Platform independent computer interface software responsive to scripted commands

摘要

A Universal Client with a self-contained scripting language called GUIScript allows computing systems of varying architectures linked to the Internet or connected by an Intranet to run the same application software without modification or recompilation. Using a client-server architecture, the Universal Client receives GUIScript from the server, which commands the Universal Client to display certain graphical user interface (GUI) objects. The GUIScript also describes the behavior of the GUI objects presented by the Universal Client, thus providing a personality which defines the client application without changing the Universal Client's software. The Universal Client can also send GUIScript to the server to cause the server to execute commands. Preferably, a storage medium stores computer readable instructions for permitting a computer to display a graphical user interface (GUI) responsive to commands issued in the GUIScript scripting language to a Universal Client running on a JAVA TM virtual machine.