GUI document management system

摘要

This invention, a system for managing GUI documents, uses a set of graphical elements provided with computers having a graphical user interface operating system as presentation elements out of which can be made in a truly wysiwyg (what-you-wee-is-what-you-get) interface, multiple single page multimedia documents for presenting digital images, video, animations, graphics, audio, and text in different font faces, styles, and colors and implements functional equivalents of the HTML href (hyperlink) elements. A GUI document management system can be the centerpiece around which a wide variety of computer software applications can be made including collaborative document development systems, training and learning management systems, and document webs comparable to the World Wide Web. When used to develop document webs on the internet, the webs developed are fully read-write, a long sought but never achieved goal of the World Wide Web. GUI documents are also easier and faster to develop than HTML documents.

主权项

1. A method for providing an alternative to the existing world wide web, known as a graphical user interface (GUI) web, comprising GUI browsers as alternatives to existing hypertext markup language (HTML) web browsers, the method comprising:
providing a GUI web-browser with functionality to create, edit, and retrieve GUI documents as GUI web pages, the GUI web pages being an alternative to HTML web pages, the GUI web-browser comprising a page window configured to display the GUI documents as the GUI web pages; displaying, within the GUI web-browser, an empty page window for creating a GUI document in a GUI document display format, the GUI document being configured to display GUI elements programmatically adapted for use as presentation elements, the GUI elements being alternatives to HTML elements; placing at least one presentation element within the empty page window, wherein the at least one presentation element comprises an instance of a GUI class object and metadata; enabling editing of the at least one presentation element by providing editing tools configured to modify properties, functions, and events of the at least one presentation element and enabling the user to select from a plurality of properties, functions and events predefined by the GUI web-browser; and saving the GUI document as a GUI web page comprising the at least one presentation element, wherein saving the GUI document as the GUI web page comprises converting the GUI document from the GUI document display format to a GUI document stored format, the GUI document stored format comprising the metadata associated with the at least one presentation element, wherein the GUI document is configured to be loaded from the GUI document stored format and displayed in the GUI document display format as the GUI web page.