Patent ID: 7665120
Filing Date: 2010-02-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. At a computer system in a Web Services environment, a method of presenting a user with an easily understandable visual representation summarizing selected criteria of a yet to be generated Web Service policy by utilizing a wizard type tool, which abstracts the user from code used to satisfy the policy, the method comprising acts of: presenting a set of Web Service policy options to a user at a user interface, which abstracts the user from any specific code that will be generated for a policy document that satisfies one or more of the set of Web Service policy options; receiving user input selecting desired criteria from the set of Web Service policy options; after receiving the user input, and based thereon, generating a graphical model including one or more keywords or symbols representing all of the desired criteria for the policy document; after receiving all the user input selecting desired criteria, presenting the graphical model representing all of the desired criteria to the user at the user interface for providing a visual recap of the policy document that is yet to be generated; generating the policy document after presenting to the user the graphical model representing all of the desired criteria selected by the user; receiving user input modifying the desired criteria; and generating a new graphical model in response to receiving the user input modifying the desired criteria.