Web server enabling direct scheduling and calendaring capability

• US 7,117,271 B2
• Filed: 01/31/2001
• Issued: 10/03/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 06/19/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Estrada, Julio, Estrada, Miguel, Haverstock, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Kang, Paul H.
• Application Number:
  US09/774,117
• Publication Number:
  US 20010005848A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,071 Days
• Field of Search: 709/201, 709/203, 709/205, 709/206, 709/207, 709/217, 709/246, 705/9, 705/8
• US Class Current: 709/246
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/955 using information identifiers, e.g. uniform resource locators [URL]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/117 Tagging; Marking up details of markup languages G06F40/143; Designating a block; Setting of attributes style sheets, e.g. eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation [XSLT], G06F40/154
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/131 Fragmentation of text files, e.g. creating reusable text-blocks; Linking to fragments, e.g. using XInclude; Namespaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/166 Editing, e.g. inserting or deleting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates

Abstract

A client/server network enables access to non-HTML objects from a web browser. The system includes a database for storing non-HTML files. A system user requests a non-HTML file from a database using a web browser. The web browser transmits the request to a server via a HTTP server and module. The server locates and retrieves the object requested. The module translates the object to a format supported by the web browser. The HTTP server communicates the translated file to the web browser over a network. The web browser then presents the translated file to the system user.

Claims

1. A server system providing integrated scheduling and calendaring capability comprising:

a server;

at least one database associated with the server, the at least one database including a plurality of non-markup language objects, wherein at least one of the non-markup language objects comprises scheduling and calendaring information for at least one user; and

a user interface that displays a plurality of object representations that correspond to the plurality of non-markup language objects,

wherein the server enables selection of one or more of the plurality of object representations, and translates one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations, the one or more non-markup language objects being translated to at least one markup language object.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one markup language object is displayed using a browser.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server comprises:

a server module;

an interface module comprising a markup language to non-markup language translator; and

a non-markup language database server module.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the server module comprises an HTTP server.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is operable to:

i) receive a URL-based selection from a browser for the one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations; and

ii) determine a location of the one or more non-markup language objects.

6. The system of claim 1, further comprising a passing module that passes the at least one markup language object to a browser.

7. A server system providing integrated scheduling and calendaring capability comprising:

storing means for storing a plurality of non-markup language objects, wherein at least one of the plurality of non-markup language objects comprises scheduling and calendaring information for at least one user;

displaying means for displaying a plurality of object representations that correspond to the plurality of non-markup language objects;

selection enabling means, in communication with the storing means, for enabling the user to select one or more of the plurality of object representations; and

translating means for translating one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations, the one or more non-markup language objects being translated to at least one markup language object.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the at least one markup language object is displayed by a presenting means for presenting the at least one markup language object.

9. The system of claim 7, further comprising retrieving means for retrieving the selected non-markup language object that comprises:

markup language object receiving means for receiving markup language objects;

markup language translating means for translating markup language objects to non-markup language objects and non-markup language objects to markup language objects; and

non-markup language object receiving means for receiving non-markup language objects.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the markup language object receiving means comprises an HTTP server.

11. The system of claim 7, wherein the selection enabling means is operable to:

i) receive from a presenting means a URL-based selection of the one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations; and

ii) determine a location of the one or more non-markup language objects.

12. The system of claim 7, further comprising a passing means for passing the at least one markup language object to a presenting means for presenting the at least one markup language object.

13. A method for providing a server with integrated scheduling and calendaring capability comprising the steps of:

storing a plurality of non-markup language objects in at least one object store, wherein at least one of the non-markup language objects comprise scheduling and calendaring information for at least one user;

displaying a plurality of object representations that correspond to the plurality of non-markup language objects;

enabling selection of one or more of the object representations from the plurality of object representations; and

based on the selection, translating one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations, the one or more non-markup language objects being translated to at least one markup language object.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising the step of displaying the at least one markup language object.

15. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving at least one markup language object;

translating the at least one markup language object to at least one non-markup language object; and

receiving the at least one non-markup language object.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein receiving at least one markup object comprises receiving at least one markup object with an HTTP server.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the step of enabling comprises the steps of:

i) receiving a URL-based selection of the one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations; and

ii) determining a location of the one or more non-markup language objects.

18. The method of claim 13, further comprising presenting the at least one markup language object.

19. A processor readable medium having processor readable code embodied therein for providing a server with integrated scheduling and calendaring capability, the medium comprising:

processor readable code for causing a processor to store a plurality of non-markup language objects in at least one database, at least one non-markup language object of the plurality of non-markup language objects comprising scheduling and calendaring information for at least one user;

processor readable code for causing a processor to display a plurality of object representations that correspond to the plurality of non-markup language objects;

processor readable code for causing a processor to enable selection of one or more of the plurality of object representations; and

processor readable code for causing a processor, based on the selection, to translate one or more non-markup language objects that correspond to the selected one or more object representations to at least one markup language object.

20. The medium of claim 19, further comprising processor readable code for causing a processor to open only a browser application for displaying the at least one markup language object.