Patent ID: 6049822
Filing Date: 2000-04-11
Classification: G06F,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
A method for transporting a knowledge-based object model from a source platform to a recipient platform via a data network, and for enabling the recipient to use the object model, comprising steps of:(a) converting the object model into a first human-readable, non-binary text file at the source platform, the text file representing objects and object relationships;(b) using the first text file to create a graphics user interface (GUI) object model at the source platform, GUI objects in the GUI model related to individual objects of the object model;(c) converting the GUI object model into a second human-readable, non-binary text file at the source platform;(d) relating the GUI objects to multimedia files;(e) transporting the first and second text files and the multimedia files across the data network from the source platform to the recipient platform; and(f) reconstructing the object model and the GUI object model at the recipient platform from the human-readable text files.