Customization of mobile applications using web-based technology

• US 10,255,255 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2017
• Issued: 04/09/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Tseng, Erick, Fung, Philip, Sadan, Yariv
• Primary Examiner(s): Zuberi, Mohammed H
• Application Number:
  US15/631,603
• Publication Number:
  US 20170308279A1
• Time in Patent Office: 655 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04847 Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/194 Calculation of difference between files
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

In one embodiment, receiving, at a first computing device from a second computing device, a request for a view of a user interface of a native application executing on the second computing device, wherein the view includes one or more first user interface components; determining, by the first computing device, a user agent type of the second computing device; selecting, by the first computing device, one or more second user-interface components to be included in the view based on the user agent type of the second computing device; generating, by the first computing device, code implementing a structured document that represents the view, wherein the structured document comprises the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components; and transmitting, from the first computing device to the second computing device, the code.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a client computing device, a request to display a user interface of a native application executing on the client computing device;

sending, to a server computing device from the client computing device, a request for one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

receiving, at the client computing device from the server computing device, code implementing the one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

accessing, by the client computing device, one or more second user-interface components based on a user agent type of the client computing device, the second user-interface components associated with a native feature of the client computing device, the native feature comprising a hardware component of the client computing device;

displaying, by the client computing device, the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components, wherein the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components comprise components of a structured document.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the one or more second user-interface components comprises receiving, from the server computing device, the one or more second user-interface components.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising caching, on the client computing device, the one or more second user-interface components received from the server computing device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the one or more second user-interface components comprises accessing the one or more second user-interface components from a memory of the client computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, at the client computing device, user input resulting from a user interaction with at least one of the displayed components;

determining, by the client computing device, whether to process the user input at the client computing device or at the server computing device.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

determining, by the client computing device, whether processing or responding to the user input will involve the native feature;

when processing or responding to the user input involves the native feature, processing the user input at the client computing device; and

when processing or responding to the user input does not involve the native feature, requesting, by the client computing device, a server computing device to process the user input.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the user agent type comprises an identification of the native application.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the hardware component comprises a sensor native to the client computing device.

9. One or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying software that is operable when executed by a client computing device to:

receive a request to display a user interface of a native application executing on the client computing device;

send, to a server computing device from the client computing device, a request for one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

receive code implementing the one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

access one or more second user-interface components based on a user agent type of the client computing device, the second user-interface components associated with a native feature of the client computing device, the native feature comprising a hardware component of the client computing device;

provide for display the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components, wherein the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components comprise components of a structured document.

10. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more second user-interface components are provided from the server computing device.

11. The media of claim 9, wherein the one or more second user-interface components are accessed from a memory of the client computing device.

12. The media of claim 9, wherein the user agent type comprises an identification of the native application.

13. The media of claim 9, wherein the hardware component comprises a sensor native to the client computing device.

14. A system comprising:

one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media embodying instructions;

one or more processors coupled to the storage media and configured to execute the instructions to;

receive a request to display a user interface of a native application executing on a client computing device;

send, to a server computing device from the client computing device, a request for one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

receive code implementing the one or more first user-interface components of the user interface;

access one or more second user-interface components based on a user agent type of the client computing device, the second user-interface components associated with a native feature of the client computing device, the native feature comprising a hardware component of the client computing device;

provide for display the one or more first user-interface components and the one or more second user-interface components.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more second user-interface components are provided from the server computing device.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the one or more second user-interface components are accessed from a memory of the client computing device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the processors are further configured to execute the instructions to:

receive user input resulting from a user interaction with at least one of the displayed components;

determine whether processing or responding to the user input will involve the native feature;

when processing or responding to the user input involves the native feature, process at least part of the user input; and

when processing or responding to the user input does not involve the native feature, request that a server computing device process the user input.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the user agent type comprises an identification of the native application.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein the hardware component comprises a sensor native to the client computing device.