System and Method of Creating and Communicating with Component Based Wireless Applications
First Claim
1. A method of provisioning an executable version of a component application program on a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
- receiving a plurality of components over a network from a server, the plurality of components representing the component application program, the components including metadata descriptors expressed in a structured definition language;
loading the metadata descriptors in an application container of the device, the application container for hosting a client runtime environment for the program; and
generating the executable version from the metadata descriptors for subsequent execution in the client runtime environment of the device.
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Abstract
A system and method of creating and communicating with wireless component applications is provided. Mobile communication devices communicate with a web service via a wireless network, the Internet, and optionally a message-map service. Each wireless component application is executed by a component framework on one of the mobile communication devices, and comprises data components, presentation components, message components, and workflow components. The component framework executes the component application in an application container which provides access to framework services which include a communication service, a screen service, a persistence service, an access service, a provisioning service, and a utility service. Messages can be sent from the component application to the message-map service, which converts each of the messages to a format required by the web service using an application message-map, and then sends the message to the web service. The web service sends a response to the message-map service, which converts the response to the format required by the wireless component application, and sends the response to the wireless component application.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of provisioning an executable version of a component application program on a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving a plurality of components over a network from a server, the plurality of components representing the component application program, the components including metadata descriptors expressed in a structured definition language; loading the metadata descriptors in an application container of the device, the application container for hosting a client runtime environment for the program; and generating the executable version from the metadata descriptors for subsequent execution in the client runtime environment of the device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A mobile communication device configured for provisioning an executable version of a component application program received from a server over a network, the program having a plurality of components including metadata descriptors expressed in a structured definition language, the mobile device comprising:
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a device infrastructure for operating the mobile device including a processor and an associated memory for executing the executable version; a user interface coupled to the device infrastructure having an input device and an output device configured for communication with the executable version; a communications device coupled to the device infrastructure and configured for connecting to a wireless transceiver to communicate with the network; and a component framework configured for interfacing the executable version to the device infrastructure and for providing a client runtime environment for the executable version. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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