System and method for building software suite

• US 20050102652A1
• Filed: 10/13/2004
• Published: 05/12/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 11/07/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Reha, Victor Glenn, Kallianpur, Vijayanand Muralidhar, Patton, Scott Avery, Sulm, Jeffrey Tay
• Application Number:
  US10/964,899
• Publication Number:
  US 20050102652A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/115
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/24 Object-oriented
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/066 Format adaptation, e.g. format conversion or compression
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/58 Message adaptation for wireless communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 28/06 Optimizing the usage of the radio link, e.g. header compression, information sizing , discarding information system modifying transmission characteristic according to link quality by modifying frame length H04L1/0007; dynamic adaptation of the packet size for flow control or congestion control H04L47/365
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/00 Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/12 Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements

Abstract

The present invention provides an XML-based programming language, toolkit, and development environment that can be readily used and understood without the need for formal software programming skills to assemble a complete software suite for a computer.

Claims

1. A method for assembling a software package for a computer, comprising:

presenting XML constructs to a user;

allowing the user to construct an XML script using the constructs, the script defining contents of the software package;

parsing the script to render C++ software code; and

executing the C++ software code to automatically assemble the contents into the software package.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the constructs are classes in an object-oriented programming environment.

3. The method of claim 2, comprising presenting at least some classes in a class window on a computer display for selection thereof by a user.

4. The method of claim 1, comprising prompting for information relating at least to an identification of the software package to commence the executing act.

5. A system for automatically assembling at least two software applications into a package for loading thereof onto a computer, comprising:

hierarchical object-oriented means for identifying the applications in a script;

means for parsing the script into executable code; and

means for executing the code to automatically assemble the package.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the hierarchical object-oriented means is an XML system.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the executable code is C++.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the XML system includes means for presenting object classes to a user.

9. The system of claim 8, comprising means for presenting at least some classes in a class window on a computer display for selection thereof by a user.

10. The system of claim 9, comprising means for prompting for information relating at least to an identification of the software package.

11. A software system, comprising:

a model component containing object-oriented application programming interfaces (API) useful for generating a list of software applications;

a controller component communicating with the model component and containing a parser to parse the list into code for execution thereof to automatically assemble the applications into a package; and

a view component communicating with the controller component to present object classes to a user for use thereof in generating the list.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the list contains storage locations associated with the applications.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the API are XML-based.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the code is C+.

15. The system of claim 14, comprising means for presenting at least some classes in a class window on a computer display for selection thereof by a user.

16. The system of claim 15, comprising means for prompting for information relating at least to an identification of the package.