METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR USER DEFINED INTERACTIONS BETWEEN PLURALITY OF ACTIVE SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

摘要

A method and related computer system having user-interaction that allows assignment of trigger objects to one or more actions objects, both gathered from individual pools (lists) of elements available to the system. "Trigger" is defined as a computer event that initiates execution of a script of actions. The trigger can be: a) a mouse event (clicking on a hypertext link; single and double clicking on an icon, a field, or any program control area; pressing a button); b) a keyboard event (pressing a key, or a sequence of keys); c) a voice generated event and d) any software generated event (conditional; scheduler generated; or any OLE object state). The action can be: a) execution of any software module; b) invocation of a method in a software object; c) setting or querying a property in a software object. Whenever the user activates the trigger, the system invokes the specified actions. The system makes available to a user a way of defining and invoking a series of computer actions once a triggering event occurs; executes the desired actions; maintains and persists (remembers) the table of associated trigger objects and action objects. The invention is preferably implemented with an interactive computer system having a keyboard or other user specified input device, a display, and a user interface capable of initiating execution of one or more application programs. The preferred use of the invention is financial market quote application that incorporates multiple financial service application programs.