rules for implementing the one or more user interfaces may be defined, and the rules may be based at least in part on the user experience design. Additionally, a pattern may be generated based at least in part on the plurality of rules. The pattern may be deployed to a distributed network of computing devices, and reused in the design of multiple other applications. The new user interfaces for those applications may be generated based at least in part on the pattern, where the additional applications comply with the look and feel and the plurality of functional elements of the other applications that share the pattern.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

determining a user experience design for a first user interface of a first platform of a plurality of different platforms, the user experience design comprising at least display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface;

generating a pattern based at least in part on the user experience design, the pattern comprising a hierarchy of sub-elements for configuring specific aspects of the display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface, and the pattern being generated by implementing a generic builder to transform an in-memory pattern model corresponding to the user experience design into platform specific descriptor data for one or more particular platforms;

receiving a request to design a second user interface for a second platform of the plurality of different platforms, the first platform being different from the second platform; and

generating the second user interface for the second platform based at least in part on the generated pattern, the second user interface complying with the display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the user experience design further comprises a plurality of functional elements corresponding to the first user interface.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the plurality of functional elements comprise user actions that can be performed via the first user interface.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pattern is configured as a carrier component that is embedded into the first user interfaces or the second user interface during a design phase.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising replacing the carrier component with the pattern at runtime or at a second time, wherein the second time is based at least in part on a technology stack associated with the second user interface.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the carrier component is configured by a pattern usage document.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising enabling event handlers for the pattern to be defined by a consumer that provided the request to design the second user interface.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

deploying the second user interface; and

generating a cached version of the pattern based at least in part on a pattern usage document that defines the pattern.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising:

receiving a request to update the pattern;

providing the pattern usage document;

receiving a revised pattern usage document; and

redeploying the second user interface based at least in part on the revised pattern usage document.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the pattern usage document is provided within a customization sandbox.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising surfacing the second user interface in accordance with a particular adapter that corresponds to a type of an application that implements the second user interface.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern further comprises a pluggable adapter mechanism for configuring the specific aspects of the display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface for use in the second user interface of the second platform of the plurality of platforms.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the pattern further comprises a standardized ranking mechanism for configuring specific aspects of the display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein the platform specific descriptor data comprises one or more descriptor trees.

15. A system, comprising:

a memory configured to store computer-executable instructions; and

a processor configured to access the memory and execute the computer-executable instructions to at least;

determine a user experience design for a first user interface of a first platform of a plurality of different platforms, the user experience design comprising at least display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface;

generate a pattern based at least in part on the user experience design, the pattern comprising a hierarchy of sub-elements for configuring specific aspects of the display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface, and the pattern being generated by implementing a generic builder to transform an in-memory pattern model corresponding to the user experience design into platform specific descriptor data for one or more particular platforms;

receive a request to design a second user interface for a second platform of the plurality of different platforms, the first platform being different from the second platform; and

generate the second user interface for the second platform based at least in part on the generated pattern, the second user interface complying with the display attributes of the first user interface and the behavioral elements of the first user interface.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the user experience design further comprises a plurality of functional elements corresponding to the first user interface.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15, wherein the user actions comprise at least one of finding a record, duplicating a record, drilling down into a record, or rotating a device configured to display the first user interface.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable code that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform the operations comprising:

determining a user experience design for a first user interface of a first platform of a plurality of different platforms, the user experience design comprising at least display attributes of the first user interface and behavioral elements of the first user interface;

generating a pattern based at least in part on the user experience design, the pattern comprising a hierarchy of sub-elements for configuring specific aspects of the display attributes of the first user interface and the behavioral elements of the first user interface, and the pattern being generated by implementing a generic builder to transform an in-memory pattern model corresponding to the user experience design into platform specific descriptor data for one or more particular platforms;

receiving a request to design a second user interface for a second platform of the plurality of different platforms, the first platform being different from the second platform; and

generating the second user interface for the second platform based at least in part on the generated pattern, the second user interface complying with the display attributes of the first user interface and the behavioral elements of the first user interface.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the user experience design further comprises a plurality of functional elements corresponding to the first user interface.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the plurality of functional elements comprise user actions configured to be performed via the first user interface.