System and method for detecting software on a computing device

• US 20080127037A1
• Filed: 10/16/2006
• Published: 05/29/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Symbol Technologies, Inc. (Zebra Technologies Corporation)
• Inventors: Fagioli, James, Kadur, Prashanth
• Application Number:
  US11/581,968
• Publication Number:
  US 20080127037A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

Described is an application development tool, system and method for detecting software on a computing device. The application development tool comprises an application development element for developing at least a portion of an application, and a receiving element receiving software data of a target device on which the application will be executed. The application development element analyzes code in the portion of the application as a function of the software data.

Claims

1. An application development tool, comprising:

an application development element developing at least a portion of an application; and

a receiving element receiving software data of a target device on which the application will be executed,

wherein the application development element analyzes code in the portion of the application as a function of the software data.

2. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the software data is indicative of software installed on the target device.

3. The tool according to claim 2, wherein the software includes at least one of system software and application software.

4. The tool according to claim 3, wherein the system software is an operating system.

5. The tool according to claim 1, wherein the application development element includes a code editor displaying the code in the portion of the application.

6. The tool according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display window displaying at least one property associated with the code in the portion of the application.

7. The tool according to claim 6, wherein each of the at least one property is associated with a corresponding executable property included in the software data.

8. The tool according to claim 6, wherein the display window highlights selected ones of the at least one property only when the selected property is associated with a corresponding executable property included in the software data.

9. A method, comprising:

obtaining software data of a target device, the software data indicative of software utilized by the target device; and

analyzing user input as a function of the software data, the user input including software code creating a software application for the target device.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein the analyzing includes:

determining if the target device supports the software code by comparing the software code to the software data.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

when a property in the software code does not match an executable property in the software data, displaying a warning message.

12. The method according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining step includes:

establishing a wired connection with the target device; and

downloading the software data via the wired connection.

13. The method according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining step includes:

establishing a wireless connection with the target device; and

downloading the software data via the wireless connection.

14. The method according to claim 9, wherein the obtaining step includes:

downloading a profile of the target device from a database, the profile including the software data.

15. The method according to claim 9, wherein the software includes at least one of system software and application software.

16. A system, comprising:

a target device having software installed thereon; and

a host device creating an application to be executed on the target device using an application development tool, the host device obtaining software data of the target device indicative of the software installed thereon and analyzing software code input to the application development tool as a function of the software data.

17. The system according to claim 16, wherein the host device determines whether the target device supports the software code input by comparing the software code to the software data.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein, when a property in the software code does not match an executable property in the software data, the host device displays a warning message.

19. The system according to claim 18, wherein the warning message includes at least one executable property in the software data corresponding to the software code.

20. The system according to claim 17, further comprising:

a database storing a plurality of profiles corresponding to a plurality of target devices, each profile including software data for a respective target device,

wherein the host device obtains a profile of the target device from the database, the profile including the software data.

21. An application development tool, comprising:

an application development means for developing at least a portion of an application; and

a receiving means for receiving software data of a target device on which the application will be executed,

wherein, the application development means analyzes code in the portion of the application as a function of the software data.