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Preserving user interface customizations while upgrading an enterprise application

US8122377B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siebel Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

Bharat Jindal · San Francisco, US
Vipul Shroff · Cupertino, US
Atul Suklikar · Redwood City, US
Dejia Wang · San Mateo, US
Ming Lam · San Mateo, US
Victor Tao · San Mateo, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2004
Grant date	Feb 21, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 10, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/38
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In an embodiment, a system for preserving user interface customizations while upgrading an enterprise application is provided. The system preserves customizations by identifying customizations made to user interface (“UI”) objects of an enterprise application, and enabling these UI customizations to function with a newer version of the enterprise application. The system transforms UI customizations so that the transformed UI customizations function with a new UI model. By enabling a portion of an enterprise application to be upgraded while preserving UI customizations, the system dramatically reduces the time and cost incurred by companies when they upgrade enterprise software.

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