METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING USER ADAPTIVE APPLICATION IN MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20110191790A1
• Filed: 02/01/2011
• Published: 08/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: BA, Sanjeev
• Granted Patent: US 9,875,109 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 719/328
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44 Arrangements for executing specific programs
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44521 Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method and apparatus for generating a user adaptive application in a mobile terminal are provided. The method includes displaying a list of applications in the mobile terminal and displaying a list of services provided by at least one of the applications in the mobile terminal from among lists of services provided by each of the applications in the mobile terminal, receiving a selection of at least one service for an operation of a desired application module from among the displayed list of services, dynamically loading library modules for performing the selected services, and generating a specific application by combining the loaded library modules.

Claims

1. A method for generating a user adaptive application in a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

displaying a list of applications in the mobile terminal and displaying a list of services provided by at least one of the applications in the mobile terminal from among lists of services provided by each of the applications in the mobile terminal;

receiving a selection of at least one service for an operation of a desired application module from among the displayed list of services;

dynamically loading library modules for performing the selected services; and

generating a specific application by combining the loaded library modules.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

upon receiving a request for execution of the generated application, executing the requested application by sequentially loading the library modules combined in the generated application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the library modules are constructed with interface functions for executing each of the selected services.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the specific application comprises:

upon receiving a request for completing generation of the specific application, sequentially storing the selected at least one service;

combining the loaded library modules to construct a service list of the specific application to be generated and outputting an application IDentifier (ID) corresponding to the constructed service list;

upon receiving a request for execution of an application using an application ID, searching for an application corresponding to the received application ID; and

interfacing corresponding at least one application module of at least one service combined in an application corresponding to the search.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the library modules include an Application Program Interface (API) required to generate the specific application.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the library modules including the API are predefined command language modules based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific application is generated based on a user interface module previously stored in a platform for driving the specific application.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the user interface provides at least one interface for a screen layout of an application to be generated, objects to be inserted, and texts/images.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein displaying the list of applications comprises:

dividing a display area of the mobile terminal into a first area for displaying at least one application list, a second area for displaying at least one service list provided by a specific application selected from among applications displayed in the first area, and a second sub-area for reviewing a specific service selected from among services displayed in the second area; and

upon receiving a request for generation of an application by a user, displaying a list of applications or a list of services provided by the application requested for generation in the divided display area.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising:

upon generation of user selection for at least one service among the service lists displayed on the second area, activating an application that can be selected among the application lists displayed on the first area so as to be guided to a user.

19. A computer readable recording medium for recording a program executed by a computer, the program comprising instructions arranged, when executed, to implement the method of claim 1.

11. An apparatus for generating a user adaptive application in a mobile terminal, the apparatus comprising:

a service manager for displaying a list of applications in the mobile terminal and at least one list of services provided by each of the applications, dynamically loading library modules of services selected from among the displayed list of services, and generating a specific application by combining the loaded library modules;

an application builder for providing the service manager with an interface routine corresponding to a service function provided by the specific application based on an eXtensible Markup Language (XML); and

a database for storing an interface routine corresponding to each service function, and for storing selected applications or a list of services provided by the selected application.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the service manager divides a display area of the mobile terminal into a first area for displaying at least one application list, a second area for displaying at least one service list provided by a specific application selected from among the applications displayed in the first area, and a second sub-area for reviewing a specific service selected from among services displayed on the second area, and upon receiving a request for generation of an application, displays a list of applications or a list of services provided by the application requested for generation in the divided display area.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, further comprising:

an operating system and device driver layer for providing an interface so that an application can control a hardware of the mobile terminal;

a plurality of application software modules for performing a specific function in the operating system and device driver layer; and

an Application Program Interface (API) layer for providing interfacing for communication between the application and the operating system and device driver layer.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the service manager assigns an IDentifier (ID) to the specific application and controls the database to store applications classified according to assigned IDs.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the library modules include an API necessary to generate the application.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the library modules including the API are predefined command language modules based on eXtensible Markup Language (XML).

17. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the library modules are constructed with interface functions for executing services provided by the application.

18. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the specific application is generated based on a user interface module previously stored by the service manager in a platform for driving the specific application.