Methods and systems configured for processing interface elements

Abstract

One embodiment of the present invention relates to electronic voting methods and systems that help simplify the management of institutional proxies. In one example, the methods and systems manage the process of meeting notifications, voting, tracking, mailing, reporting, record maintenance and/or vote disclosure rules enacted by the SEC. In one specific example, this may be done for thousands of publicly traded securities custodied at various banks, brokers and global custodians. In another example, a system (and corresponding method) may be provided for integrating, organizing and displaying (e.g., via a website) information in a language of preference for each user of the system. The information may comprise meeting, agenda and/or ballot information and the users of the system/method may be voting entities empowered to cast votes via the system.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method comprising:
 parsing, by a processor, a plurality of interface elements into a plurality of message tokens;   wherein each message token comprising a hierarchical string of a plurality of descriptors;   utilizing, by the processor, a subset of the plurality of interface elements to query at least one source database for a plurality of parameters associated with a visual presentation of the subset of the plurality of interface elements; and   instructing, by the processor, to display the subset of the plurality of interface elements on a screen of a device that is configured to display the plurality of interface elements.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of descriptors comprises at least two of:
 an application descriptor,   a page specific descriptor,   a content type descriptor,   a context type descriptor, or   a content key descriptor.   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the plurality of interface elements comprises at least two of:
 a text entry box,   a drop-down list box,   a drop-down combo box,   a column of a table,   a text label associated with a row of a table,   a text label for a radio button,   a text label for a check box,   a caption for a tab element, or   a caption for a command button.   
     
     
         4 . A system comprising:
 a processor and   a non-transient computer memory storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, instruct the processor to:   parse a plurality of interface elements into a plurality of message tokens;   wherein each message token comprising a hierarchical string of a plurality of descriptors;   utilize a subset of the plurality of interface elements to query at least one source database for a plurality of parameters associated with a visual presentation of the subset of the plurality of interface elements; and   instruct to display the subset of the plurality of interface elements on a screen of a device that is configured to display the plurality of interface elements.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 4 , wherein the plurality of descriptors comprises at least two of:
 an application descriptor,   a page specific descriptor,   a content type descriptor,   a context type descriptor, or   a content key descriptor.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the plurality of interface elements comprises at least two of:
 a text entry box,   a drop-down list box,   a drop-down combo box,   a column of a table,   a text label associated with a row of a table,   a text label for a radio button,   a text label for a check box,   a caption for a tab element, or   a caption for a command button.