SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING INFORMATION ON MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20110107227A1
• Filed: 04/06/2009
• Published: 05/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/07/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Express Mobile, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Express Mobile, Inc.
• Inventors: Chrobak, David, Rempell, Steven H., Brown, Ken
• Granted Patent: US 9,063,755 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/738
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04842 Selection of displayed objects or displayed text elements G06F3/0482 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/465 Distributed object oriented systems remote method invocation [RMI] G06F9/548
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/60 Network streaming of media packets
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]

Abstract

Embodiments of a system and method are described for generating and distributing programming to mobile devices over a network. Devices are provided with Players specific to each device and Applications that are device independent. Embodiments include a full-featured WYSIWYG authoring environment, including the ability to bind web components to objects.

Claims

1. A system for generating code to provide content on a display of a device, said system comprising:

a database of web services obtainable over a network;

an authoring tool configured to;

define an object for presentation on the display,

select a component of a web service included in said database,

associate said object with said selected component, and

produce device-specific code that, when executed on the device, provides said selected component on the display of the device.

2. The system of claim 1, where said database includes definitions of input and/or output related to said web service.

3. The system of claim 1, where said component is a text chat, a video chat, an image, a slideshow, a video, or an RSS feed.

4. The system of claim 1, where said object is an input field for a chat.

5. The system of claim 1, where said object is an input field for a web service.

6. The system of claim 1, where said object is an input field usable to obtain said component, where said input field includes a text field, a scrolling text box, a check box, a drop down-menu, a list menu, or a submit button.

7. The system of claim 1, where said component is an output of a web service, is the text provided by one or more simultaneous chat sessions, is the video of a video chat session, is a video, an image, a slideshow, an RSS display, or an advertisement.

8. The system of claim 1, where said authoring tool is further configured to:

define a phone field or list; and

generate code that, when executed on the device, allows a user to supply a phone number to said phone field or list.

9. The system of claim 1, where said authoring tool is further configured to:

define a SMS field or list; and

generate code that, when executed on the device, allows a user to supply an SMS address to said SMS field or list.

10. The system of claim 1, where said code includes two or more codes, where one of said two or more codes is device specific, and where one of said two or more codes in device independent.

11. The system of claim 1, where said code is provided over said network.

12. A method for displaying content on a device utilizing a database of web services obtainable over a network, said method comprising:

defining an object for presentation on the display;

selecting a component of a web service included in said database;

associating said object with said selected component; and

producing device-dependent code that, when executed on the device, provides said selected component on the display of the device.

13. The method of claim 12, where said database includes definitions of input and/or output related to said web service.

14. The method of claim 12, where said component is a text chat, a video chat, an image, a slideshow, a video, or an RSS feed.

15. The method of claim 12, where said object is an input field for a chat.

16. The method of claim 12, where said object is an input field for a web service.

17. The method of claim 12, where said object is an input field usable to obtain said component, where said input field includes a text field, a scrolling text box, a check box, a drop down-menu, a list menu, or a submit button.

18. The method of claim 12, where said component is an output of a web service, is the text provided by one or more simultaneous chat sessions, is the video of a video chat session, is a video, an image, a slideshow, an RSS display, or an advertisement.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

defining a phone field or list; and

generating code that, when executed on the device, allows a user to supply a phone number to said phone field or list.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

defining a SMS field or list; and

generating code that, when executed on the device, allows a user to supply an SMS address to said SMS field or list.

21. The method of claim 12, where said code includes two or more codes, where one of said two or more codes is device specific, and where one of said two or more codes in device independent.

22. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

providing said code over said network.

23. A method for providing information to a device on a network, said method comprising:

accepting a first code over the network, where said first code is device-dependent;

providing a second code over the network, where said second code is device-independent; and

executing said first code and said second code on the device to provide web components obtained over the network.

24. The method of claim 23, where said web component is a text chat, a video chat, an image, a slideshow, a video, or an RSS feed.

25. The method of claim 23, where said component is an output of a web service, is the text provided by one or more simultaneous chat sessions, is the video of a video chat session, is a video, an image, a slideshow, an RSS display, or an advertisement.

26. The method of claim 23, where said first code and said second code are generated using an authoring tool.

27. The method of claim 23, where said first code is a Player.

28. The method of claim 23, where said second code is an Application.