METHOD FOR EXTENDING BUSINESS SYSTEMS TO A MOBILE WORKFORCE

• US 20140025802A1
• Filed: 04/25/2013
• Published: 01/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JumpStart Wireless Corp.
• Original Assignee: JumpStart Wireless Corp.
• Inventors: BONAR, Jeffrey G., LEHRER, Nancy B., TOMAZIN, Kenneth G., CHHIBBER, Subir, PEKAREK, Adrian, TAFEL, Bryan
• Granted Patent: US 9,313,104 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4843 by program, e.g. task dispatcher, supervisor, operating system
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0233 Object-oriented techniques, for representation of network management data, e.g. common object request broker architecture [CORBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/24 using dedicated network management hardware
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/567 Integrating service provisioning from a plurality of service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Systems, software, and methods for reliable wireless communication are provided. In one aspect, a computer program control device, called a node, is configured to be transmitted from a first device for receipt and processing on a second, disparate device. The node comprises a collection of managed objects or managed object representations that is effective to control said disparate device. In one exemplary illustrative non-limiting implementation, the node is configured to control the processing of multiple data types.

Claims

1-59. -59. (canceled)

60. A system for generating nodes for communication to a remote device over a communications link, the system comprising:

node storage; and

a task management component operatively connected to the storage and comprising a node generator that translates at least one of input specifications and/or response data into nodes configured to function independently of the state of the communication link to provide useful workflow and remote device control instructions even in the absence of reliable communication with the remote device;

the node generator storing, in the node storage, nodes constituting a collection of managed objects or managed object representations effective to control aspects of the remote device, the nodes comprising an integrated definition of an application and associated data;

the node generator configuring nodes to specify how and when they should be synchronized;

the node generator configuring the nodes to control the processing of multiple data types;

the node generator receiving a XML-based tasks description specification and converting the XML-based task description specification to one or more nodes constituting a collection of managed objects or managed object representations effective to control aspects of the at least one remote device.

61. The system of claim 60, where the node generator configures generated nodes as a reusable node structure.

62. The system of claim 60, where the node generator configures generated nodes as an instance of a specific task/workflow.

63. The system of claim 60, where the node generator operates in conjunction with an external server to obtain data from an external system and incorporates the obtained data into the nodes.

64. The system of claim 63, where the external server comprises an XML integration server.

65. The system of claim 63, where the external server comprises an email server.

66. The system of claim 63, where the external server comprises an FTP server.

67. The system of claim 63, where the external server comprises an HTTP server.

68. The system of claim 63, further including a session server operating in conjunction with the external server to store data from synchronized nodes to an external system.

69. The system of claim 68, where the external server comprises an XML integration server.

70. The system of claim 68, where the external server comprises an email server.

71. The system of claim 68, where the external server comprises an FTP server.

72. The system of claim 68, where the external server comprises an HTTP server.

73. The system of claim 63, wherein the external server interface is configured, at least in part, on the basis of the TDL processing by the node generator.

74. The system of claim 73, where the external server interface comprises an XML integration server.

75. The system of claim 73, where the external server interface comprises an HTTP server.

76. The system of claim 60, wherein the node generator translates the nodes from one or more form descriptions selected from the group consisting of templates and catalogs.

77. The system of claim 60, wherein the task management component maintains and stores a collection of object representations at least in part relating to a dispatch resource management, or task management application,

detects when said at least one remote device is reachable through at least one intermittent connection over the network connection, and at least in response to said detection, and

synchronizes the node store and/or a dispatch manager provided on said intermittently connected to at least one remote device with said maintained and stored collection of object representations.

78. The system of claim 77, further including a session manager configured to perform synchronization of completed node structures with an XML integration server to update external systems with completed node information.

79. The system of claim 77, further including a session server configured to form associations between node structures, users, and disparate devices, with the effect of determining which node structures are synchronized with the remote device.

80. The system of claim 60, wherein the multiple data types include text, numbers, parts lists, product catalogs, contact information, email information, Internet URLs, images, videos, maps, GPS information, database queries, barcodes, magstripe information, and/or music.