System and method for displaying data on a thin client
View Patent ↗A thin-client user interface includes a user interface and an application server. The user interface is executed on a client device, such as a personal computer having a display. The user interface includes a client application for displaying data. The application server is coupled with the user interface and with a remote database via an electronic data network and is configured to receive a request for data from the user interface, to generate a query request based on the request for data, to access the database and submit the query request to the database, to receive results from the database in response to the query request, and transmit a portion of the results to the user interface.
1. A thin-client user interface, comprising:
a) a user interface that is executed on a client device having a display, for displaying data to a user on the client device;
b) an application server coupled with said user interface and with a remote database via an electronic data network and configured to receive a request for data from said user interface, to generate a query request based on said request for data, to access said remote database and submit said query request, to receive query results from said remote database in response to the query request, and to provide a portion of said query results to said user interface;
wherein said client device is configured to perform an analysis function on said portion of said query results and to display analysis results of said analysis function;
wherein said application server is configured to identify when updates to data in said remote database affect said analysis results of said analysis function at the client device and to access said remote database and resubmit said query request, to receive query results from said remote database in response to the query request, and to provide a portion of said query results to said user interface;
further comprising a remote application repository coupled with said client device and said application server via said electronic data network, said application repository configured to maintain data relating to said client device configuration, said database configuration, and
interrelations between said client device configuration and said database configuration.
2. The thin-client user interface as recited in claim 1 , wherein said user interface is configured to display only a first range of data that is a subset of the portion of said results provided by said application server, and in response to a user operation requesting display of additional data, displays a second range of data that is a subset of the portion of data said results provided by said application server.
3. The thin-client user interface as recited in claim 2 , wherein said first and second range of data are contiguous.
4. The thin-client user interface as recited in claim 2 , wherein said client device is further configured to, in response to a user operation request for display of data outside of said portion of said results provided by said application server, transmit a request for additional data to said application server, and said application server is further configured to generate a query request based on said request for data, to access said database and submit said query request, to receive results from said database in response to the query request, and to provide a portion of said results to said user interface.