Just in Time Component Mapping

• US 20130198720A1
• Filed: 09/30/2011
• Published: 08/01/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Maurice, Gilles, Ward, Trevor H., McLellan, Keith, Leask, Jim, Helleman, Ben
• Granted Patent: US 8,856,741 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/122
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44526 Plug-ins; Add-ons
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/454 Multi-language systems; Localisation; Internationalisation

Abstract

One embodiment involves a system comprising a network, a server, and a requesting device. The server and requesting device are connected with the network. The server comprises a processor configured to receive a request from the requesting device and determine information about the requesting device based at least in part on the request. The processor is further configured to determine an abstract representation of an application and at least one mapping from a plurality of mappings based at least in part on the information about the device. The abstract representation comprises a plurality of components. Each mapping comprises an attribute for at least one of the plurality of components. The processor is further configured to generate a version of the application on-the-fly based at least in part on the abstract representation and the at least one mapping and send the version of the application to the requesting device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a processor, a request from a device;

determining, by a processor, information about the device based at least in part on the request;

determining, by a processor, a version of an application based at least in part on the information about the device, an abstract representation of the application, and a mapping, the abstract representation comprising a component, the mapping comprising an attribute used for the component in less than all versions of the application; and

sending, by a processor, the version of the application to the device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the version of an application comprises:

determining the mapping from a plurality of mappings; and

determining the abstract representation.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the version of the application based at least in part on the abstract representation and the mapping.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein generating the version of the application comprises:

generating the version of the application after receiving the request.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein generating the version of the application comprises:

customizing the version of the application based on the component and the attribute used for the component.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein customizing the version of the application comprises:

determining a color or a position for the component based on the attribute used for the component.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein customizing the version of the application comprises:

determining a function for the component based on the attribute used for the component.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the version of the application is based at least in part on a second mapping.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining the version of the application comprises:

selecting the version of the application from a plurality of versions of the application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the mapping comprises at least one declarative language.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the device comprises at least one of:

a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a desktop computer, a laptop, a personal digital assistant (PDA), or a WiFi-capable computer.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining information about the device comprises;

determining a hardware specification associated with the device; and

determining the version of the application comprises;

determining the version of the application based at least in part on the hardware specification.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein:

determining information about the device comprises;

determining a display size of a display on the device or in communication with the device; and

determining the version of the application comprises;

determining the version of the application based at least in part on the display size.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

sending a second request to the device, the second request indicating that additional information about the device is needed; and

receiving a response from the device, the response providing at least a portion of the additional information about the device.

15. A method for creating a version of an application, comprising:

in response to receiving input, creating, by a processor, an abstract representation of the application, the abstract representation comprising a plurality of components;

in response to receiving input, creating, by a processor, a plurality of mappings, each of the plurality of mappings comprising at least one attribute corresponding with at least one of the plurality of components, the at least one attribute used in less than all versions of the application; and

generating, by a processor, the version of the application based on the abstract representation and at least one of the plurality of mappings.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein each of the plurality of mappings represents at least one version of the application.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the abstract representation and at least one of the plurality of mappings are created in an application development environment (ADE).

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the abstract representation comprises at least one declarative language.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein at least one of the plurality of mappings comprises at least one declarative language.

20. A system, comprising:

a processor for executing instructions stored in computer-readable medium on one or more devices,

the processor capable of;

connecting to a network; and

communicating with a requesting device through the network; and

the processor configured to;

receive a request from the requesting device;

determine information about the requesting device based at least in part on the request;

determine an abstract representation of an application and at least one mapping from a plurality of mappings based at least in part on the information about the requesting device, the abstract representation comprising a plurality of components, each mapping comprising an attribute for at least one of the plurality of components;

generate a version of the application on-the-fly based at least in part on the abstract representation and the at least one mapping; and

send the generated version of the application to the requesting device.

21. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the processor configured to determine information about the device comprises;

the processor configured to determine an operating system installed on the device; and

the processor configured to determine the version of the application comprises;

the processor configured to determine the version of the application based at least in part on the operating system.

22. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the processor configured to determine information about the device comprises;

the processor configured to determine a location of the device; and

the processor configured to determine the version of the application comprises;

the processor configured to determine the version of the application based at least in part on the location.

23. The system of claim 20, wherein:

the processor configured to determine information about the device comprises;

the processor configured to determine a browser running on the device; and

the processor configured to determine a plug-in on the device, the plug-in capable of running in the browser; and

the processor configured to determine the version of the application comprises;

the processor configured to determine the version of the application based at least in part on the browser and plug-in.

24. The system of claim 20, wherein the abstract representation comprises at least one declarative language.

25. A non-transitory computer-readable medium on which is encoded program code, the program code configured to:

receive a request from a device;

determine information about the device based at least in part on the request;

determine a version of an application based at least in part on the information about the device, the version of the application based at least in part on an abstract representation of the application and a mapping, the abstract representation comprising a component, the mapping comprising an attribute used for the component in less than all versions of the application; and

send the version of the application to the device.

26. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, further comprising program code configured to:

determine the mapping from a plurality of mappings; and

determine the abstract representation.

27. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 25, further comprising program code configured to:

generate the version of the application based at least in part on the abstract representation and the mapping.

28. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 27, further comprising program code configured to:

generate the version of the application after receiving the request.