System and method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for XML documents

• US 7,237,190 B2
• Filed: 03/07/2001
• Issued: 06/26/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Sundaresan, Neelakantan, Rollins, Sami Nicole
• Primary Examiner(s): Herndon; Heather R.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Tran; Quoc A.
• Application Number:
  US09/799,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20020129060A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,302 Days
• Field of Search: 715/513, 715/500, 715/523, 715/511, 715/524, 707/3, 707/7, 707/10, 707/100, 709/217, 709/218, 704/270.1, 345/810, 345/727, 717/114, 717/169, 717/105
• US Class Current: 715/234
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9558 Details of hyperlinks; Management of linked annotations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]

Abstract

An XML schema and a set of user customization rules are utilized to produce a set of components that interact to provide a user-specific, document specific, multi-modal interface for an XML document. Each generated component provides a specific input and output mode. For example, one component could be an HTML component, which produces a HTML rendering of the XML tree while another component may be a speech component, which produces a speech-based rendering of the XML tree. A series of these components work together to produce a multi-modal view of the XML tree.

Claims

1. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, said method comprising the following steps:

analyzing an XML schema;

analyzing a set of user customization rules;

generating a set of components via code-generation from said analyzed XML schema and said analyzed user customization rules, wherein each of said components implement a specific input and output mode, said code-generation further comprising the step of isolating a set of interface generating components from a library, with said set of components generated based on said interface generating components and said customization rules, and

passing said generated set of components to a rendering system,

wherein said rendering system utilizes said generated components, and their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

2. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 1, wherein said step of utilizing generated components further comprises utilizing only a subset of said generated components.

3. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 1, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

4. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 1, wherein one of said generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

5. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 1, wherein said generated components are JAVA classes.

6. A computer-based interfaces for an XML document, as per claim comprises of the steps of:

passing said schema and said user customization rules into a set of maker interfaces, and generating mediator interfaces corresponding to said set of maker interfaces, wherein said makers generate mediators that handle output rendering.

7. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, said computer-based system implemented in computer readable program code stored in computer memory comprising:

an XML-schema-analyzer which analyzes an XML schema;

a user-customization-analyzer which analyzes a set of user customization rules;

a component-generator which, based on said analyzed XML schema and user customization rules, generates a set of components via code-generation, said component generator further comprising an isolator to isolate a set of interface generating components from a library, with said set of components generated based on said interface generating components and said customization rules, and

a rendering system which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

8. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 7, wherein said computer-based system is implemented locally or remotely on one or more computer-based systems.

9. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 7, wherein said computer-based system is implemented across networks comprising any of LANs, WANs, cellular, Internet or Web-based networks.

10. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 7, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

11. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 7, wherein one of said set of generated components is a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document.

12. A computer-based method of generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, said method comprising the following steps:

analyzing an XML schema;

analyzing a set of user customization rules;

generating a set of components via code-generation from said analyzed XML schema, wherein each of said components implement a specific input and output mode, said set of components generated based on said analyzed set of user customization rules, with at least one of said generated components being a speech component that provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document;

passing said generated set of components to a rendering system, and

wherein said rendering system utilizes said generated components, and their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

13. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 12, wherein said step of utilizing generated components further comprises utilizing only a subset of said generated components.

14. A computer-based method for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 12, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

15. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, said computer-based system implemented in computer readable program code stored in computer memory comprising:

an XML-schema-analyzer which analyzes a XML schema;

a user-customization-analyzer which analyzes a set of user customization rules;

a component-generator which based on said analyzed XML schema and said user customization rules, generates a set of components via code-generation, with at least one of said set of generated components being a speech component which provides a speech-based rendering of said XML document, and

a rendering system which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.

16. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 15, wherein said computer-based system is implemented locally or remotely on one or more computer-based systems.

17. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 15, wherein said computer-based system is implemented across networks comprising any of LANs, WANs, cellular, Internet or Web-based networks.

18. A computer-based system for generating multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, as per claim 15, wherein one of said set of generated components is an HTML component which provides an HTML-based rendering of said XML document.

19. An article of manufacture comprising a computer user medium having computer readable code embodied therein which generates multiple customizable interfaces for an XML document, said article comprising:

computer readable code which analyzes an XML schema;

computer readable code which analyzes a set of user customization rules;

computer readable code which, based on said analyzed XML schema and user customization rules, generates a set of components via code-generation, said code-generation further comprising isolating a set of interface generating components from a library, and obtaining said set of customization rules, wherein said set of components are generated based on said interface generating components and said customization rules to mediate communication between a user and a rendering system, and

computer readable code which selects a subset of said generated components and utilizes their specific input and output modes, to navigate and modify the XML document.