MULTI-VIEW RUNTIME INTERROGATOR

• US 20120260154A1
• Filed: 04/11/2011
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/11/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Data Systems International Incorporated (NextWorld, LLC)
• Original Assignee: Data Systems International Incorporated (NextWorld, LLC)
• Inventors: DELANCY, MICHAEL GARY Jr., DELANCY, PATRICK SEAN
• Granted Patent: US 9,575,949 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/221
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/174 Form filling; Merging

Abstract

Methods, computer systems and computer readable media for designing and displaying device and platform-specific forms are provided. In embodiments, base forms are utilized and modified to create custom forms that are platform and device specific, without breaking the parent-child relationship between the base form and the custom form for any non-modified characteristics of the base form. Custom forms enhance the performance and appearance. In embodiments, interrogators are executed at runtime to specify a set of instructions that will be executed, further enhancing the performance and appearance associated with the form and the particular device displaying the form. In various embodiments of the present invention, user interfaces provide the designer visual representations of the forms as they appear on selected platforms and/or devices.

Claims

1. One or more computer storage media (the “

media”

) storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for displaying a device-specific form on a device, the method comprising;

receiving, on a device, instructions for displaying a custom form;

scanning the device with an interrogator for hardware characteristics;

scanning the device with the interrogator for other characteristics;

executing at least a portion of the instructions based on the hardware and other characteristics identified by the interrogator; and

displaying the custom form based on the at least a portion of the instructions that are executed.

2. The media of claim 1, wherein the instructions for displaying a custom form include code comprising the interrogator.

3. The media of claim 1, wherein other characteristics include a platform associated with the device.

4. The media of claim 1, wherein other characteristics include firmware associated with the device.

5. The media of claim 1, further comprising setting controls as visible based on the hardware characteristics, the other characteristics, or a combination thereof.

6. The media of claim 1, wherein hardware characteristics include capabilities of the device.

7. The media of claim 1, further comprising setting controls as invisible based on the hardware characteristics, the other characteristics, or a combination thereof.

8. One or more computer storage media (the “

media”

) storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more computing devices, cause the one or more computing devices to perform a method for displaying a device-specific form on a device, the method comprising;

communicating instructions to a device for displaying a custom form;

executing a first portion of the instructions to scan a device for characteristics;

executing a second portion of the instructions based on the characteristics; and

presenting the custom form to the device based on the second portion of the instructions that are executed.

9. The media of claim 8, further comprising receiving device information.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the device information includes a device type, a device platform, or a combination thereof.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein each portion of the instructions that are executed are dependent upon the device information.

12. The media of claim 9, wherein the instructions communicated to the device are dependent upon the device information.

13. The media of claim 12, further comprising presenting an alternate portion of the custom form based on an inconsistency between the second portion of the instructions that are executed and the hardware characteristics, the other characteristics, the device information, or a combination thereof.

14. The media of claim 13, wherein the alternate portion of the custom form provides another mode for receiving similar information.

15. A computer system for displaying a custom form on a device, the computer system comprising a processor coupled to a computer storage medium, the computer storage medium having stored thereon a plurality of computer software components executable by the processor, the computer software components comprising:

an instruction receiving component for receiving instructions for displaying a custom form;

an interrogator component for scanning a device for characteristics;

a runtime component for executing at least a portion of the instructions based on the characteristics; and

a display component for displaying the custom form based on the at least a portion of the instructions that are executed by the runtime component.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising a device information component for communicating device information.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the device information includes a device type, a device platform, or a combination thereof.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising an alternate display component for displaying an alternate portion of the custom form based on an inconsistency between the portion of instructions that are executed by the runtime component and the characteristics and/or device information.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the alternate portion of the custom form provides another mode for receiving similar information.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein each of the components are dynamic.