Patent ID: 8479222
Filing Date: 2013-07-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of enabling a user to interact with a plurality of applications via a common interface, said method being implemented on a client system, wherein each of said plurality of applications is executed on a corresponding set of server systems and is designed to provide a corresponding plurality of forms for manipulating a plurality of classes of data, wherein each form corresponds to a combination of one of a plurality of actions and one of said plurality of classes of data, said method comprising: maintaining a mapping data indicating a specific one of said plurality of forms used for a combination of an action and a class of data; providing an area in said common interface for said user to enter a first text and a second text respectively specifying an action identifier and a class identifier; receiving said action identifier and said class identifier entered by said user in said area; determining a first form from said mapping data based on said action identifier and said class identifier in response to said receiving, said first form being contained in said plurality of forms; and displaying said first form on a display as a response to said receiving of said action identifier and said class identifier, wherein said maintaining, said receiving, said determining and said displaying are performed in said client system, and wherein said user is provided the ability to initiate an action corresponding to said action identifier in at least one of said plurality of applications with respect to class data corresponding to said class identifier using an element contained in the displayed first form.