SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING APPLICATIONS IN WIRELESS AND WIRELINE ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20120210166A1
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Published: 08/16/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Bonefas, Rudy G., Sobchak, Richard K., ZOMBEK, James M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,220,010 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0001 Systems modifying transmission characteristics according to link quality, e.g. power backoff adaptive data allocation for multicarrier modulation H04L5/0044; controlling transmission power for radio systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol

Abstract

An intelligent messaging network provides multiple software development kits (SDKs) to assist, e.g., engineers in developing client and server applications. The SDKs can contain a consistent set of application program interfaces (APIs) and a set of platform specific libraries for all intelligent messaging network supported platforms and networks. In addition to the SDKs, the intelligent messaging network can provide developers a resource kit including a set of tools to assist the developers when designing, implementing, and testing their client and server applications. The intelligent messaging network can provide a mobile client and server SDK environment to assist engineers developing client applications and servers. The SDKs can provide an easy to use APIs and a set of platform specific libraries to perform, e.g., compression, network management services, server-to-server communication, server registration/de-registration, and reliable message transport services.

Claims

1-10. -10. (canceled)

11. A computer readable storage medium comprising a software class providing graphical user interfaces, the class comprising:

a first code segment providing a base registry key for storage of server settings and an user interface for viewing or editing the server settings;

a second code segment providing screen based error logging; and

a third code segment for writing errors to an event log.

12. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 11, wherein the third code segment specifies a batch file to executed when a specific error occurs.

13. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 11, further comprising, a fourth code segment providing a user interface for transport settings.

A fifth code segment logging each inbound and outbound message;

and a sixth code segment displaying pre-selected statistics.

14. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 13, further comprising a seventh code segment providing a separate logging interface for logging application errors.

15. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 11, wherein the transport settings include at least one of:

a maximum number of retries, a retry timeout interval, and a segment size.

16. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 11 wherein the pre-selected statistics include at least one of a number of messages sent/received and a number of ACK/NACK sent/received.

17. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 11, further comprising:

a fourth code segment providing a GUI for displaying a log of inbound/outbound messages;

a fifth code segment logging each inbound and outbound message; and

a sixth code segment displaying pre-selected statistics.

18. A software development system for developing client applications, comprising:

a utility library;

a security library;

a transport library, wherein the transport library is independent from both the security library and the utility library.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the utility library comprises:

a first code segment for handling streaming input/output messages to the client application;

a second code segment providing compression services for messages;

a third code segment creating a message header for messages generated by the client application; and

a fourth code segment building authentication messages.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the second code segment determines if a message is to be encoded and provides encoding services.

21. The system of claim 19, wherein the fourth code segment determines an authentication status.

22. The system of claim 18, wherein the transport library comprises:

a first code segment for specifying a target of a message generated by the client application;

a second code segment notifying a sender of a success or failure of a transmission;

a third code segment segmenting messages over a pre-determined length into message segments;

a fourth code segment assembling messages segments into messages;

a fifth code segment for resending messages that are not acknowledged within a pre-determined time;

a sixth code segment handling message segments; and

an seventh code segment handling duplicate messages.

23. The system of claim 18, wherein the security library comprises:

a first code segment establishing a secret key between the client application and a server;

a second code segment for encrypting messages; and

a third code segment for decrypting messages.

24-33. -33. (canceled)

34. A computer readable storage medium comprising a software class providing graphical user interfaces, the class comprising:

providing a base registry key for storage of server settings and an user interface for viewing or editing the server settings;

providing screen based error logging; and

writing system errors to an event log.

35. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 34, wherein the writing step specifies a batch file to be executed when a specified error occurs.

36. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 34, further comprising,

providing a user interface for transport settings.

logging each inbound and outbound message;

and displaying pre-selected statistics.

37. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 36, further comprising:

providing a separate logging interface for logging application errors.

38. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 34, wherein the settings include at least one of:

a maximum number of retries, a retry timeout interval, and a segment size.

39. The computer readable date storage medium of claim 34 wherein the pre-selected statistics include at least one of a number of messages sent/received and number of ACK/NACK sent/received.

40. The computer readable data storage medium of claim 34, further comprising:

providing a GUI for displaying a log of inbound/outbound messages;

logging each inbound and outbound message; and

displaying pre-selected statistics.

41. A method for developing client applications, comprising:

providing utility components for the client application to run;

providing security components for encryption; and

providing transport components for data communication over wireless networks,

wherein the transport components are independent from both the security components and the utility components.

42. The system of claim 41, wherein the utility components include elements:

handling streaming input/output messages to the client application;

providing compression services for messages;

creating a message header for messages generated by the client application;

and building authentication messages.

43. The system of claim 42, wherein the compression services determine if a message is to be encoded and provides encoding services.

44. The system of claim 42, further comprising determining an authentication status.

45. The system of claim 41, wherein the transport components comprise elements:

specifying a target of a message generated by the client application;

notifying a sender of a success or failure of a transmission;

segmenting messages over a pre-determined length into message segments in messages;

resending messages that are not acknowledged within a pre-determined time;

handling duplicate message segments; and

handling duplicate messages.

46. The system of claim 41, wherein the security components comprise elements:

establishing a secret key between the client application and a server;

encrypting messages; and

decrypting messages.

47. (canceled)

48. A SDK, comprising:

a base registry key for storage of server settings and an user interface for viewing or editing the server settings;

screen based error logging; and

error components for writing system errors to an event log.

49. An SDK, comprising,

utility components providing functions for a client application to run;

security components for encryption of messages; and

transport components for data communication over wireless networks, wherein the transport components are independent from both the security components and the utility components.