Claims
- 1. A system comprising:
a designer user interface; a screen connector designer; a screen connector runtime engine; a connector configuration management user interface; a connector configuration management server; a screen connector runtime engine; a host computer; and a user application.
- 2. The system of claim 1 wherein the designer user interface comprises a grammar selection menu.
- 3. The system of claim 1 wherein the screen connector runtime engine comprises:
a rules engine; a screen buffer; a datastream processor; and a network communication.
- 4. The system of claim 3 wherein the rules engine comprises:
an object oriented programming component; a markup language interface processor; a task engine; a table navigation and identification system; a route processing; a screen recognizer; a feature identification system; and a screen ready discriminator.
- 5. The system of claim 4 wherein the feature navigation system comprises:
a feature identification expression parser; a feature identification expression evaluator; a feature identification grammar function evaluator; and a feature identification grammar variable evaluator.
- 6. The system of claim 4 wherein the table navigation and identification system comprises:
a data request processor; a record processor including a fixed records component, and end of table identifier, a variable records component, and a cascade table record index; and a cache.
- 7. The system of claim 1 wherein the screen connector runtime engine comprises:
a configuration communication agent; a plurality configuration target object relationships; a plurality of configuration target objects; a plurality of wizard plugins; and a plurality a property page plugins.
- 8. The system of claim 1 wherein the connector configuration management server comprises:
a configuration user interface servlet; a runtime server table; and a remote method invoker.
- 9. The system of claim 1 wherein the connector configuration management user interface comprises:
a configuration node selector; a property page/wizard display; and a property page/wizard editing system.
- 10. The system of claim 1 wherein the screen connector runtime engine comprises:
a plurality of configuration runtime objects; and a runtime configuration storage.
- 11. The system of claim 1 wherein the screen connector designer comprises:
a task designer; a table definition system; a screen recording engine; and a screen input extractor.
- 12. The system of claim 11 wherein the task designer comprises:
a task designer graphical user interface; an object oriented programming component creation system; and a markup language creation system.
- 13. The system of claim 11 wherein the screen recording engine comprises:
a recording workflow manager; a screen/field recorder; a default screen group generator; a custom screen identification system; a free-form identification system; an application graph generator; and an application graph/screen recording verifier.
- 14. The system of claim 11 wherein the screen input extractor comprises:
a difference engine; a screen ready discriminator; a screen buffer; the datastream processor; and the network communication.
- 15. The system of claim 1 wherein the screen connector designer comprises a customized screen connector recording.
- 16. A method comprising:
a generating a customized screen connector recording; transmitting the customized screen connector recording to a connector configuration management server; configuring a selected screen connector runtime engine to be a configured screen connector runtime engine; transmitting the customized screen connector recording to the selected screen connector runtime engine; and providing host access to a user application through the configured screen connector runtime engine and the customized screen connector recording.
- 17. A system comprising:
means for generating a customized screen connector recording; means for transmitting the customized screen connector recording to a connector configuration management server; means for configuring a selected screen connector runtime engine to be a configured screen connector runtime engine; means for transmitting the customized screen connector recording to the selected screen connector runtime engine; and means for providing host access to a user application through the configured screen connector runtime engine and the customized screen connector recording.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/295,041 filed Jun. 1, 2001, which is incorporated by reference in its entirety.
Provisional Applications (1)
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60295041 |
Jun 2001 |
US |
Continuations (1)
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10159095 |
May 2002 |
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10346199 |
Jan 2003 |
US |