Software Application Framework Using Microsoft SharePoint

摘要

A software invention that utilizes Microsoft's SharePoint as a foundation upon which a web based software application framework is built that can be used as a tool to quickly and easily create unique user applications with reduced programming effort via web service consolidation. The framework is made up of software layers that provide a fast, easy and efficient platform to build and execute complete web applications and to improve the use of and add new functions to SharePoint itself. The framework provides methods to be used with Microsoft development tools like Visual Studio. The data interface layer (consists of SharePoint Lists, Libraries, Tasks, Contacts, etc. with links and metadata) and is used as the data repository (database) for the framework resulting in a unique database layer in which SharePoint can be used to view and modify user application data making it uniquely simplified and easier to access than normal application database technology like transact SQL.