	US 12,079,603 B2
	Universal application framework for streamlined frontend development of user interface
Florian Stephan, Waakirchen (DE)
Assigned to OPEN TEXT SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed by OPEN TEXT SA ULC, Halifax (CA)
Filed on Dec. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/549,610.
Application 17/549,610 is a continuation of application No. 16/168,425, filed on Oct. 23, 2018, granted, now 11,200,034, issued on Dec. 14, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/575,617, filed on Oct. 23, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0100479 A1, Mar. 31, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 8/38 (2018.01); G06F 9/448 (2018.01); G06F 9/451 (2018.01); G06F 9/48 (2006.01)

CPC G06F 8/38 (2013.01) [G06F 9/448 (2018.02); G06F 9/451 (2018.02); G06F 9/4843 (2013.01)]

20 Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a universal frontend interface application of a universal application framework on a server machine operating in an enterprise computing network, an indication from a user device to start a user interface (UI) application on the user device, the indication including application parameters associated with the UI application;

determining, by the universal frontend interface application from the application parameters, an application mode and logical entities for the UI application, wherein the application mode is based on a hierarchical entry point to a data source of the UI application, wherein the logical entities are defined in the universal application framework in the enterprise computing network, wherein the data source resides in a storage in the enterprise computing network, wherein the logical entities determine at least a perspective for a perspective-driven part of the UI application, wherein the perspective is bound to an instance of the logical entities, and wherein the perspective comprises a perspective-driven layout and data views bound to the data source; and

communicating, by the universal frontend interface application, the application mode and the logical entities for the UI application to a technical application component of the universal application framework, the universal application framework comprising a code structure for creating the UI application at runtime as the UI application is started on the user device, wherein the creating the UI application comprises:

fetching application configuration for the UI application from the universal application framework;

fetching data for the UI application from the data source; and

deriving and loading the perspective in the perspective-driven part of the UI application on the user device, the deriving and loading utilizing the hierarchical entry point of the data source to display the data from the data source according to the perspective-driven layout and the data views described in the perspective.