Abstract:
A gateway module for managing functionality for one or more web services is provided. The web services gateway module comprises a client application interface unit for receiving communication from a client application over a standard protocol, a communication processor for processing the communication for a web service, and a web services interface unit for delegating the processed communication to the web service.
Abstract:
The present invention, in one aspect thereof, provides a computer interface whose primary directive is uncompromising simplicity and ease of use by providing a carefully selected subset of features most desirable by a new computer user. The invention teaches a method, system and computer program for navigating a software interface comprising the steps of: (a) a user being provided with one or more input means to a computer, the software interface being loaded on the computer, and the user interacting with the software interface using the one or more input means; (b) the software interface displaying one or more program options to the user, such program options being of a number manageable to the user, and each program options being represented by a readily identifiable icon that enables navigation of the program options; (c) the user selecting at most one of the program options by selecting the corresponding readily identifiable icon, the selected program option corresponding to one of a plurality of active programs, each active program represented by a consistent layout; (d) the software interface displaying one or more basic commands each relating to the active program, the basic commands each represented by a readily identifiable command icon; and (e) the user selecting one of the basic commands or returning to the display of the limited number of program options.