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Databinding using server-side control objects
Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC
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Filing: 2000-05-18
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Granted: 2004-09-14
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Expires: 2020-05-18
Abstract
Abstract Server-side control objects corresponding to client-side user interface elements are created in a control object hierarchy. Properties of the control objects may be data bound to properties of a server-side data source (e.g., a server-side database). Hierarchical data binding relationships are established between properties of control objects and properties of a data source. Template declarations are used to define the configuration of binding container objects that correspond to data objects in the data source. An iterating control object determines the number of data objects in the data source increase according number of binding container objects. A simple data binding types include without limitation: (1) unidirectional data binding from the data source to a control object; (2) unidirectional data binding from a control object to the data source; and (3) bidirectional data binding between a control object and the data source.
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
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 22:42
CPC Classifications
G; G06; G06F; G06F16/00; G06F16/90; G06F16/95; G06F16/958; G06F16/972; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S707/00; Y10S707/99941; Y10S707/99943
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 25
Claim 1
Independent Claim
173 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a method of data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the method comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
173 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a method of data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the method comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
70 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: loading the server-side data table from a server-side database; associating an iterating server-side control object with the server-side data table; creating the iterating server-side control object in a server-side control object hierarchy, wherein each binding container server-side control object is a child of the iterating server-side control object; and storing the server-side data table as a property of the iterating server-side control object.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
33 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the operation of associating an iterating server-side control object comprises: setting a data source property of the iterating server-side control object to reference the server-side data table.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method of claim 2 wherein the iterating operation comprises: creating each binding container server-side control element as a child of the iterating server-side control object, each binding container server-side control object being associated with a given data set of the server-side data table.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method of claim 1 wherein the establishing operation comprises: creating a binding object including a control identifier of the descendent server-side control object, a first property identifier of the property of the descendent server-side control object, a binding container identifier of the binding container server-side control object, a second property identifier of the property of the data set of the server-side data table.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
38 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: transmitting data stored as the property of the descendent control object for storage as the property of the data set of the server-side data table, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 1 further comprising: receiving data stored as the property of the of the server-side data table for storage in the property of the descendent control object, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
194 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave by a computing system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
194 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a computer data signal embodied in a carrier wave by a computing system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
191 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a computer program storage medium readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
191 words
In a server computer coupled to a client computer system, a computer program storage medium readable by a computer system and encoding a computer program for executing a computer process data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a data set in a server-side data table having one or more data sets, wherein the descendent server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: iterating over each data set of the server-side data table to create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to each data set; associating each binding container server-side control object with one of the data sets of the server-side data table; creating a descendent server-side control object for a property of each data set, a given descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object corresponding to a given data set and being associated with a property of the given data set; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of one of the data sets of the server-side data table.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
205 words
A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process for data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a server-side data array having one or more data objects, wherein the child server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: loading the server-side data array from a server-side database; associating an iterating server-side control object with the server-side data table; creating the iterating server-side control object in a server-side control object hierarchy; storing the server-side data array as a property of the iterating server-side control object; create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to one of the data objects, wherein the binding container server-side control object is a child of the iterating server-side control object: associating the binding container server-side control object with the one of the data objects of the server-side data array; creating a descendent server-side control object for each property of each data object each descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of the server-side data array.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
205 words
A computer program product encoding a computer program for executing on a computer system a computer process for data binding a property of a descendent server-side control object to a property of a server-side data array having one or more data objects, wherein the child server-side control object corresponds to a client-side user interface element, the computer process comprising: loading the server-side data array from a server-side database; associating an iterating server-side control object with the server-side data table; creating the iterating server-side control object in a server-side control object hierarchy; storing the server-side data array as a property of the iterating server-side control object; create a binding container server-side control object corresponding to one of the data objects, wherein the binding container server-side control object is a child of the iterating server-side control object: associating the binding container server-side control object with the one of the data objects of the server-side data array; creating a descendent server-side control object for each property of each data object each descendent server-side control object being a descendent of the binding container server-side control object; and establishing a data binding relationship between the property of the descendent server-side control object and the property of the server-side data array.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
35 words
The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the operation of associating an iterating server-side control object comprises: setting a data source property of the iterating server-side control object to reference the server-side data array.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
53 words
The computer program product of claim 11 wherein the iterating operation of associating the iterating server-side control object comprises: creating each binding container server-side control element as a child of the iterating server-side control object, each binding container server-side control object being associated with a given data object of the server-side data array.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
65 words
The computer program product of claim 10 wherein the establishing operation comprises: creating a binding relationship object including a control identifier of the descendent server-side control object, a property identifier of the property of the descendent server-side control object, a binding container identifier of the binding container server-side control object, an property identifier of the property of the data object of the server-side data array.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
40 words
The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising: sending data stored as the property of the descendent control object for storage as the property of the data object of the server-side data array, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
40 words
The computer program product of claim 10 further comprising: receiving data stored as the property of the data object of the server-side data array for storage in the property of the descendent control object, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
163 words
A server for performing server-side data binding using a hierarchy of server-side control objects corresponding to client-side user interface elements, the server comprising: a server-side data array having one or more data objects, each data object including a property; an iterating server-side control object in a server-side control object hierarchy and being associated with the server-side data array; one or more binding container server-side control objects iteratively created by the iterating server-side control object based on a number of data objects in the server-side data array; one or more descendent server-side control objects corresponding to a property of each data object of the server-side data array, each descendent server-side control being created as a child of the binding control server-side control object of a given data object in the server-side data array; and a data binding relationship structure describing a data binding relationship between a property of the descendent control object and the property of the data object of the server-side data array.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
163 words
A server for performing server-side data binding using a hierarchy of server-side control objects corresponding to client-side user interface elements, the server comprising: a server-side data array having one or more data objects, each data object including a property; an iterating server-side control object in a server-side control object hierarchy and being associated with the server-side data array; one or more binding container server-side control objects iteratively created by the iterating server-side control object based on a number of data objects in the server-side data array; one or more descendent server-side control objects corresponding to a property of each data object of the server-side data array, each descendent server-side control being created as a child of the binding control server-side control object of a given data object in the server-side data array; and a data binding relationship structure describing a data binding relationship between a property of the descendent control object and the property of the data object of the server-side data array.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
39 words
The server of claim 16 further comprising: a push module storing data from the property of the descendent control object to the property of the data object of the server side data array, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
39 words
The server of claim 16 further comprising: a push module storing data from the property of the data object of the server side data array to the property of the descendent control object, based on the data binding relationship.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
19 words
The server of claim 16 further comprising: a portion of a server-side datastore loaded into the server-side data array.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
21 words
The server of claim 16 further comprising: a portion of a server-side datastore into which the server-side data array is saved.
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