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Systems and methods for providing conversational computing via javaserver pages and javabeans
18 Apr 2001-
TL;DR: In this paper, a conversational Markup Language (CML) is proposed for representing dialogues or conversations the user will have with any given computing device, where interaction may comprise, but is not limited, visual based (text and graphical) user interaction and speech based user interaction.
Abstract: A new application programming language is provided which is based on user interaction with any device which a user is employing to access any type of information. The new language is referred to herein as a “Conversational Markup Language (CML). In a preferred embodiment, CML is a high level XML based language for representing “dialogs” or “conversations” the user will have with any given computing device. For example, interaction may comprise, but is not limited to, visual based (text and graphical) user interaction and speech based user interaction. Such a language allows application authors to program applications using interaction-based elements referred to herein as “conversational gestures.” The present invention also provides for various embodiments of a multimodal browser capable of supporting the features of CML in accordance with various modality specific representations, e.g., HTML based graphical user interface (GUI) browser, VoiceXML based speech browser, etc.
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13 Feb 2003
TL;DR: In this article, an XSLT style sheet is automatically generated to filter out data pertaining to UI objects that were not voice or pass-through enabled, such as screens, views, applets, columns and fields.
Abstract: A method and system that provides filtered data from a data system (16). In one embodiment that system includes an API (application programming interface) and associated software modules to enable third party applications to access an enterprise data system. Administrators are enabled to select specific user interface (UI) objects (72), such as screens, views, applets, columns and fields to voice or pass-through enable via a GUI (108) that presents a tree depicting a hierarchy of the UI objects (72) within a user interface of an application (14). An XSLT style sheet is then automatically generated to filter out data pertaining to UI objects (72) that were not voice or pass-through enabled. In response to a request for data, unfiltered data are retrieved from the data system and a specified style sheet is applied to the unfiltered data to return filtered data pertaining to only those fields and columns that are voice or pass-through enabled.
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03 Jun 2005TL;DR: An authoring environment for creating and/or editing user interface elements such as widgets used in a unified interest layer is presented in this paper, which allows third-party developers to easily create widgets that have a look and feel that is consistent with a predefined set of widgets.
Abstract: An authoring environment for creating and/or editing user interface elements such as widgets used in a unified interest layer. The authoring environment facilitates creation of widgets that have a consistent appearance and mechanism, and allows third-party developers to easily create widgets that have a look and feel that is consistent with a predefined set of widgets.
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TL;DR: In this paper, the authors present a framework for building multi-channel, multi-device and multi-modal applications, where a user can interact in parallel with the same information via a multiplicity of channels and user interfaces, while a unified, synchronized views of the information are presented across the various channels or devices deployed by the user to interact with the information.
Abstract: Application development tools and method for building multi-channel, multi-device and multi-modal applications, and in particular, to systems and methods for developing applications whereby a user can interact in parallel with the same information via a multiplicity of channels and user interfaces, while a unified, synchronized views of the information are presented across the various channels or devices deployed by the user to interact with the information. In a preferred embodiment, application frameworks and development tools are preferably based on a MVC (Model-View-Controller) design paradigm that is adapted to provide synchronized multi-modal interactions. Multi-channel authoring can be developed using a similar methodology.
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24 Jun 2005TL;DR: A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) as discussed by the authors contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as "widgets", for quick access by a user.
Abstract: A user-activatable dashboard (also referred to as a unified interest layer) contains any number of user interface elements, referred to herein as “widgets,” for quick access by a user. In response to a command from a user, the dashboard is invoked and the widgets are shown on the screen. The user can activate the dashboard at any time, causing the dashboard to temporarily replace the existing user interface display on the user's screen. Once the dashboard has been activated, the user can interact with any or all of the widgets, and can configure the dashboard by adding, deleting, moving, or configuring individual widgets as desired. When the user wishes to return to the normal user interface he or she was working with, the user issues a command causing the dashboard to be dismissed. Once the dashboard has been dismissed, the previous user interface state is restored, allowing the user to resume normal interactions with the operating system.
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15 Oct 2002TL;DR: In this article, a scaleable graphical user interface system utilizes a device platform independent model to provide dynamic layout of graphical user interfaces migrated between any of a plurality of heterogeneous device platforms.
Abstract: A scaleable graphical user interface system utilizes a device platform independent model to provide dynamic layout of graphical user interface widgets migrated between any of a plurality of heterogeneous device platforms. The device platform independent model includes at least one platform independent graphical user interface widget. Based on the device platform independent model, platform specific graphical user interface widgets that correspond to each of the platform independent graphical user interface widgets may be laid out on a page and compared to the size of a display screen of a heterogeneous device platform. Where the page does not fit within the display screen, the platform independent graphical user interface widgets may be dynamically rearranged within the page to fit the display screen. In addition, where designated as splitable, the platform independent graphical user interface widgets may be split among multiple pages of a presentation to fit within the display screen.
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