Conrad T Pino

US Patent:

20020180789, Dec 5, 2002

Filed:

Jun 1, 2001

Appl. No.:

09/870993

Inventors:

Gregory Guttmann - San Francisco CA, US
Giles Goodwin - San Francisco CA, US
Robert Abrazado - , US
Nathan Sequeria - San Francisco CA, US
Grant Lee - Oakland CA, US
Isaac Walker - San Francisco CA, US
Conrad Pino - San Leandro CA, US
Daniel Sudol - San Rafael CA, US
Aaron Sperling - San Francisco CA, US

International Classification:

G09G005/00

US Classification:

345/760000, 345/763000, 345/967000

Abstract:

A method and a system for developing/customizing web-based collaborative applications are provided. The system is a scalable, secure, enterprise class software platform for web and email-based collaborative application. The system provides a platform to develop and customize as well as deploy these applications. The application engine of the system can leverage libraries of pre-existing applications or rapidly build entirely new that allow focusing on the solution to customer needs. A web-based application built employing the system's application engine is a composite of definitions of application components. Browser-based wizards are provided by the application engine of the system to define application component types. The application engine of the system also provides for combining/tying these application component types together.