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Jowtiff Bros. A.b., LLC

Nicholas James Thomson

Michael J McCormack

Dmitri Davydok

David Robert Shutt

Praveen Upadhyay

Indrojit Deb

Anthony L Lee

Ian Carl Legler

Vineet Gupta

Ron Mondri

Shashi Ranjan

Navin Ishwar Thadani

Christian Heydemann

Tobin James Zerba

Andrew Nathan Magee

Samir B Manjure

Sharad Bajaj

Wayne Carlyle Walsh Parker, Iii

Gregory Scott Greenaae

Michael Aksionkin

Robert F Blanch

Srinivasan Parthasarathy

Prasant Sivadasan

Lars Mikkelsen

Oren Ryngler

Anthony J Lee

A command interface for a software application is implemented on a client computer. A first definition of the command interface is received from a server computer. The first definition includes rules for encoding the command interface on a web browser. A conversion of the first definition to a second definition is performed. The second definition includes language for encoding the command interface on a user interface of the software application. The second definition is used to render the command interface on the user interface of the software application.

Web client command infrastructure integration into a rich client application

On a client computer, customer relationship management software is integrated into a messaging application that includes a user interface. Customer relationship management (CRM) information is received from a server computer. An automatic determination is made as to whether the received CRM information is to be cached on the client computer. When it is determined that the CRM information is to be cached on the client computer, the CRM information is cached in a cache on the client computer. When at least some of the CRM information is cached on the client computer, the cached CRM information is displayed as a view on the client computer. The display of the CRM information is integrated into the user interface of the messaging application program.

Cached and server views with automatic caching and smooth scrolling

A customer relationship management (CRM) system utilizes a form definition, user interface (UI) definitions, and UI code to generate Web pages for interacting with CRM data. A CRM plug-in is configured to execute in conjunction with a personal information manager (PIM) client application and to utilize the same form definition, UI definitions, and UI code utilized by the CRM system to generate the Web-based CRM interface. The UI definitions are utilized to present UI controls for performing CRM-related functionality in the context of a UI generated by the PIM client application. The UI code utilized by the CRM system to implement Web-based UI controls can be utilized to implement the UI controls in the context of the PIM client application. The form definition utilized by the CRM system might be utilized to display CRM fields in the UI presented by the PIM client application.

Integrating a web-based CRM system with a PIM client application

An input from a current user selects, for display, a profile for another user. The current user's profile, and the selected profile are compared to identify a difference. A replication tag, corresponding to the difference, is displayed in the display for the selected profile. The information giving rise to the identified difference is replicated from the selected profile to the current user's profile, based on user actuation of the replication tag.

Automated data replication

A method and apparatus are provided for determining the layout of a form automatically to accommodate text in the form. Under the method and apparatus, a set of parameters define the sizing and alignment of elements of the form. Sizing and positioning instructions that are separate from the sizing and alignment parameters set the sizing and positioning of elements of the form based on the sizing and alignment parameters. The instructions determine the minimum size for the form, based in part on text in the form. The difference between the minimum size for the form and a desired size for the form is then distributed across the form to size and position the elements in the form.

Method and apparatus for form automatic layout

Concepts and technologies are described herein for collecting and displaying information. A client device executes one or more application programs for providing operations with respect to entity-related data that relates to one or more entities. The application programs analyze the entity-related data to identify one or more entities associated with the entity-related data and transmit entity information relating to the entities to a server or database. Information relating to the entity is retrieved from the server or database and is presented to a user of the client device.

Collecting and presenting information

A program interface which provides access from a business management application to an accounting application to share account information. As described in illustrative embodiments, the system includes an interface module to instantiate and invoke an interface from the business management application to generate an accounting record from an opportunity or prospect record in the business management application. Thus, the accounting record is generated through the interface from the business management application to eliminate the need for duplicate data entry in the accounting application.

Program interface for a business management application and an accounting application

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