Method and system for generating first class citizen application implementing native software application wrapper

• US 20040158813A1
• Filed: 06/09/2003
• Published: 08/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2003
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Oracle America, Inc. (Oracle Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sun Microsystems Incorporated (Oracle Corporation)
• Inventors: Xia, Bing, Chu, Singyun Brian
• Granted Patent: US 7,210,121 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/116
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/541 via adapters, e.g. between incompatible applications
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/547 Remote procedure calls [RPC]; Web services

Abstract

A method for camouflaging a non-native application as a native application of a device is provided. The method includes generating a native code wrapper in a device dependent native code to handle a communication between a native operating system and the non-native application. The method further includes applying the native code wrapper to the non-native application generating a wrapped non-native application. The non-native application remains intact while in contact with the native code wrapper.

Claims

1. A method for camouflaging a non-native application as a native application of a device, the method comprising:

generating a native code wrapper in a device dependent native code to handle a communication between a native operating system and the non-native application; and

applying the native code wrapper to the non-native application generating a wrapped non-native application,

wherein the non-native application remains intact while in contact with the native code wrapper.

2. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the native code wrapper enables the non-native application to interact as does the native application.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the native code wrapper performs one of translating the communication between the operating system and the non-native application, changing format of the communication between the operating system and non-native application, modifying interface structure of the communication between the operating system and non-native application, and directly handling the communication between the operating system and non-native application.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein the native code wrapper is generated on the device.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, further including,

registering the wrapped non-native application with the native operating system.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein applying the native code wrapper to the non-native application camouflages a non-native nature of the non-native application.

7. A method for generating a native code wrapper to hide a non-native nature of a Java application being downloaded to a device, the method comprising:

analyzing the Java application; and

generating a device dependent native code to handle a communication between a native operating system and the Java application while keeping the Java application intact.

8. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the native code wrapper directly handles the communication between the native operating system and the Java application.

9. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein the native code wrapper handles the communication between the native operating system and the Java application by translating a native communication generated by the native operating system to a Java application communication.

10. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein the native code wrapper further translates a Java application response generated by the Java application to a native response expected by the native operating system.

11. A method for accessing a native application and a non-native application identically, the method comprising:

downloading an application;

detecting a type of the application;

if the type of the application is native, registering the application with a native operating system; and

if the type of the application is not native,

generating a native code wrapper for the application;

applying the native code wrapper to the application so as to generate a wrapped non-native application, the applying configured to keep the application intact; and

registering the wrapped non-native application with the operating system as a new native application,

wherein the native code wrapper camouflages the application having a non-native type as a native application.

12. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the native code wrapper is in device dependent native code.

13. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the native code wrapper is generated on a device.

14. A method as recited in claim 11, wherein the application is a non-native Java application.

15. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the operation of generating a native code wrapper for the application includes,

analyzing the application to generate a device dependent native code capable of providing functionality as provided by the native application while interacting with the native operating system.

16. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the native code wrapper is configured to provide a launch functionality, a share functionality, a get info functionality, a remove functionality, an update functionality, and a create shortcut functionality.

17. A method as recited in claim 15, wherein the operation of analyzing the application is performed by a Java Application manager (“

JAM”

).

18. A method as recited in claim 14, wherein the native code wrapper is configured to handle an application program interface (API) request generated by the native operating system to the non-native application in a same manner as does the native application.

19. A computer program embodied on a computer readable medium for camouflaging a non-native application as a native application of a device, the computer program comprising:

program instructions for generating a native code wrapper in a device dependent native code to handle communication between a native operating system and the non-native application; and

program instructions for applying the native code wrapper to the non-native application generating a wrapped non-native application,

wherein the non-native application remains intact while in communication with the native code wrapper.

20. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein the native code wrapper enables the non-native application to interact as does a native application.

21. A method as recited in claim 19, wherein the native code wrapper performs one of translating a communication between the non-native application and the operating system, changes format of the communication between the operating system and non-native application, changes interface structure of the communication between the operating system and non-native application, and handles the communication issued by the operating system to the non-native application.