Generic application flow management system and method
AssigneeNortel Networks Limited
InventorDalsu Lee
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Abstract
A generic application flow management system and method according to which an import module imports an object and an application builder having a graphical interface displays the object as icons. The icons are capable of being positioned relative to each other. A generation module generates a script using the object represented by the first icon and the object represented by the second icon, wherein the relative position of the first icon to the second icon indicates the flow of the script.
Claims20
A method for building a generic application comprising:
- importing an object into an application builder having a graphical user interface;
- displaying the object as at least two icons in the graphical user interface, wherein a first icon of the at least two icons can be positioned relative to a second icon of the at least two icons;
- and
- generating a script representing the first icon and the second icon, wherein the relative position of the first icon to the second icon indicates the a of the script.
A system for building a generic application, comprising:
- an import module for importing an object;
- an application builder having a graphical interface for displaying the object as at least two icons, wherein a second icon of the at least two icons can be positioned relative to a first icon of the at least two icons;
- and
- a generation module for generating a script, wherein the relative position of the first icon to the second icon indicates a flow of the script.
A method for facilitating the operation of an application platform comprising:
- receiving a request at an application server;
- selecting an application to process the request;
- retrieving a script from a script repository, such that the script represents an operational flow of the selected application;
- and
- executing the selected application at the application server by interpreting the script and using a virtual machine with reflection.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:
- instructions for importing an object that is comprised of a first method and a second method into an application builder having a graphical user interface, wherein the object is programmed in an object oriented programming language;
- instructions for displaying the first method as a first icon and the second method as a second icon in the graphical user interface;
- instructions for positioning the second icon relative to the first icon in the graphical user interface;
- instructions for generating an extensible markup language script from the methods corresponding to the first icon and the second icon, wherein the relative position of the first icon to the second icon indicates the position of the first method relative to the second method in a flow of the script;
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- instructions for storing the script.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.