Patent ID: 8037407
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for creating and processing a human interface description, the method comprising the steps of: receiving an application-specific human interface description associated with an information-gathering application, the application-specific human interface description comprising: transforming the application-specific human interface description into a standardized human interface description, the standardized human interface description comprising standardized layout information and the data elements specific to the application, the transforming comprising: decomposing the standardized human interface description into a human interface layout template and a data description, the data description comprising the data elements specific to the application, and the human interface layout template comprising the standardized layout information, the decomposing comprising: merging a data instance of the data description with the human interface layout template to form an individual browser-compliant human interface description, the merging comprising translating the layout information into a format consistent with the browser.