Unified rendering

US7340718B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• SAP AG · DE

Inventors

• Andras Szladovics · Budapest, HU
• Rolf Krane · Wiesloch, DE
• Reiner Hammerich · Wiesloch, DE
• Martin Schaus · Karlsruhe, DE
• Brian McKellar · Heidelberg, DE
• Thorsten Dencker · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Werner Baechle · Heidelberg, DE
• Andreas Roessler · Milford, US
• Josef Dietl · Schallstadt, DE
• Peer Hilgers · St. Leon-Rot, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 8, 2003
• Grant date: Mar 4, 2008
• Expiry date: Apr 4, 2025

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F9/451
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatus, including computer program products, for abstracting rendering logic and automatically generating platform-specific renderers from the abstracted rendering logic for multiple platforms. A platform-independent description of rendering logic for a control is specified. The platform-independent description is used to generate a platform-specific renderer for the control. The platform-specific renderer is operable to be executed on a specific platform to produce code that can be used in rendering the control on a client computer. Some implementations enable code for platform-specific renderers to be generated automatically based on centrally defined rendering logic. Rendering logic can thus be modified once and used to automatically update code and libraries for platform-specific renderers on multiple platforms.