Application user interface template with free-form layout

Details Application user interface template with free-form layout Application user interface template with free-form layout

2007-06-26

2007-06-26

Zhen, Wei (Department: 2191)

Data processing: software development, installation, and managem

Software program development tool

Editing

C716S030000, C717S113000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10634326

ABSTRACT:
Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatuses for quickly and easily configuring an application user interface using a flexible generic layout file. For one embodiment, a free-form grid layout is provided that allows an application provider to create a desired number of placeholders, each of a desired size, by positioning objects at desired locations on the free-form grid. In this way the application provider configures the application user interface. For one embodiment, the placeholders are created by dragging selected objects, from a provided set of objects, onto the grid layout. For such an embodiment, a set of parameters that describe the objects on the grid layout (e.g., indicating number, size, and location) is stored to a database. At run-time, the parameters are used to dynamically generate HTML code, which when executed presents the application user interface.

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