User interface module sharing

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016110045-A1
Application number	US-201514834763-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Aug 25, 2015
Priority date	Oct 16, 2014
Publication date	Apr 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A manager amongst numerous devices that serves as a manager or monitors another managed device. The managing device may queries the managed device to determine the functionality provided by, or requirements of, one or more managed device UIs. The managed device returns the functionality provided by or requirements of the managed device UI(s) to the managing device which, in turn, saves the information in a master UI function table. The managing device returns one or more UI modules to the managed device that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information. The managing device may further assemble one or more UI modules that are appropriate as based upon the received UI functionality or UI requirement information and provide the assembled UI module to a user of the managing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of sharing user interface (UI) modules comprising:
determining, with a managing device, a managed device currently managed or monitored by the managing device; requesting, with the managing device, from the managed device one or more UI requirements; determining, with the managing device, one or more UI modules that satisfy the one or more UI requirements of the managed device; delivering, with the managing device, the one or more UI modules that satisfy the one or more UI requirements of the managed device; assembling, with the managing device, the one or more UI modules, and; providing, via a user interface of the managing device, the assembled UI module.

2 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing, via a user interface of the managed device, the one or more delivered UI modules.

3 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 1 , further comprising:
obtaining, with the managing device, the one or more UI modules that satisfy the one or more UI requirements of the managed device from a UI host device.

4 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving, with the managing device, from the managed device one or more UI requirements, and; storing, within a functionality table of the managing device, the received one or more UI requirements.

5 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 1 , wherein the one or more UI modules are segments of a graphical user interface (GUI) application.

6 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 5 , wherein the GUI module is provided via display of the managing device.

7 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 5 , wherein the GUI module is provided via touch screen of the managing device.

8 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 5 , wherein the GUI module is a dojo widget.

9 . The method of sharing UI modules of claim 5 , wherein the provided GUI module displays a hardware view of the managed device.

Assignees

• IBM

Inventors

• Bertram Randal L
• Cramer Keith D
• Ortiz Alejandro M

Classifications

• G06F9/452

  Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation (protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131) · CPC title

• G06F3/04842

  Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements (G06F3/0482 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title

• G06F3/04847 Primary

  Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials · CPC title

• G06F8/38

  for implementing user interfaces · CPC title