Implementing custom user interface forms in a personal information manager

US9298684B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC · US

Inventors

• Todd J. Abel · Redmond, US
• Dayam Joel Zambrano · Bothell, US
• John W. Strick · Seattle, US
• Emre Bogazliyanlioglu · Seattle, US
• Mohammad Aminur Rashid · Bengaluru, IN
• Kevin Brown · Issaquah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 18, 2008
• Grant date: Mar 29, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 22, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F40/174
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Technologies are described herein for incorporating custom user interface (UI) forms into a personal information manager (PIM) application using a declarative form markup specification. A native PIM form specification is generated from a file containing the declarative form markup describing the custom UI form. When a request to display the custom UI form is received, a PIM native form renderer invokes a forms runtime engine that loads the original declarative form markup to process data bindings and event subscriptions contained therein. The custom UI form is then rendered to the display by the PIM native form renderer in conjunction with the forms runtime engine.