Selective display of graphical user interface elements

• US 20070136682A1
• Filed: 12/14/2005
• Published: 06/14/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Stienhans, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 8,490,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/789
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A subset of a plurality of input elements associated with a form to be rendered in a graphical user interface may be identified. Thereafter, the rendering of the form may be initiated such that the graphical user interface renders a form to include the subset of the plurality of input elements and to exclude input elements that are not within the subset. Related techniques, apparatuses, systems, and computer program products are also described.

Claims

1. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on computer-readable media, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

automatically identify a subset of a plurality of input elements associated with a form to be rendered in a graphical user interface; and

initiate a rendering of the form in the graphical user interface to include the subset of the plurality of input elements and to exclude input elements that are not within the subset.

2. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the input elements are chosen from a group comprising:

buttons, input fields, tab strips, drop down menus, and link lists.

3. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

rank the plurality of input elements based on frequency of use; and

wherein the identifying is based on the ranking of the plurality of input elements.

4. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

rank the plurality of input elements based on a predicted frequency of use; and

wherein the identifying is based on the ranking of the plurality of input elements.

5. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

rank the plurality of input elements based on a most recent usage; and

wherein the identifying is based on the ranking of the plurality of input elements.

6. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

modify a physical layout of at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements.

7. A computer program product as in claim 1, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

populate at least one of the subset of the plurality of elements with a pre-determined value.

8. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on computer-readable media, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

automatically identify a subset of a plurality of input elements associated with a form to be rendered in a graphical user interface based on usage statistics for the form; and

initiate a rendering of the form in the graphical user interface to populate only the subset of the plurality of input elements with predetermined values.

9. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

monitor at least one usage statistic associated with the form; and

store the monitored at least one usage statistics in a data repository.

10. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the usage statistics are selected from a group comprising:

most frequently used input elements, most recently used input elements, and predicted use of input elements.

11. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the input elements are chosen from a group comprising:

buttons, input fields, tab strips, drop down menus, and link lists.

12. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

modify a physical layout of at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements based on the usage statistics.

13. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

exclude at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements within the form based on the usage statistics.

14. A computer program product as in claim 8, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

alter an appearance of at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements within the form based on the usage statistics.

15. A computer program product, tangibly embodied on computer-readable media, the computer program product being operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

initiate a rendering of a form in a graphical user interface in a first state having a plurality of input elements; and

initiate a rendering of the form in the graphical user interface in a second state including at least a portion of the plurality of input elements, wherein an appearance of at least one of the input elements is modified relative to the first state based on usage statistics for the form.

16. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

monitor at least one usage statistic associated with the form; and

store the monitored at least one usage statistics in a data repository.

17. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein the usage statistics are selected from a group comprising:

most frequently used input elements, most recently used input elements, and predicted use of input elements.

18. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein the input elements are chosen from a group comprising:

buttons, input fields, tab strips, drop down menus, and link lists.

19. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

modify a physical layout of at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements based on the usage statistics.

20. A computer program product as in claim 15, wherein the computer program product is further operable to cause a data processing apparatus to:

exclude at least one of the subset of the plurality of input elements within the form based on the usage statistics.