US 2004/0205484 A1Published application

System and method for dynamically generating customized pages

OwnerStanford E. Pennington JR., Melissa L. Oldenburg +1inventors

InventorsStanford E. Pennington JR., Melissa L. Oldenburg, Benjamin J. Schubert

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Abstract

A disclosed method provides for dynamic generation of pages for a user interface. Operations within the method may include retrieving a panel template and searching the panel template for links. In response to locating a link, a page generator may automatically attempt to locate a corresponding link condition. In response to locating the corresponding link condition, the page generator may automatically evaluate that link condition. In response to receiving an evaluation of true for the link condition, the page generator may automatically include the link in a customized page. However, in response to receiving an evaluation of false for the link condition, the page generator may automatically omit the link from the customized page. The customized page may then be displayed in a workstation. In an example embodiment, macros may be used to further customize the page.

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Dependent claims

A method of dynamically generating pages for a user interface, the method comprising:

retrieving product data from a legacy system, refining the product data, and saving the refined product data in an SQL database;
identifying a panel template for use in generating a customized page;
retrieving the panel template from the SQL database to a workstation;
searching the panel template for macro identifiers and links;
in response to locating a macro identifier, automatically adding replacement text for the macro identifier to a customized page in the workstation, in place of the macro identifier;
in response to locating a link, automatically determining whether the SQL database includes a corresponding link condition;
in response to determining that the SQL database includes the corresponding link condition, automatically evaluating the corresponding link condition with a Boolean compiler in the workstation;
in response to receiving an evaluation of true for the corresponding link condition, automatically including the link in the customized page;
in response to receiving an evaluation of false for the corresponding link condition, automatically omitting the link from the customized page;
passing the customized page to a browser object in the workstation to cause the customized page to be displayed in a user interface of a workstation;
receiving user input from an individual situated at the workstation;
in response to the user input, updating data in the legacy system;
in response to the user input, identifying a new panel template to form the basis of a new customized page;
and
automatically generating a new customized page for presentation in the user interface, based on link conditions and macro identifiers in the new panel template.

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