Common declarative representation of application content and user interaction content processed by a user experience player

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10061861-B2
Application number	US-201414463415-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 19, 2014
Priority date	Aug 19, 2014
Publication date	Aug 28, 2018
Grant date	Aug 28, 2018

Abstract

A method for providing application content including obtaining, by a declarative content engine executing on a computer processor, an initial application content from a content repository and expressing the initial application content in a declarative programming language to obtain declarative content and transmitting the declarative content to a user experience player (UXP). The UXP processes the declarative content to obtain the initial application content, binds the initial application content to first platform-specific templates and first platform-specific navigation patterns, and renders the initial application content in a first platform-specific user display format. Additionally, the method includes receiving a user action from the UXP in response to the transmission of the declarative content, storing the user action associated with the declarative content in a user data instance repository, determining, using an interaction module and the received user action, a next application content, and obtaining the next application content from the content repository.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for providing application content of an application comprising:
obtaining, by a declarative content engine executing on a computer processor, an initial application content from a content repository;
expressing the initial application content in a declarative programming language to obtain initial declarative content;
transmitting the initial declarative content to a first user experience player of a first platform of a first platform type, wherein the first user experience player:
interprets the initial declarative content to obtain initial interpreted content,
obtains, based on the initial interpreted content, first platform-specific templates and first platform-specific navigation patterns for the first platform type, the first platform-specific templates comprising a first presentation of information and first user interface controls,
binds a portion of the initial interpreted content to the first platform-specific templates and the first platform-specific navigation patterns, and
renders the portion of the initial interpreted content in a first platform-specific user display format;
receiving a user action of a user executing the application from the first user experience player in response to the transmission of the initial declarative content;
storing the user action associated with the initial declarative content in a user data instance repository;
receiving a request from the user to continue executing the application on a second platform of a second platform type;
determining, using an interaction module and the stored user action, a next application content based on the stored user action;
obtaining the next application content from the content repository;
expressing the next application content in the declarative programming language to obtain a next declarative content; and
transmitting the next declarative content to a second user experience player of the second platform, wherein the second user experience player:
interprets the next declarative content to obtain a next interpreted content,
obtains, based on the next interpreted content, second platform-specific templates and second platform-specific navigation patterns for the second platform type, the second platform-specific templates comprising a second presentation of information and second user interface controls,
binds a portion of the next interpreted content to the second platform-specific templates and the second platform-specific navigation patterns, and
renders the portion of the next interpreted content in a second platform- specific user display format for the second platform type.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
detecting an error in the user action;
transmitting information related to the error to the first user experience player; and
receiving, in response to the transmitted information, an updated user action.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial application content comprises application information comprising view information, interaction flow information, data model information and user data information.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial application content is at least a portion of one selected from a group consisting of a tax preparation application, a financial transaction application, and a loan request application.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the initial declarative content is expressed in JavaScript Object Notation.

6. A system for providing application content of an application comprising:
a computer processor;
a memory;
a declarative content engine executing on the computer processor and configured to: obtain an initial application content from a content repository;
express the initial application content in a declarative programming language to obtain initial declarative content;
transmit the initial declarative content to a first user experience player of a first platform of a first platform type;
receive a user action of a user executing the application from the first user experience player in response to the transmission of the initial declarative content;
store the user action associated with the initial declarative content in a user data instance repository;
receive a request from the user to continue executing the application on a second platform of a second platform type;
determine, using an interaction module and based on the stored user action, a next application content based on the stored user action;
obtain the next application content from the content repository;
express the next application content in the declarative programming language to obtain a next declarative content; and
transmit the next declarative content to a second user experience player of the second platform,
wherein the first user experience player is configured to:
receive declarative content from the declarative content engine;
interpret the initial declarative content to obtain initial interpreted content;
obtain, based on the initial interpreted content, first platform-specific templates and first platform-specific navigation patterns for the first platform type, the first platform-specific templates comprising a first presentation of information and first user interface controls;
bind a portion of the initial interpreted content to the first platform-specific templates and the first platform-specific navigation patterns;
display the portion of the initial interpreted content in a first platform-specific user display format;
receive the user action in response to displaying the initial application content; transmit the user action to the declarative content engine; and
transmit the request from the user to continue executing the application on the second platform, and
wherein the second user experience player is configured to:
receive, in response to the transmission of the user action, the next declarative content from the declarative content engine;
interpret the next declarative content to obtain a next interpreted content;
obtain, based on the next interpreted content, second platform-specific templates and second platform-specific navigation patterns for the second platform type, the second platform-specific templates comprising a second presentation of information and second user interface controls;
bind a portion of the next interpreted content to the second platform-specific templates and the second platform-specific navigation patterns; and
display the portion of the next interpreted content in a second platform-specific user display format for the second platform type.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the declarative content engine is further configured to:
detect an error in the user action;
transmit information related to the error to the first user experience player; and
receive, in response to the transmitted information, an updated user action.

8. The system of claim 6 , wherein the initial application content comprises application information comprising view information, interaction flow information, data model information, and user data information.

9. The system of claim 6 , wherein the initial application content comprises at least a portion of one selected from a group consisting of a tax preparation application, a financial transaction application, and a loan request application.

10. The system of claim 6 , wherein the initial declarative content 1 s expressed in JavaScript Object Notation.

11. The system of claim 6 , wherein the user action is received by the first user experience player in the form of one selected from a group consisting of keyboard input, mouse input, audio input, motion input, and touch input.

12. The system of c

Assignees

• Yu Jay Jiebing
• Sivertson Matthew
• Kumar Vinay
• Beran Bojan
• Balazs Alex
• Cabrera Luis Felipe
• Intuit Inc

Inventors

• Yu Jay Jiebing
• Sivertson Matthew
• Kumar Vinay
• Beran Bojan
• Balazs Alex
• Cabrera Luis Felipe

Classifications

• G06F16/986

  Document structures and storage, e.g. HTML extensions · CPC title

• G06F16/9577 Primary

  Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents · CPC title

• H04L67/02 Primary

  based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP] · CPC title

• G06F8/38

  for implementing user interfaces · CPC title

• H04L67/148

  Migration or transfer of sessions · CPC title