Synchronizing a client user interface with a server backend
View Patent ↗In a server system coupled to at least one client system, a method for synchronizing a user interface (UI) presentation to be displayed to a user of the client system to a UI description maintained by the server system, the method comprising the steps of: converting the UI description into one or more UI object definitions; storing each UI object definition in a document; and, transmitting the document to the client system; the client system adapted to convert the UI object definitions to UI objects to generate the UI presentation.
1. In a server system coupled to at least one client system, a method for synchronizing a user interface (UI) presentation to be displayed to a user of said at least one client system to a UI description maintained by said server system, said method comprising:
converting said UI description into one or more UI object definitions;
storing each said UI object definition in a document; and
transmitting said document to said at least one client system, said at least one client system adapted to convert said UI object definitions to UI objects to generate said UI presentation at said client system in synch with said server system.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein said transmitting is responsive to a request for said UI presentation by one or more systems, wherein said systems comprise said at least one client system and said server system.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein said UI object definitions contain data for said UI presentation.
4. The method of claim 3 wherein said data contains computer executable code.
5. The method of claim 3 wherein said data is dynamic data for displaying in said UI presentation.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein said document is a markup language document.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein said UI presentation is a graphical user interface (GUI) presentation.