SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CROSS-PLATFORM APPLICATIONS ON A WIRELESS PHONE

• US 20110143741A1
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Published: 06/16/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AOL Inc. (Apollo Global Management, Inc.)
• Inventors: MAMMEN, Abraham
• Granted Patent: US 9,342,321 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44542 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for operation of cross-platform applications on a wireless phone is provided. The applications can be cross-platform applications in that the same application code can be run on different wireless phone platforms. The method and system can for a wireless phone which runs a cross-platform application that enables the processor of the wireless phone to run the cross-platform applications. The wireless phone processor can operate to determine platform parameters of the phone and then run the cross-platform application using the determined phone parameters.

Claims

1-21. -21. (canceled)

22. A method for running an application on a mobile device connected to a network, the method comprising:

receiving, from a server over the network, a cross-platform application, the cross-platform application including at least one page having at least one element;

executing, by at least one processor, a cross-platform application shell associated with the mobile device to determine at least one platform parameter of the mobile device, the cross-platform application shell being distinct from the cross-platform application; and

generating a display layout for the at least one page and the at least one element based on the received cross-platform application and on the determined at least one platform parameter of the mobile device.

23. The method of claim 22, further comprising displaying the generated display layout on a display device associated with the mobile device.

24. The method of claim 22, further comprising:

receiving, from a user of the mobile device, input selecting the cross-platform application; and

requesting the cross-platform application from the server based on the selection,

wherein the cross-platform application is received in response to the request.

25. The method of claim 24, further comprising:

in response to the cross-platform application request, receiving, from the sever, a storage location on the network of the cross-platform application shell; and

retrieving the cross-platform application shell from the received storage location.

26. The method of claim 22, wherein the at least one platform parameter includes at least one of a size of a display, a processor speed, a memory size, or a set of supported display images associated with the mobile device.

27. The method of claim 22, wherein the cross-platform application includes a tag defining a position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein generating a display layout includes determining an actual physical display position on a display associated with the mobile device of the at least one element, based on the position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself and on the determined at least one platform parameter.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the cross-platform application further includes a second tag defining a position of a second element on the at least one page relative to the at least one element.

30. The method of claim 29, wherein generating a display layout includes determining actual physical display positions on a display associated with the mobile device of the at least one element and of the second element, based on:

the position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself,

the position of the second element relative to the at least one element, and

the determined at least one platform parameter of the mobile device.

31. The method of claim 22, wherein the cross-platform application comprises a markup language document.

32. A mobile device, comprising:

a communication device configured to communicate on a network;

a storage device storing a cross-platform application shell associated with the mobile device; and

a processing module configured to;

receive, from a server over the network, a cross-platform application, the cross-platform application including at least one page having at least one element;

execute the cross-platform application shell to determine at least one platform parameter of the mobile device, the cross-platform application shell being distinct from the cross-platform application; and

generate a display layout for the at least one page and the at least one element based on the received cross-platform application and on the determined at least one platform parameter of the mobile device.

33. The mobile device of claim 32, further comprising a display device,

wherein the processing module is further display the generated display layout on the display device.

34. The mobile device of claim 32, further comprising a input device, wherein the processing module is further configured to:

receiving, via the input device, input from a user of the mobile device selecting the cross-platform application; and

request, via the communication device, the cross-platform application from the server based on the selection,

wherein the cross-platform application is received in response to the request.

35. The mobile device of claim 34, the processing module being further configured to:

in response to the cross-platform application request, receive, from the sever via the communication device, a storage location on the network of the cross-platform application shell; and

retrieve, using the communication device, the cross-platform application shell from the received storage location.

36. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the at least one platform parameter includes at least one of a size of a display, a processor speed, a memory size, or a set of supported display images associated with the mobile device.

37. The mobile device of claim 32, wherein the cross-platform application includes a tag defining a position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself.

38. The mobile device of claim 37, wherein the processing module is configured to generate a display layout by determining an actual physical display position on a display associated with the mobile device of the at least one element, based on the position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself and on the determined at least one platform parameter.

39. The mobile device of claim 37, wherein the cross-platform application further includes a second tag defining a position of a second element on the at least one page relative to the at least one element.

40. The mobile device of claim 39, wherein the processing module is configured to generate a display layout by determining actual physical display positions on a display associated with the mobile device of the at least one element and of the second element, based on:

the position of the at least one element relative to the at least one page itself,

the position of the second element relative to the at least one element, and

the determined at least one platform parameter of the mobile device.

41. The method of claim 32, wherein the cross-platform application comprises a markup language document.

42. A method for distributing an application to a mobile device over a network, the method comprising:

receiving, from the mobile device over the network, a request for a cross-platform application, the cross-platform application including at least one page having at least one element;

transmitting, to the mobile device over the network, the requested cross-platform application;

identifying a cross-platform application shell associated with the mobile device, the cross-platform application shell being configured to determine at least one platform parameter associated with the mobile device when executed by the mobile device; and

transmitting, to the mobile device over the network, a storage location of the identified cross-platform application shell.