Application generator for a dynamic medical object information base

• US 20080134133A1
• Filed: 10/04/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/04/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Welch Allyn Incorporated
• Inventors: Chung, Song Y., DelloStritto, James J., Blaszak, Ronald J., Craw, Chad E., LoMascolo, Frank
• Granted Patent: US 8,484,612 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/101
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/20 for the management or administration of healthcare resources or facilities, e.g. managing hospital staff or surgery rooms
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/67 for remote operation
• 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

Methods and systems are provided for generating source code from XML formatted device data sheets. Information is accepted from a user regarding whether data definitions, string tables and/or link tables are needed in a software project. Files are created corresponding to the data definitions, string tables and/or link tables. The files are then collected and compiled into resultant source code. An application generator performs the compilation of the input files into source code. The resultant source code may be incorporated into a software development project and may be updated when needed.

Claims

1. A method stored in a tangible medium and executed by one or more processors comprising:

accepting information on whether one or more data definitions are needed in a software project,

accepting information on whether one or more string tables are needed in a software project,

accepting information on whether one or more link tables are needed in a software project,

creating one or more files selected from the group consisting of data definitions, string tables, link tables and combinations thereof,

collecting the one or more created files,

compiling the one or more created files with an application generator, and

outputting resultant source code from the compiling.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising incorporating the resultant source code into a software development product.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating new data definitions if one or more additional data definitions are needed.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising reusing existing data definitions if one or more additional data definitions are needed.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data definitions, one or more string tables and one or more link tables are XML files.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more string tables are software development project specific.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more link tables are software development product specific.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data definitions further comprise a header.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the header further comprises values for data type, action and object of action.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more data definitions further comprise an XML text section.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more string tables further comprise a symbolic link translation table and a string block.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the string block is null-terminated.

13. A method stored in a tangible medium and executed by one or more processors comprising:

creating one or more data definitions for a specific project,

collecting the one or more data definitions in an XML formatted device data sheet,

compiling the one or more data definitions in the SML formatted device data sheet with an application generator,

outputting source code.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising creating a string table and compiling the string table with the device data sheet.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising creating a link table and compiling the link table with the string table and the device data sheet.