US 12,314,532 B2
Web application of component-based HMTL originating on server
Clinton M. Winfrey, King George, VA (US)
Assigned to United States of America, as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Arlington, VA (US)
Filed by Clinton M. Winfrey, King George, VA (US)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/125,944.
Prior Publication US 2024/0319842 A1, Sep. 26, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 40/151 (2020.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 8/34 (2018.01); G06F 8/51 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 3/04817 (2013.01) [G06F 8/34 (2013.01); G06F 8/51 (2013.01); G06F 40/151 (2020.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A web application creation system for executing computer-implemented instructions from a server platform in a first language to build a graphical user interface (GUI) on a client platform in a second language, said system comprising:
a GUI library containing a plurality of GUI components, each GUI component including a toHTML( ) instruction that recursively generates HTML/JavaScript code for rendering said each GUI component on the client platform;
a server environment on the server platform for organizing said plurality of GUI components, such that behavior of said each GUI component is described using the first language;
a server application on the server platform for dynamically generating said HTML/JavaScript code from server logic based on said GUI library, wherein the server platform renders the GUI for the client platform;
a client application on the client platform that receives said HTML/JavaScript code from the server platform for rendering said plurality of GUI components;
a first communication layer that enables interaction between the server platform and the client platform via a WebSocket endpoint, wherein said each GUI component is capable of invoking behavior on the client platform via an exec(String javascript) instruction;
a second communication layer that facilitates client-to-server interaction through an asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX) endpoint, where the client platform sends event information to the server platform, including a unique component identifier to the server platform responsive to an external event with said GUI components;
a recursive event handling system on the server that processes incoming said external event, traverses a component hierarchy to identify said GUI component that triggered said external event, and executes corresponding logic on the server platform for that GUI component; and
a plugin framework on the server platform that enables developers to create a plurality of GUI plugins that the server platform dynamically combines into a unified web application, with the arrangement, interaction, and docking behavior of the GUI components managed by the client platform.