APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN API CALL ABSTRACTOR

• US 20110202905A1
• Filed: 09/17/2010
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Mahajan, Amitt
• Granted Patent: US 8,645,936 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/140
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/43 Checking; Contextual analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

The APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN API CALL ABSTRACTOR provide live reconciliation of code updates to multi-user social networking applications in highly dynamic build environments (“SNAM”). In one embodiment, an API call abstraction processor-implemented method is disclosed. It includes obtaining programming code for an application and parsing the obtained programming code to identify instructions in the programming code. The SNAM identifies an application programming interface call in the programming code based on parsing the obtained programming code and the application programming interface call including an input string. The SNAM determines if the identified application programming interface call requires a pre-registered bundle to replace the input string. It provides a request to register a new bundle including the input string and obtains an indication that the new bundle has been registered. The SNAM can obtain a bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle, upon obtaining the indication that the bundle has been registered and replace the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification.

Claims

1. A processor-implemented API call abstraction method, comprising:

obtaining programming code for an application;

parsing, via a processor, the obtained programming code to identify instructions in the programming code;

identifying an application programming interface call in the programming code based on parsing the obtained programming code, the application programming interface call including an input string;

determining that the identified application programming interface call requires a pre-registered bundle to replace the input string; and

querying a database for the pre-registered bundle using the input string.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

obtaining an indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available;

providing a request to register a new bundle including the input string, upon obtaining the indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available; and

obtaining an indication that the new bundle has been registered.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

obtaining a bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle, upon obtaining the indication that the bundle has been registered; and

replacing the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein parsing the programming code, identifying the application programming interface call, determining that the identified application programming interface call requires the pre-registered bundle, and querying the database for the pre-registered bundle are performed as the programming code is being obtained.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the application is a multi-user application accessible via a social networking service.

6. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

compiling the programming code upon replacing the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification;

obtaining the application based on compiling the programming code; and

providing the compiled application for a user.

7. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

storing the new bundle and the bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle in the database.

8. An API call abstraction system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory disposed in communication with the processor and storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to;

obtain programming code for an application;

parse the obtained programming code to identify instructions in the programming code;

identify an application programming interface call in the programming code based on parsing the obtained programming code, the application programming interface call including an input string;

determine that the identified application programming interface call requires a pre-registered bundle to replace the input string; and

query a database for the pre-registered bundle using the input string.

9. The system of claim 8, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain an indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available;

provide a request to register a new bundle including the input string, upon obtaining the indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available; and

obtain an indication that the new bundle has been registered.

10. The system of claim 9, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain a bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle, upon obtaining the indication that the bundle has been registered; and

replace the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein parsing the programming code, identifying the application programming interface call, determining that the identified application programming interface call requires the pre-registered bundle, and querying the database for the pre-registered bundle are performed as the programming code is being obtained.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the application is a multi-user application accessible via a social networking service.

13. The system of claim 10, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

compile the programming code upon replacing the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification;

obtain the application based on compiling the programming code; and

provide the compiled application for a user.

14. The system of claim 10, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

store the new bundle and the bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle in the database.

15. A processor-readable medium storing processor-executable API call abstraction instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

obtain programming code for an application;

parse the obtained programming code to identify instructions in the programming code;

identify an application programming interface call in the programming code based on parsing the obtained programming code, the application programming interface call including an input string;

determine that the identified application programming interface call requires a pre-registered bundle to replace the input string; and

query a database for the pre-registered bundle using the input string.

16. The medium of claim 15, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain an indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available;

provide a request to register a new bundle including the input string, upon obtaining the indication that the pre-registered bundle is not available; and

obtain an indication that the new bundle has been registered.

17. The medium of claim 16, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

obtain a bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle, upon obtaining the indication that the bundle has been registered; and

replace the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification.

18. The medium of claim 15, wherein parsing the programming code, identifying the application programming interface call, determining that the identified application programming interface call requires the pre-registered bundle, and querying the database for the pre-registered bundle are performed as the programming code is being obtained.

19. The medium of claim 15, wherein the application is a multi-user application accessible via a social networking service.

20. The medium of claim 17, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

compile the programming code upon replacing the input string in the application programming interface call with the bundle identification;

obtain the application based on compiling the programming code; and

provide the compiled application for a user.

21. The medium of claim 17, the instructions further comprising instructions to:

store the new bundle and the bundle identification corresponding to the new bundle in the database.