EP0969389A2
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Method for generating display control information and computer
Assignee: International Business Machines Corp
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Filing: 1999-06-28
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2019-06-28
Abstract
Abstract To dynamically generate documents or display control information so as to provide client terminals of various capability with user interface in compliance with each terminal's capability. A method for generating display control information (HTML document, for instance) so as to display in a form adapted to a terminal used by a user, comprises the steps of: receiving a display request from the terminal; in response to the display request, generating a group of data objects concerning the contents of the display, wherein the data objects is independent of the terminal; by using the group of data objects and information about attributes of the terminal, generating a group of view objects for generating the display control information; and by referring to the information about the attributes of the terminal, generating the display control information by the group of view objects.
Inventors
- 👤 Fumihiko c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Kitayama
- 👤 Shinichi c/o IBM United Kingdom Ltd Hirose
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 19:57
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F3/00; G06F3/14; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/957; G06F16/9577
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
112 words
A method for generating display control information so as to
display in a form adapted to a terminal used by a user, comprising the
steps of: receiving a display request from said terminal; in response to said display request, generating a group of data
objects concerning the contents of the display, said group of said data
objects being independent of said terminal; by using said group of data objects and information about an
attribute of the terminal, generating a group of view objects for
generating said display control information; and by referring to said information about said attribute of the
terminal, generating said display control information by said group of
view objects.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:
receiving terminal identification information from said terminal; and
obtaining said information about said attribute of the terminal from said
terminal identification information.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
41 words
The method according to claim 1 or 2, wherein said step of
generating a group of view objects comprises the steps of: generating a
root object of said group of view objects; and generating a child object
by said root object.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 1, 2 or 3 wherein said data objects
retain instruction information used for generating corresponding view
objects and generating said display control information by the view
objects.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
29 words
The method according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein said
information about the attribute of the terminal includes information
about a screen size of said terminal.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
21 words
The method according to any one of preceding claims, wherein said
display control information is in Hyper Text Markup Language (HTML).
Claim 7
Independent Claim
51 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein
said step of generating display control information comprises a step of
sequentially generating display control information of responsible parts
from a root object of said group of view objects by referring to said
information about the attribute of the terminal.
Claim 8
Independent Claim
77 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims, further
comprising the steps of: in response to a display request from said
terminal, determining whether or not it is necessary to generate a group
of data objects according to said display request; and if it is not
necessary to generate a group of data objects, generating the display
control information corresponding to said display request by a related
view object in said group of view objects.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
109 words
The method according to any one of the preceding claims for
controlling reexecution and/or reauthentication of a page in a history,
said method comprising the steps of: grouping page definitions;
incorporating grouped page definitions into instruction information used
for generating said display control information; determining whether
reexecution of a page in a history has been performed; if a cache
reexecuted and in a processing state exists, restoring the processing
state; processing an application and storing in a cache a processing
state at that time; and according to a result of processing an
application, specifying said group of page definitions and clearing a
processing state corresponding to an applicable page.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
49 words
The method according to claim 9, further comprising the steps of:
checking whether a page in a history requires authentication and its
authentication state; ensuring authentication when authentication is
necessary; and according to a result of processing an application,
modifying an authentication state of a page in a history.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer for generating display control information so as to
display in a form adapted to a terminal used by a user, comprising the
modules for: in response to a display request from said terminal, generating a
group of data objects concerning the contents of the display, said group
of said data objects being independent of said terminal; by using said group of data objects and information about an
attribute of the terminal, generating a root view object for generating
said display control information; ordering said root view object to generate its child view object;
and ordering said root view object to generate said display control
information.
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