Context and application aware selectors
The middleware presented herein maps a plurality of application user interfaces to a single user experience (i.e. user interface) so that a user is more comfortable with how information is presented. The middleware maps key elements of an original user interface into a standard user interface on a user's device. When a user interface is mapped, information or data is taken from the original user interface and is reconfigured to create the standard user interface displayed to the user. In embodiments, the middleware receives data associated with a user interface for an application, interprets the received data, parses the data, translates the parsed data by determining the correct template map and mapping the parsed data to a standard user interface, and configures the standard user interface with the translated data.
1. A computer program product including computer executable instructions stored onto a non-transitory computer readable medium which, when executed by a processor of a computer, causes the computer to perform a method for standardizing a user interface on a device, the instructions comprising:
instructions to receive data associated with a user interface for an application, wherein at least a portion of the received data associated with the user interface for the application is designated for display in a first region of the user interface for the application;
instructions to interpret the received data;
instructions to parse the interpreted data;
instructions to translate the parsed data, wherein the translation comprises:
instructions to determine a context of the interpreted data;
instructions to determine a template map type based on the determined context, wherein the template map type comprises at least one of: a contact template map, a product template map, and an order template map;
based on the interpretation of the received and the template map type, instructions to determine one of two or more template maps that are associated with the application;
instructions to retrieve the one of two or more template maps; and
instructions to map the parsed data to a standard user interface based on the retrieved one of two or more template maps, wherein the at least a portion of the data associated with the user interface for the application designated for display in the first region of the user interface for the application is mapped to a second region in the standard user interface; and
instructions to configure the standard user interface with the mapped data.
2. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the instructions include instructions to send the configured standard user interface to a display.
3. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the determined context is based on at least one of a device state or application state.
4. The computer program product as defined in claim 3 , wherein the determined context is based on the device state and wherein the device state is one of: a user using the device for work and the user using the device for personal reasons.
5. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein two or more applications have user interfaces changes to the standard user interface.
6. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the computer program product receives second data for a second user interface from a second application and wherein the computer program product further comprises instructions to translate the second data into the standard user interface based on a second template map.
7. The computer program product as defined in claim 6 , wherein the second template map is different from the one template map.
8. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein a user can select and modify the one template map.
9. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , further comprising the two or more template maps.
10. The computer program product as defined in claim 9 , the instructions further comprising:
instructions to determine an individual template map type based on the interpretation of the parsed data.
11. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the received data is associated with at least one of a first database associated with the application, a second database associated with the device, a third database associated with an external server, a fourth database associated with a network, or any other database with which the application is in communication.
12. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the one template map defines a location for a user interface device or a field in the standard user interface.
13. The computer program product as defined in claim 12 , wherein the instructions to map the parsed data comprise instructions to map the parsed data with the user interface device and instructions to map the parsed data with the field.
14. The computer program product as defined in claim 1 , wherein the second region is mapped by following settings by a user.
15. A user device, comprising:
a user interface on the user device in communication with a processor, the user interface on the user device operable to:
receive data from at least one of an application or a middleware, wherein at least a portion of the received data from the at least one of the application or middleware is in a first region of a user interface for the application;
provide application information to a user; and
receive a signal from the user;
a memory; and
the processor in communication with the memory and the user interface of the user device, the processor operable to receive the data directed to the user interface of the user device, the processor operable to execute one or more modules, the one or more modules comprising:
the middleware operable to receive the data from the application, interpret the received data, parse the interpreted data, translate the parsed data into a standard user interface based on a template map, determine a context of the translated data, determine a template map type based on the determined context, wherein the template map type comprises at least one of: a contact template map, a product template map, and an order template map, wherein the template map is determined based on the interpretation of the received data and the template map type, and wherein the at least a portion of the received data from the at least one of the application or middleware is mapped to a second region in the standard user interface; and the application operable to send the received data to the middleware.
16. A method for providing a standard user interface on a device, comprising:
a processor receiving data associated with a user interface, the data received in a request to execute an application;
the processor executing middleware;
the middleware receiving the data received in the request to execute the application;
the middleware interpreting the data received in the request to execute the application;
the middleware parsing the interpreted data;
the middleware determining a context of the received data associated with the user interface;
the middleware determining a template map type for the application based on the context of the received data associated with the user interface, wherein the template map type comprises at least one of: a contact template map, a product template map, and an order template map;
the middleware determining a template map based on the interpretation of the received data and the template map type;
the middleware mapping the parsed data into a standard user interface based on the-template map;
the user interface display receiving the standard user interface; and
the user interface display displaying the standard user interface.
17. The method as defined in claim 16 , further comprising:
the middleware translating the parsed data; and
the middleware configuring the translated data.
18. The method as defined in claim 16 , wherein the context is based on one of a device state and application state.