Systems and methods for hosted application marketplaces

• US 10,084,878 B2
• Filed: 05/16/2017
• Issued: 09/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SweetLabs, Inc.
• Original Assignee: SweetLabs, Inc.
• Inventors: Bourke, Adrian
• Primary Examiner(s): Zand, Davoud
• Application Number:
  US15/596,755
• Publication Number:
  US 20170310784A1
• Time in Patent Office: 497 Days
• Field of Search: 709201, 709202, 709203, 709212, 709217, 709219
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/24 Negotiation of communication capabilities

Abstract

Systems and methods for hosted application marketplaces in accordance with embodiments of the invention are described. In one embodiment, a hosted application marketplace server system includes a processor and a memory storing hosted application marketplace application, wherein the hosted application marketplace application directs the processor to obtain request data describing a request for hosted application data, wherein the request data includes user profile data and computing device capability data, identify a computing device based on the user profile data, determine compatible application data based on the request data, wherein the compatible application data identifies a set of applications that are compatible with the computing device based on the computing device capability data, generate hosted application data based on the compatible application data; and transmit the hosted application data in response to the obtained request data.

Claims

1. A hosted application marketplace server system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory readable by the processor and storing instructions;

wherein the instructions, when read by the processor, direct the processor to;

obtain request data describing a request for hosted application data, wherein the request data comprises user profile data and computing device capability data;

identify a computing device based on the request data;

determine compatible application data based on the request data, wherein the compatible application data identifies a set of applications that are compatible with the computing device based on the computing device capability data;

generate hosted application data based on the compatible application data, wherein;

the hosted application data comprises a background page containing a first set of instructions;

parsing of the first set of instructions causes downloading of at least one text file containing a second set of instructions, wherein;

the first set of instructions is used to modify the at least one text file; and

a rendering engine layer is configured to render a user interface page based upon the modified text file;

and

transmit the hosted application data in response to the obtained request data.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one text file is modified by removing a portion of content from the at least one text file.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one text file is modified by adding a portion of content from the at least one text file.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein:

the at least one text file further comprises a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS); and

the at least one text file is modified by modifying the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein modification of the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule comprises inserting a CSS into the at least one text file.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein modification of the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule comprises removing a CSS into the at least one text file.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one text file is remotely hosted.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the modified text file is used to build a document object model (DOM) and the rendering engine layer is configured to render the user interface page based upon the DOM.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the DOM is modified in accordance with a predetermined DOM modification rule to create a modified DOM and the rendering engine layer is configured to render the user interface page based upon the modified DOM.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein an integration layer integrates the user interface page with functionalities of the computing device.

11. A method for providing applications from a hosted application marketplace to a computing device, the method comprising:

obtaining request data describing a request for hosted application data, wherein the request data comprises user profile data and computing device capability data;

identifying a computing device based on the request data;

determining compatible application data based on the request data, wherein the compatible application data identifies a set of applications that are compatible with the computing device based on the computing device capability data;

generating hosted application data based on the compatible application data, wherein;

the hosted application data comprises a background page containing a first set of instructions;

parsing of the first set of instructions causes downloading of at least one text file containing a second set of instructions, wherein;

the first set of instructions is used to modify the at least one text file; and

a rendering engine layer is configured to render a user interface page based upon the modified text file;

and

interpretation of the second set of instructions in the rendering language contained within the at least one remotely hosted file by a rendering engine layer causes the rendering engine layer to render pages forming a user interface;

and

transmitting the hosted application data in response to the obtained request data.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one text file is modified by removing a portion of content from the at least one text file.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one text file is modified by adding a portion of content from the at least one text file.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein:

the at least one text file further comprises a Cascading Style Sheet (CSS); and

the at least one text file is modified by modifying the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein modification of the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule comprises inserting a CSS into the at least one text file.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein modification of the CSS within the at least one text file in accordance with a predetermined page modification rule comprises removing a CSS into the at least one text file.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the at least one text file is remotely hosted.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the modified text file is used to build a document object model (DOM) and the rendering engine layer is configured to render the user interface page based upon the DOM.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the DOM is modified in accordance with a predetermined DOM modification rule to create a modified DOM and the rendering engine layer is configured to render the user interface page based upon the modified DOM.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein an integration layer integrates the user interface page with functionalities of the computing device.