SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING INTEGRATED APPLICATIONS FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICES

• US 20120117534A1
• Filed: 10/23/2011
• Published: 05/10/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Roovy, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Ieverywhere Incorporated
• Inventors: Barman, Touradj, Hershenson, Paul, Opferkuch, John Michael
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/105
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

The present technology relates to providing application users methods and systems for dynamically loading an entire application, or a portion of another application, within a currently operating application without having to (a) exit that first application or (b) download the executable code for the other application or part of the other application. For example, in one embodiment, a method of making a mobile application includes: providing a content layout of the mobile application; receiving content to populate the content layout of the mobile application; and providing an executable framework that matches the content to the content layout to render the mobile application.

Claims

1. A method of making a mobile application comprising:

providing a content layout of the mobile application;

receiving content to populate the content layout of the mobile application; and

providing an executable framework that matches the content to the content layout to render the mobile application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the content layout and content are described by a structured data file.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the executable framework is configured to ingest the structured data file and render the mobile application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the content layout is provided via a graphic user interface, which is configured to allow users to select the content layout via graphical representations.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

coupling the structured data file to the executable framework by publishing the mobile application.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein the executable framework determines if the structured data file is the most current version by reading a timestamp of the structured data file.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:

running a first mobile application on a mobile device;

requesting a portion of a second mobile application by the first mobile application for display within the first mobile application;

receiving the portion of the second mobile application from a remote server; and

presenting the portion of the second mobile application in the first mobile application.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 7, wherein the first mobile application includes first core information and an encasement, wherein the first core information includes a structured data file describing a first content layout and first content and the encasement includes an executable framework that enables the functioning of the structured data file.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 8, wherein the second mobile application includes second core information, the second core information including a structured data file describing a second content layout and second content.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 9, wherein the encasement from the first mobile application is configured to enable the functioning of the structured data file of the portion of the second mobile application.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon effective to cause a computer to perform the method of claim 8.

11. A system for building a mobile application for use on a mobile device comprising:

a server for storing one or more structured data files, the one or more structured data files defining one or more modules; and

a user interface for presenting the one or more modules to a user;

wherein the user is able to select one or more modules from the user interface to create a mobile application and populate content into the one or more modules.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the structured data files describe one or more of the following:

the name of an application, the description of the application, the layout characteristics of the application, the color scheme of the application, and the like.

13. The system of claim 11, wherein the one or more modules include one or more of the following:

web content, news feeds, images, audio playback, artist profiles, discography, global positioning system (“

GPS”

)-based locations, location search, video listing and playback.

14. The system of claim 11, wherein the user selects the one or more modules by clicking on or dragging the one or more modules into a mobile application template presented on the user interface.

15. The system of claim 11, wherein the user populates content into the modules by entering content into the structured data files.

16. The system of claim 11, further comprising an executable framework that matches the content to the modules to render the mobile application.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the executable framework determines if the structured data file is the most current version by comparing a timestamp of the structured data file used to create the mobile application with the timestamp of the structured data file stored on the server.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 20, the method further comprising:

requesting a portion of a third mobile application by the first mobile application for display within the first mobile application;

receiving the portion of the third mobile application from a remote server; and

presenting the portion of the third mobile application in the first mobile application.