Patent ID: 6643691
Filing Date: 2003-11-04
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A computer-implemented method for accessing data from a data source in a computer system, wherein the computer system includes a display, the method comprising:assembling a graphical program on the display, wherein said assembling comprises: displaying one or more nodes in the graphical program in response to user input; displaying a first node in response to user input, wherein the first node is operable to access data from a plurality of different data sources; connecting the one or more nodes and the first node in response to user input; receiving a uniform resource locator (URL) which specifies the data source, wherein the URL is received in response to user input; executing the graphical program, wherein said executing comprises: the first node connecting to the data source and receiving the data comprised in the data source using the URL; and the first node converting the data into a format useable by the graphical program after the first node connects to the data source and receives the data.