System and method for interface display screen manipulation

摘要

A system and method for generation, modification, or manipulation of user interface display screens includes a processor storing display screen templates and instantiation data structures which reference the templates for instantiation of the respective ones of the display screen templates for a plurality of different display screens, where the templates can correspond to respective sub-screens of one or more display screens. The processor can analyze captured display screen data to determine whether the data corresponds to a previously stored one of the templates, and, responsive to a positive result of the determination, store a new instantiation data structure referencing the template to which the data is determined to correspond and otherwise generate a new template to be referenced by the instantiation data structure. Modifications and object associations to a plurality of different display screens can be effected by modification of, or association with, a single one of the templates.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
responsive to a first application triggering event during execution of a computer program, the first application triggering event triggering a display of a first user interface display screen:
obtaining, by a computer processor, a first instantiation data structure including a pointer to a first screen template that is stored in a data storage accessible by the processor and that identifies a first plurality of user interface graphical objects;processing, by the processor, the first instantiation data structure, the processing of the first instantiation data structure including obtaining and instantiating the first screen template pointed to by the first instantiation data structure; andoutputting, by the processor and in a display device, the instantiated first screen template; and responsive to a second application triggering event during execution of the computer program, the second application triggering event triggering a display of a second user interface display screen:
obtaining, by the processor, a second instantiation data structure including a pointer to a second screen template that is stored in the data storage, points to the first screen template, and identifies or references a second plurality of user interface graphical objects;processing, by the processor, the second instantiation data structure, the processing of the second instantiation data structure including obtaining and instantiating the second screen template pointed to by the second instantiation data structure, wherein the instantiation of the second screen template includes instantiating the first screen template; andoutputting, by the processor and in the display device, the instantiated second screen template.