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`US 7,536,676 B2
`(10) Patent No.:
`a2) United States Patent
`Bakeretal.
`(45) Date of Patent:
`May 19, 2009
`
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`(54) OBJECT PROCESS GRAPH APPLICATION
`CONTROLLER-VIEWER
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`(75)
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`Inventors: David Marvin Baker, Branford, CT
`(US); Steven Allen Gold, Madison, CT
`(US); Vladmir Gusev, Guilford, CT
`fUS) Hongping Liang, Woodbridge, CT
`US
`
`(73) Assignee: Newalliance Bank, New Haven, CT
`(US)
`Subject to any disclaimer, the term ofthis
`patent is extended or adjusted under 35
`US.C. 154(b) by 501 days.
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`(*) Notice:
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`(21) Appl. No.: 11/162,416
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`(22)
`(65)
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`Filed:
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`Sep. 9, 2005
`Prior Publication Data
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`ABSTRACT
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`Int. Cl.
`GO6F 9/44
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`/
`.
`An objectprocess graph (OPG) application developmentsys-
`(52) US. Chee 717/113; 717/100; 717/101,
`tem. The system includes an OPGapplication program inter-
`TITAS; 717/105 77/1
`(58) Field of Classification Search......... Oe face (API), an OPG application editor, an OPG application
`[he
`application notation.
`window editor, and an
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`5 danOPGapplicati1 file f 1 hh ind di ion. The OPG
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`API providesaccessto functions ofan OPG system. The OPG
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`OPGapplications via the OPG API. The OPG application
`windoweditorfacilitates the editing of OPG application user
`‘interface windows while an OPG application is running. The
`ons application poration includes apluralityorkey words
`an associate
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`defining OPG
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`31 Claims, 22 Drawing Sheets
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`Object Process Graph
`Application Description
`Notation (OPGADN)
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`OBJECT PROCESS GRAPH APPLICATION
`CONTROLLER-VIEWER
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`CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED
`APPLICATIONS
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`The present application claims the benefit of provisional
`application No. 60/608,563 filed Sep. 10, 2004, the content of
`whichis herein incorporated by referencein its entirety.
`
`BACKGROUNDOF THE INVENTION
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`The present invention relates to software application pro-
`gram development tools and environments including inte-
`grated development environments (IDEs), rapid application
`development (RAD) systems, and graphical user interface
`(GUI) tools that enable the creation and editing ofeitherstatic
`or dynamic computer applications. In particular, the present
`invention relates to the creation and editing of object process
`graphs, which are described subsequently herein.
`The present application is related to two copending appli-
`cations: U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10/908,654 entitled
`“Object Process Graph System”filed on May 20, 2005; and
`US. patent application Ser. No. 10/908,653 entitled “Object
`Process Graph Application Controller-Viewer”filed on May
`20, 2005. Both applications are incorporated by reference
`herein in their entirety.
`Since the development of assembly languagein the 1950’s
`the computer industry has witnessed a series of incremental
`advances in software development. These advances have
`allowed software to be developed faster, with less manual
`labor, and madepossible the creation of more complex soft-
`ware systems and improvedthereliability of software sys-
`tems in general. These advances include the development of
`3rd generation programming languages like COBOL and
`Fortran;
`fourth generation programming languages like
`FOCUS; object oriented programming languageslike Small-
`talk, C++ and Java; CASEtools like Rational Rose; relational
`database systems like Oracle and DB2 and object oriented
`database systems like GemStone and Versant. However,
`despite these advances the developmentofa large systemsis
`still an expensive, high-risk venture that requires many
`highly-skilled programmersandthere is always considerable
`uncertainty regarding the quality and applicability ofthe final
`system.
`Fifth generation programming languages andtheir associ-
`ated development environments, such as, LabVIEW and
`MATLABSimulinkare designed to elevate the development
`productivity achieved by using the fourth generation lan-
`guagesto the next level. They allow non-programmersto use
`computing powerin termsthat closely resembletheirspecific
`problem domains. Features of the fifth generation language
`environments typically include an integrated persistent data
`management system, a query language, report generators and
`a user interface definition facility, and can be complemented
`by a graphics generator, decision support function, financial
`modeling, spreadsheet capability, statistical analysis func-
`tions and parameterized business and domain models. How-
`ever, the most widespread embodiments ofthe fifth genera-
`tion language tools have targeted highly specialized and
`relatively narrow domains, such as instrument data acquisi-
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`signal processing, process
`tion (LabVIEW),
`mechanical modeling, microarray data handling, communi-
`cation system design,etc.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
`
`The present invention defines and implements object pro-
`cess graph application development systems.
`Oneaspect is an object process graph application develop-
`ment system including an object process graph application
`description notation and an object process graph application
`editor. The notation provides a set ofkeywords and associated
`definitions that enable a developer to define all application
`data and functionality including,but notlimitedto, data struc-
`tures, data transformations, processing steps and calcula-
`tions. The application editor provides an editable graphic
`representation of applications using iconic representations of
`the notation keywords.
`Another aspect is an object process graph application
`development system including an object process graph appli-
`cation description notation, an object process graph applica-
`tion editor, and an object process graph application window
`editor. The notation defines that meaning of keywords and
`their iconic representation. The editor provides an editable
`representation of application data and process information.
`The window editor enables an application developer or user to
`create and edit an application’s user interface while the appli-
`cation is running.
`A further aspect is an object process graph application
`development system including an object process graph appli-
`cation description notation, an object process graph applica-
`tion editor, an object process graph application windoweditor
`and an object process graph application program interface.
`The notation provides application component definitions.
`The application editor provides an editable graphic represen-
`tation of an object process graph application. The window
`editor provides users and developersthe functionality needed
`to create and edit an application’s user interface while the
`application is running. The object process graph application
`program interface providesa definition of interface functions
`and implements access methods that allow application pro-
`gramsto interface directly with an object process graph appli-
`cation.
`Further aspects are a method and computer program prod-
`uct for developing a computer system. The method includes
`receiving a commandspecifying an elementin a graph struc-
`ture and modifying the computer program in real time in
`response to the command. The graphstructure is a computer
`program.
`Still further aspects are a method and computer program
`product for developing a computer system. The method
`includes creating a computer program as a graph structure
`and displaying a graphical representation of the graph struc-
`ture on a user interface screen. A commandspecifying an
`element in the graphic structure is received. The computer
`program is modified in real time in response to the command.
`In addition, the graph structure is updated in responseto the
`command. A graphical representation of the updated graph
`structure is displayed on the user interface screen.
`Exemplary embodiments of the present invention include
`many advantages,
`including reducing the costs and risks
`involved in building large, complex object process graph
`application systems. Application users and application
`domain experts are able, with minimal computertraining, to
`develop and maintain customized, complex object process
`graph application systems. It is possible to create applications
`that can be modified at run-time in order to greatly broaden
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`the scope, flexibility and usefulness of software application
`systems. In addition, the present invention providesinterfaces
`that makeit possible to integrate object process graph appli-
`cation andtraditional software applications.
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`FIG. 21 is a notation editor graph translation exemplar
`according to exemplary embodiments of the present inven-
`tion; and
`FIG. 22 is an OPGapplication developer exemplar accord-
`ing to exemplary embodiments of the present invention.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
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`These and other features, aspects and advantages of the
`present invention will become understood with regard to the
`following description, appended claims and accompanying
`drawings, where:
`FIG. 1 is an Object Process Graph Application Develop-
`ment System (OPGADS)according to exemplary embodi-
`ments of the present invention;
`FIG. 2 is an Object Process Graph Application Editor (OP-
`GAE)workspace displayed as an Eclipse perspective accord-
`ing to exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 3 is an OPGAE example according to exemplary
`embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 4is a sample Object Process Graph (OPG)application
`display according to exemplary embodimentsofthe present
`invention;
`FIG. 5 is an OPGAE workspace showing a repository view
`according to exemplary embodiments of the present inven-
`tion;
`FIG. 6 is an application definition wizard window for
`repository selection according to exemplary embodiments of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 7 is an application definition wizard window for
`application nameentry according to exemplary embodiments
`ofthe present invention;
`FIG. 8 is an OPGAEaccording to exemplary embodiments
`ofthe present invention;
`FIG. 9 depicts selecting the OPG Application Window
`Editor (OPGAWE)from the builder according to exemplary
`embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 10 depicts selecting an operation window from the
`OPGdefault application display window according to exem-
`plary embodimentsof the present invention;
`FIG. 11 is an operation data display window according to
`exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 12 depicts initiating the OPGAWEfrom an operation
`data display window according to exemplary embodiments of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 13 is an OPG operation data windoweditor according
`to exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 14 depicts adding an application frame to an OPG
`application window according to exemplary embodiments of
`the present invention;
`FIG. 15 is an extended dynamic model view controller
`according to exemplary embodiments of the present inven-
`tion;
`FIG. 16 depicts application data display properties accord-
`ing to exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
`FIG. 17 depicts a selected element on the OPGAWE
`according to exemplary embodiments of the present inven-
`tion;
`FIG. 18 is a data visibility and editing property editor
`window according to exemplary embodimentsof the present
`invention;
`FIG. 19 depicts s data visibility and editing property editor
`components according to exemplary embodiments of the
`present invention;
`FIG. 20 depicts OPG graph transformations according to
`exemplary embodiments of the present invention;
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`Aspects of exemplary embodiments of the present inven-
`tion include a complete environment for developing, object
`process graph (OPG)applications. Exemplary embodiments,
`such as the one depicted in FIG. 1, include four major com-
`ponents (FIG. 1): an Object Process Graph Application
`Description Notation (OPGADN)1, an Object Process Graph
`Application Editor (OPGAE) 2, an Object Process Graph
`Application Window Editor (OPGAWE) 4 and an Object
`Process Graph Application Program Interface (OPGAPI) 3.
`The OPGAE 2 and the OPGAPI 3 are tightly integrated with
`an OPG System 5 described subsequently herein.
`Exemplary embodiments of the OPGADN 1 component
`include a set of key words and associated definitions that
`enable application developers, users and domain experts to
`completely define an application’s complex processing steps,
`data manipulations, transformations anddefinitions. The key
`wordsrepresent and are mapped to OPG elementsthat define
`applications.
`Exemplary embodiments of the OPGAE 2 componentare
`fully-featured editing environments for defining and updating
`OPGapplications. They can be implemented as stand-alone
`or WEB-based computer software systems. Exemplary
`embodiments use functions defined by the OPGAPI 3 to
`directly interact with and modify OPG applications through a
`dynamic graph interpreter (DGI). They render graphical rep-
`resentations of OPG applications to developers that closely
`correlate to actual OPG application structures. The graphical
`representations include graphical symbols andstructuresthat
`developers can manipulate with editing commands entered
`via a keyboard, computer mouseor other