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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 04, 2008
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
John R. Hajdukiewicz, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Shi Qiang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Daoping Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Geoffrey Ho, Toronto, CA;
Rui Zhang, Beijing, CN;
John R. Hajdukiewicz, Florham Park, NJ (US);
Shi Qiang Wang, Beijing, CN;
Daoping Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Geoffrey Ho, Toronto, CA;
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A method includes defining a placeholder widget having a property and defining a prototype graphical user interface (GUI) having an instance of the placeholder widget. The method also includes presenting the prototype GUI to a user, where an appearance of the instance of the placeholder widget is based on the property of the placeholder widget. The method further includes replacing the instance of the placeholder widget in the prototype GUI with an instance of another widget. In addition, the method includes updating the presentation of the prototype GUI using the instance of the other widget. Replacing the instance of the placeholder widget with the instance of the other widget could include transforming an instance of a lower fidelity placeholder widget into an instance of a higher fidelity widget. The property of the placeholder widget could include a textual property, an image property, and/or a graphics property.