Patent ID: 7003729
Filing Date: 2006-02-21
Classification: G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A system for communicating commercial transaction information between a Seller and a plurality of Buyers over a distributed data processing system, comprising: a single database for maintaining a plurality of user interface metadata elements including at least component identifications and component properties; a visual rule model for configuring a plurality of graphical user interface dialog pages utilizing the metadata and a plurality of dialog rules; a plurality of rendering engines each adapted to respond to commands from the visual rule model and each further operable to construct a plurality of graphical user interface screens in a different language; and a dialog manager operable to select one of the plurality of rendering engines for each Buyer based on a bandwidth of the Buyer's communication channel and further operable to pass at least the metadata elements to the selected rendering engine in order to dynamically construct a plurality of graphical user interface screens in the distributed data processing systems in order to allow the communication of information between the Seller and the plurality of Buyers necessary related to a potential commercial transaction.