BUSINESS MODEL BASED ON MULTI-LEVEL APPLICATION WIDGETS AND SYSTEM THEREOF

• US 20100114729A1
• Filed: 11/05/2008
• Published: 05/06/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Yu-Hua Chu
• Original Assignee: Yu-Hua Chu
• Inventors: Chu, Yu-Chung
• Granted Patent: US 9,542,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/26
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0601 Electronic shopping [e-shopping]

Abstract

Provided is a business model based on multi-level application widgets and a system thereof, including: embedding, by a server end, intended application widgets in an Internet platform equipped with a software application programming interface; providing a business protocol between a user end and the server end, thus giving the user end authority to embed data sets in the application widgets and to conduct display, operation, sales, and real-time interaction within the same window; determining, by the user ends, whether at least an application widget or a data set is to be embedded in each of the data sets again, so as to finalize the multi-level application widgets. Accordingly, the user end enhances promotion and thereby expands business on the Internet platform at the server end.

Claims

1. A business model based on multi-level application widgets, the business model comprising the steps of:

providing, by a server end, intended application widgets to be embedded in an Internet platform equipped with a software application programming interface;

selecting and loading, by the server end, a list related parameter of the application widgets from a webpage on the Internet platform, wherein the Internet platform is linked to a database from which intended parameters of the application widgets are loaded and sent to the application widgets via the webpage on the Internet platform;

embedding, by at least a user end, at least a data set in the application widgets, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end are displayed on the Internet platform so as to be viewed by the user end, wherein a business protocol is provided between the user end and the server end; and

embedding selectively a said application widget in another said application widget according to at least an editing message of the user end, so as to edit and finalize multi-level application widgets.

2. The business model of claim 1, wherein the parameters are sent to the application widgets to enable the application widgets to start loading, and, upon receipt of event related information, the Internet platform sends the parameters to the application widgets so as to enable the application widgets to start operation.

3. The business model of claim 1, wherein the multi-level application widgets are embedded in a blog or a social networking website so as to develop a business system on the blog or the social networking website.

4. The business model of claim 1, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display multimedia information.

5. The business model of claim 1, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display e-commerce information.

6. The business model of claim 5, wherein the e-commerce information comprises Online shopping information.

7. The business model of claim 1, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display real-time interaction information.

8. The business model of claim 1, wherein the Internet platform is one selected from the group consisting of a web browser, an operating system platform, and a mobile device.

9. The business model of claim 1, wherein the software application programming interface is one of an application programming interface (API) and a software development kit (SDK).

10. The business model of claim 1, wherein the multi-level application widgets have a tree data structure.

18. A computer program product configured to be stored with a computer program for use in a business model performed with multi-level application widgets, wherein the business model of claim 1 is performed to completion upon execution of the computer program loaded to an Internet platform equipped with a software application programming interface.

11. A system for performing a business model with multi-level application widgets, comprising:

a server end for providing at least an application widget;

an Internet platform having a software application programming interface and a webpage to be embedded with the application widget by the server end, wherein the webpage is loaded with a list related parameter of the application widget;

a database linked to the Internet platform, wherein parameters of intended said application widgets are retrieved from the database, put on the webpage of the Internet platform, and sent to the application widgets by the server end; and

at least a user end for providing at least a data set to be embedded in the application widgets through the Internet platform, displaying the data sets on the Internet platform so as to be viewed by the user end, and having at least an editing message for selectively embedding a said application widget in another said application widget so as to edit and finalize multi-level application widgets.

12. The system of claim 11, further comprising at least a blog or at least a social networking website, wherein the multi-level application widgets are embedded in the blog or the social networking website, so as to develop a business system by means of the blog or the social networking website.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display multimedia information.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display e-commerce information.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the e-commerce information comprises Online shopping information.

16. The system of claim 11, wherein the data sets embedded by the user end display real-time interaction information.

17. The system of claim 11, wherein the Internet platform is one selected from the group consisting of a web browser, an operating system platform, and a mobile device.