COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED METHOD, COMPUTER SYSTEM, ELECTRONIC INTERFACE, MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20130159468A1
• Filed: 12/20/2011
• Published: 06/20/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP SE
• Inventors: Kusterer, Stefan, Handl, Ralf, Hammerich, Reiner P., Zurmuehl, Martin, Kalyani, G., Lock, Hendrik C. R.
• Granted Patent: US 9,128,886 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/219
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/00 Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/2895 Intermediate processing functionally located close to the data provider application, e.g. reverse proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

The present disclosure describes computer implemented methods, computer systems, electronic interfaces, mobile computing devices, and computer readable mediums for processing a request from a mobile application residing on a mobile computing device. One method may include receiving the request for data from the mobile application residing on the mobile device at an interface. The method may further include determining an interface service to be executed and executing the interface service. The method can then obtain, at the interface, from the execution of the interface service, a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data. The method may further include translating the consumption model and the associated data into an open source protocol, and sending a response from the interface including the translated consumption model and the associated data to the mobile application on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for processing a request from a mobile application residing on a mobile computing device, comprising:

receiving, at an interface, the request for data from the mobile application residing on the mobile computing device;

determining, at the interface, an interface service to be executed;

executing, at the interface, the interface service;

obtaining, at the interface, from the execution of the interface service, a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data;

translating, at the interface, the consumption model and the associated data into an open source protocol; and

sending, from the interface, a response including the translated consumption model and the associated data to the mobile application on the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface is an OData Channel and the open source protocol is an OData protocol.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the translated consumption model is exposed in OData at the interface.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the request received from the mobile device is an HTTP request indicating the interface service to be executed.

5. A computer system for processing a request from a mobile application residing on a mobile device, comprising:

an interface operable to;

receive the request for data from the mobile application residing on the mobile device;

determine an interface service to be executed;

execute the interface service;

obtain a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data;

translate the consumption model and the associated data into an open source protocol; and

send a response including the translated consumption model and the associated data to the mobile application on the mobile device;

a business application server, comprising;

a model provider operable to determine the one or more data models associated with the interface service;

a data adapter operable to determine the data associated with the one or more data models; and

an interface integration component operable to generate the consumption model comprising the one or more data models and the associated data.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the interface is an OData Channel and the open source protocol is an OData protocol.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the translated consumption model is exposed in OData at the interface.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the request received from the mobile device is an HTTP request indicating the interface service to be executed.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the interface and the business application server communicate via remote function calls.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the interface executes the interface service via a remote function call.

11. The system of claim 5, wherein the business application server sends the consumption model to the interface via a remote function call.

12. An electronic interface operable to:

receive a request for data from a mobile application residing on the mobile device;

determine an interface service to be executed;

execute the interface service;

obtain a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data;

translate the consumption model and the associated data into an open source protocol; and

send a response including the translated consumption model and the associated data to the mobile application on the mobile device.

13. The interface according to claim 12, wherein

the interface is operable to obtain the consumption model from a business application server, and wherein

the interface is separate from the business application server.

14. A mobile computing device, comprising:

a mobile application performing the steps of;

sending a request for data from the mobile application encoded in an open source protocol to a proprietary business application;

obtaining from the business application a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data encoded in an open source protocol.

15. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the request is an HTTP request encoded in OData.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 14, wherein the translated consumption model is encoded in OData.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 14, further comprising an OData client library enabling communications in OData.

18. A non-transitory computer readable medium for processing a request from a mobile application residing on a mobile device, comprising computer executable instructions that, when executed, perform the steps of:

receiving the request for data from the mobile application residing on the mobile device;

determining an interface service to be executed;

executing the interface service;

obtaining from the execution of the interface service, a consumption model comprising one or more data models and associated data;

translating the consumption model and the associated data into an open source protocol; and

sending a response including the translated consumption model and the associated data to the mobile application on the mobile device.