Patent ID: 7673245
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of converting a computer user interface panel between different panel types, the method comprising: identifying a first panel associated with a first computer system configured for displaying panels of a first type and not web-based panels; activating an automated process that reads field attributes in a first configuration table that can be used to display the first panel in the first computer system, the first panel comprising a plurality of fields and belonging to the first type of panels that is not web-based and in which a configuration table associated with a panel of the first type is tied to logic that specifies how the panel of the first type interacts with a backend of the first computer system; creating entries in a second configuration table that can be used to display a second panel in a second computer system configured for displaying panels of a second type that is web-based, the second panel comprising at least some of the plurality of fields and belonging to the second type of panels in which a panel of the second type is formed of configuration table entries and is independent of a backend of the second computer system; and displaying the second panel to a user of the second computer system; wherein the automated process: