BROWSER BASED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK

• US 20110264754A1
• Filed: 04/27/2011
• Published: 10/27/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mindware Incorporated (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mindware Incorporated (Berkshire Hathaway Incorporated)
• Inventors: Gidugu, Soma
• Granted Patent: US 8,977,693 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/36 Software reuse

Abstract

A system, method, and/or machine readable medium including a set of stored instructions that, if executed by a processor, may cause one or more computers to receive user input via a platform independent web-based interface, wherein the user input is to identify application logic and one or more data repositories. The instructions can also cause one or more computers to generate a reusable web service based at least in part on the user input, and construct an application workflow based at least in part on the reusable web service. As a result of usage of such a web-based application development platform, users can create/assemble/generate both traditional & non-traditional software applications/services to perform a specific business functions or operations. Moreover, non-traditional software components are sharable web services, which can be used to create/generate a composite application.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method comprising:

prompting a user for input;

receiving the input via a platform independent web-based interface, wherein the input identifies application logic, a plurality of different types of data repositories, and access permission information corresponding to the plurality of different types of data repositories;

generating a reusable web service based at least in part on the input; and

constructing a plurality of different application workflows based at least in part on the reusable web service.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the input includes at least one of web-connector service input, web interaction service input, data assignment service input, comparison service input, grouped management service input, aggregation service input, email management input corresponding to at least one of an email message transmission and an email message receipt, and database operations service input.

3. The method of claim 1, further including plugging the reusable web service into a pre-existing application development environment.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the pre-existing application development environment includes at least one of a VisualStudio.net environment and an Eclipse environment.

5. A machine readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions which, if executed by a processor, cause a computer to:

receive user input via a web-based interface, wherein the user input is to identify application logic and one or more data repositories;

generate a reusable web service based at least in part on the user input; and

construct an application workflow based at least in part on the reusable web service.

6. The medium of claim 5, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to prompt a user for the user input.

7. The medium of claim 5, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to construct a plurality of different application workflows based at least in part on the reusable web service.

8. The medium of claim 5, wherein the user input is to identify a plurality of different types of data repositories and corresponding access permission information.

9. The medium of claim 5, wherein the user input is to include at least one of web-connector service input, web interaction service input, data assignment service input, comparison service input, grouped data management service input, aggregation service input, email management input and database operations service input.

10. The medium of claim 8, wherein the email management input is to correspond to at least one of an email message transmission and an email message receipt.

11. The medium of claim 5, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to plug the reusable web service into a pre-existing application development environment.

12. The medium of claim 11, wherein the pre-existing application development environment includes at least one of a VisualStudio.net environment and an Eclipse environment.

13. A system comprising:

a processor; and

a machine readable storage medium including a set of instructions which, if executed by the processor, cause the system to,

receive user input via a web-based interface, wherein the user input is to identify application logic and one or more data repositories,

generate a reusable web service based at least in part on the user input, and

construct an application workflow based at least in part on the reusable web service.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to prompt a user for the user input.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to construct a plurality of different application workflows based at least in part on the reusable web service.

16. The system of claim 13, wherein the user input is to identify a plurality of different types of data repositories and corresponding access permission information.

17. The system of claim 13, wherein the user input is to include at least one of web-connector service input, web interaction service input, data assignment service input, comparison service input, grouped data management service input, aggregation service input, email management input and database operations service input.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the email management input is to correspond to at least of an email message transmission and an email message receipt.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein the instructions, if executed, cause a computer to plug the reusable web service into a pre-existing application development environment.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the pre-existing application development environment includes at least one of a VisualStudio.net environment and an Eclipse environment.