Platform-independent distributed user interface server architecture
US7155681B2 · kind B2 · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 14, 2001 |
| Grant date | Dec 26, 2006 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 6, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/452
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A distributed user interface (UI) system includes a client device configured to render a UI for a server-based application. The client device communicates with a UI server over a network such as the Internet. The UI server performs formatting for the UI, which preferably utilizes a number of native UI controls that are available locally at the client device. In this manner, the client device need only be responsible for the actual rendering of the UI. The source data items are downloaded from the UI server to the client device when necessary, and the client device populates the UI with the downloaded source data items. The client device employs a cache to store the source data items locally for easy retrieval.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.