Recording user interaction with an application

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US007139978B2

United States Patent

Rojewski et al.

(io) Patent No.: (45) Date of Patent:

US 7,139,978 B2 Nov. 21, 2006

RECORDING USER INTERACTION WITH
AN APPLICATION

Inventors: Erwin Rojewski, Karlsruhe (DE);

Andreas Roessler, Sulzfeld (DE)

Assignee: SAP AG, Walldorf (DE)

Notice: Subject to any disclaimer, the term of this patent is extended or adjusted under 35 U.S.C. 154(b) by 698 days.

Appl. No.: 10/188,300

Filed: Jul. 1, 2002

Prior Publication Data

US 2003/0164850 Al Sep. 4, 2003

Related U.S. Application Data

Provisional application No. 60/360,776, filed on Mar. 1, 2002.

Int. CI.

G06F17/00 (2006.01)
G06F 3/00 (2006.01)

U.S. CI 715/744; 715/738; 715/746;

715/748

Field of Classification Search 715/733 750,

715/855,704, 705,712,714 See application file for complete search history.

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Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for processing a user interaction with an application, such as a browser-based application. A user interaction with the browser-based application is detected at a software framework. The browser-based application is executing in a browser at a local computer system. The user interaction is processed at the software framework, where processing includes determining whether the user interaction can be handled locally or requires access to a resource at a remote computer system. The user interaction is processed based on a result of the determination. A data item representative of the user interaction can be created at the software framework and stored at a data store. The data item can later be retrieved and the user interaction represented by the data item reprocessed at the software framework to replay the user interaction.

78 Claims, 5 Drawing Sheets

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