Configurable user interface interactions using a state machine combined with event orchestration

A server, comprising:

• at least one processor, and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable memory storing code segments that when executed by the processor cause the processor to,
• receive a request for a webpage from a client computing device, the webpage including a user interface, the user interface being based on one or more user interface templates;
• transmit, from a server to the client computing device, a first plurality of components and a second plurality of components for display in a first display area and a second display area, respectively, of the user interface;
• transmit a first plurality of states of the user interface from the server to the client computing device, each state of the first plurality of states associated with a respective mapping of at least one of the first plurality of components to the first display area, and of at least one of the second plurality of components to the second display area;
• transmit, from the server to the client device, and based on a first state table stored at the server, a first state change among the first plurality of states, the first state change occurring in response to a first input event and a first output event at a first component of the first plurality of components causing a second input event at a second component of the second plurality of components, and thereby to an execution of at least one user interface function by the second component;
• determine, at the server, a second plurality of states of the user interface and a second state table specifying a second state change among the second plurality of states, each state of the second plurality of states associated with a respective mapping of at least one of the first plurality of components to the first display area, and of at least one of the second plurality of components to the second display area;
• and
• transmit the second plurality of states and the second state change, as determined from the second state table, from the server to the client device, in response to the execution of the at least one user interface function by the second component and prior to an input event at either the first plurality of components or the second plurality of components that would cause the second state change.

A client device, comprising:

• at least one processor, and
• at least one non-transitory computer readable storing code segments that when executed by the processor cause the processor to,
• communicate a request for a webpage, the webpage including a user interface, the user interface being based on one or more user interface templates;
• and
• receive a first plurality of components and a second plurality of components for display in a first display area and a second display area, respectively, of the user interface;
• receive a first plurality of states of the user interface, each state of the first plurality of states associated with a respective mapping of at least one of the first plurality of components to the first display area, and of at least one of the second plurality of components to the second display area;
• access a first state table, the first state table specifying a first state change among the first plurality of states, the first state change occurring in response to a first input event and a first output event at a first component of the first plurality of components causing a second input event at a second component of the second plurality of components, and thereby to an execution of at least one user interface function by the second component;
• and
• receive a second plurality of states of the user interface and access a second state table specifying a second state change among the second plurality of states, each state of the second plurality of states associated with a respective mapping of at least one of the first plurality of components to the first display area, and of at least one of the second plurality of components to the second display area, in response to the execution of the at least one user interface function by the second component and prior to an input event at either the first plurality of components or the second plurality of components that would cause the second state change.