EP1156415A2
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Server-side control objects for processing client-side user interface elements
Assignee: Microsoft Corp
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Filing: 2001-05-14
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Granted: —
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Expires: 2021-05-14
Abstract
Abstract A server-side control object processes and generates a client-side user interface element for display on a web page. Multiple server- side control objects may be combined into a hierarchy of server-side control objects that cooperate to generate the resulting authoring language code, such as HTML, for display of a web page on a client. The operation of processing the client-side user interface element may include at least one of an event handling operation, a postback data handling operation, a data binding operation, and a state management operation. The state management operation relates to the state of a server-side control object.
Inventors
- 👤 Gary S. Burd
- 👤 Kenneth B. Cooper
- 👤 Scott D. Guthrie
- 👤 David S. Ebbo
- 👤 Mark T. Anders
- 👤 Ted A. Peters
- 👤 Stephen J. Millet
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
—
Jurisdiction
EP
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-07 23:43
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F9/00; G06F9/06; G06F9/44; G06F9/451
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 28
Claim 1
Independent Claim
89 words
A method for processing a client-side user interface element incorporated in
a web page displayed on a client, the method comprising: receiving a request referencing a resource; reading a declaration from the resource; generating a server-side control object programmed based on the declaration to
provide functionality of the client-side user interface element; processing the client-side user interface element using the server-side control
object; and generating authoring language data from the server-side control object for
incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page, subsequent to the
processing operation.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the resource is a server-side declaration
datastore.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 or 2, in particular claim 1 further comprising: transmitting the authoring language data to the client; and terminating the server-side control object, subsequent to the operation of
generating authoring language data.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 3, in particular claim 1 wherein the
processing operation comprises: handling postback data received from the user interface element using the
server-side control object.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 4, in particular claim 1 wherein the
processing operation comprises: handling postback events received from the user interface element using the
server-side control object.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 5, in particular claim 1 wherein the
processing operation comprises: saving a viewstate of the server-side control object; and transmitting the viewstate to the client.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
53 words
The method of any of claims 1 to 6, in particular claim 1 wherein the
processing operation comprises: receiving a viewstate of the server-side control object from the client, the
viewstate corresponding to the state of the server-side control object from a previous
request; and loading the viewstate to the server-side control object.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
110 words
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave by a computing system
and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process processing a client-side
user interface element incorporated in a web page displayed on a client, the
computer process comprising: receiving a request referencing a resource; reading a declaration from the resource; generating a server-side control object programmed based on the declaration to
provide functionality of the client-side user interface element; processing the client-side user interface element using the server-side control
object; and generating authoring language data from the server-side control object for
incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page, subsequent to the
processing operation.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
107 words
A computer program storage medium readable by a computer system and
encoding a computer program for executing a computer process processing a client-side
user interface element incorporated in a web page displayed on a client, the computer
process comprising: receiving a request referencing a resource; reading a declaration from the resource; generating a server-side control object programmed based on the declaration to
provide functionality of the client-side user interface element; processing the client-side user interface element using the server-side control
object; and generating authoring language data from the server-side control object for
incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page, subsequent to the
processing operation.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
141 words
A hierarchy of server-side control objects, executable by a computer, for
processing one or more client-side user interface elements incorporated in a web page
displayed on a client, the hierarchy of server-side control objects comprising: one or more server-side child objects corresponding to the one or more client-side
user interface elements, each server-side child object being adapted to handle
postback input received from the client and being adapted to generate authoring
language data for display of the client-side user interface element on the client; at least one hierarchical identifier received from the client in association with the
postback input specifying one of the server-side child objects; and a server-side page object hierarchically related to the one or more server-side
child objects and receiving the postback input for distribution to the one of the server-side
child objects based on the hierarchical identifier.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
22 words
The hierarchy of server-side control objects of claim 10 wherein the page
object hierarchically contains the one or more server-side child objects.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
44 words
The hierarchy of server-side control objects of claim 10 or 11, in particular
claim 10 wherein the page object is created responsive to a request from the client and
remains in existence until after generation of the authoring language data for the web
page.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
60 words
The hierarchy of server-side control objects of any of claims 10 to 12, in
particular claim 10 wherein each server-side child object is created responsive to an
access to the server-side control object specified by the hierarchical identifier and
remains in existence until after generation of the authoring language data for a
corresponding client-side user interface element on the client.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
108 words
A computer program storage medium readable by a computing system and
encoding a computer program for executing a computer process that processes one or
more client-side user interface elements incorporated in a web page on a client, the
computer process comprising: inputting one or more declarations from a server-side declaration datastore; generating a hierarchy of server-side control objects programmed based on the
declarations to provide functionality of the client-side user interface elements; processing the client-side user interface elements using the hierarchy of server-side
control objects; and generating authoring language data from the hierarchy of server-side control
objects for incorporating the client-side user interface elements in the web page.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
65 words
The computer program storage medium of claim 14 wherein the operation of
generating a hierarchy of server-side control objects comprises: generating a server-side container control object corresponding to a client-side
user interface container element on the web page; and generating one or more server-side children control objects corresponding to one
or more client-side user interface child elements contained in the client-side user
interface container element.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
91 words
The computer program storage medium of claims 14 or 15, in particular
claim 15 wherein the operation of processing the client-side user interface elements
comprises: receiving a unique hierarchical identifier referencing one or more of the server-side
control objects in the hierarchy of server-side control objects; receiving postback input information associated with the unique hierarchical
identifier; resolving the unique hierarchical identifier to identify a referenced server-side
control object; passing the postback input information to the referenced server-side control
object; and processing the postback input information using the referenced server-side
control object.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
48 words
The computer program storage medium of any of claims 14 to 16, in
particular claim 14 wherein the operation of processing the client-side user interface
elements comprises: traversing the hierarchy of the server-side control objects to invoke individual
processing by one or more of the server-side control objects.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
87 words
The computer program storage medium of any of claims 14 to 17, in
particular claim 14 wherein the operation of processing the client-side user interface
elements comprises: registering one or more of the server -side control objects to handle a control
object event generated by one of the server-side control objects; generating the control object event from one or more of the server-side control
objects; and handling the control object event using one or more of the server-side control
objects registered to handle the control object event.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
103 words
The computer program storage medium of any of claims 14 to 18, in
particular claim 14 wherein the operation of processing the client-side user interface
elements comprises: loading a first viewstate to one or more of the server-side control objects; handling postback data using one or more of the server-side control objects,
subsequent to the operation of loading the first viewstate; handling postback events using one of more of the server-side control objects,
subsequent to the operation of handling postback data; and saving a second viewstate from one or more of the server-side control objects,
subsequent to the operation of handling postback events.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
50 words
The computer program storage medium of any of claims 14 to 19, in
particular claim 19 wherein the operation of processing the client-side user interface
elements further comprises: resolving a databinding relationship established between a server-side control
objects and a server-side datastore, subsequent to the operation of handling postback
events.
Claim 21
Independent Claim
92 words
A method for processing at least one client-side user interface element
incorporated in a web page displayed on a client, the method comprising: reading a declaration from a resource; generating a plurality of concurrently existing server-side control objects that
logically correspond to the client-side user interface element, based on the declaration; processing the client-side user interface element using the concurrently existing
server-side control objects; and generating authoring language data from the concurrently existing server-side
control objects for incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page,
subsequent to the processing operation.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
62 words
The method of claim 21 wherein the operation of generating a plurality of
concurrently existing server-side control objects comprises: generating a first server-side control object that corresponds to a first client-side
user interface element; and generating a second server-side control object that corresponds to a first client-side
user interface element, such that the first and the second server-side control objects
exist concurrently.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of claims 21 or 22, in particular claim 21 wherein the processing
operation comprises: raising a server-side event associated with a first server-side
control object.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method of any of claims 21 to 23, in particular claim 23 wherein the
processing operation further comprises: handling the server-side event using a second
server-side control object.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The method of any of claims 21 to 24, in particular claim 23 wherein the
processing operation further comprises: handling the server-side event using a non-user-interface
server component.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
68 words
The method of any of claims 21 to 25, in particular claim 21 wherein the
operation of generating a plurality of concurrently existing server-side control objects
comprises: generating a first server-side control object that corresponds to a client-side user
interface element; and generating a second server-side control object that corresponds to the client-side
user interface element, such that the first and the second server-side control objects exist
concurrently.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
113 words
A computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave by a computing system
and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process processing at least
one client-side user interface element incorporated in a web page displayed on a client,
the computer process comprising: reading a declaration from a resource; generating a plurality of concurrently existing server-side control objects that
logically correspond to the client-side user interface element, based on the declaration; processing the client-side user interface element using the concurrently existing
server-side control objects; and generating authoring language data from the concurrently existing server-side
control objects for incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page,
subsequent to the processing operation.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
110 words
A computer program storage medium readable by a computing system and
encoding a computer program for executing a computer process processing at least one
client-side user interface element incorporated in a web page displayed on a client, the
computer process comprising: reading a declaration from a resource; generating a plurality of concurrently existing server-side control objects that
logically correspond to the client-side user interface element, based on the declaration; processing the client-side user interface element using the concurrently existing
server-side control objects; and generating authoring language data from the concurrently existing server-side
control objects for incorporating the client-side user interface element in the web page,
subsequent to the processing operation.
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