Method and apparatus for the creation of software applications

• US 20040015811A1
• Filed: 06/06/2001
• Published: 01/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Palm, Inc. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Gross, Scott, Conneely, Shane, Freitas, Nathanial X., Meyer, Will, Oakes, Jonathan, Simeone, Evan, Venturi, James
• Application Number:
  US09/874,378
• Publication Number:
  US 20040015811A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code

Abstract

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the creation of software applications that enable the interaction between a mobile business user with a wireless device or handset to interact with functions and information stored in a remote networked server. The wireless device may use either a micro-browser application, which supports some known markup language, or a more powerful “smart” or thick client application. The interaction between device and server is facilitated by wireless infrastructure and middleware (which could include the ThinAir Server™). The server supports the storage and retrieval of data either through some direct access method such as Structured Query Language (SQL) or a more complicated programmatic interface. Through the use of a software development kit and specific techniques and methods described, a software developer can create effective, efficient wireless applications which employ the components mentioned above.

Claims

1. A method of designing wireless applications on an application server platform for wireless data, comprising the steps of:

using a software development kit to define custom device profiles; and

detecting said profiles to determine the type of wireless device or browser making an incoming request to said server.

2. Apparatus for performing the method of claim 1.