CUSTOMIZABLE APPLICATION

• US 20140032640A1
• Filed: 07/27/2012
• Published: 01/30/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daniel A. Dooley
• Original Assignee: Daniel A. Dooley
• Inventors: Dooley, Daniel A.
• Granted Patent: US 9,378,026 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/4411 Configuring for operating with peripheral devices; Loading of device drivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

An application that can include customized functionality that can be selectively enabled without disrupting the underlying operation of the application or requiring multiple instances or versions of the application that must be separately stored and maintained. An application is generally made available over a network for various users. A feature is provided that allows users to selectively activate one or more customized or specialized functions and/or features of the application such that the user gains access to a customized operation of the application without the application provider having to separately create and maintain multiple versions of the web application.

Claims

1. A method for providing an application that can include customized functionality without disrupting the underlying operation of the application, the method comprising the acts of:

loading initial business logic into a client;

rendering application content to the client from a server;

receiving at the server, modified data from the client, the modified data including an activation of a logic key;

loading new business logic into the client to implement the functionality associated with the logic key; and

maintaining the standard functionality of the application in addition to the functionality associated with the logic key.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the logic key is associated with a particular subset of the data and the functionality associated with the logic key operates on at least a portion of the particular subset of data.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising the act of:

receiving at the server, modified data from the client along with data generated by the business logic.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising the act of:

storing the received data along with the data generated by the business logic into a database.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the server operates to maintain the standard functionality of the application in addition to the functionality associated with the logic key by creating additional data fields that are the result of the operation of the business logic.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising the act of:

receiving at the server, modified data from the client along with data generated by the business logic.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of loading new business logic into the client further comprises the acts of:

receiving a functional definition to be associated with the logic key;

creating an algorithm to perform the defined functions; and

including the algorithm in the new business logic that is loaded into the client.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of receiving at the server, modified data from the client, the modified data including an activation of a logic key, further comprises receiving one or more parameters associated with the logic key.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising the acts of:

examining the credentials of the user; and

providing access to the logic key only to users satisfying authorization credentials.

10. A customizable application that operates on a server in conjunction with one or more clients, comprising:

a client interface operating on the server for delivering initial business logic, data and mark-up language content for display at the client;

a session module operating on the server for receiving modified data from the client, the modified data including an activation of a logic key;

a database communicatively coupled to the server for storing the received data and containing the business logic along with custom business logic to implement the functionality associated with the logic key; and

the client interface further delivering the custom business logic to the client.

11. The customizable application of claim 10, further comprising:

the client interface delivers mark-up language content that includes the ability to activate one or more logic keys associated with the data.

12. The customizable application of claim 10, further comprising:

the client interface delivers mark-up language content that includes the ability to activate one or more logic keys associated with a particular subset of the data.

13. The customizable application of claim 10, further comprising:

integrating an algorithm into the business logic to perform the functions associated with the logic key; and

the client interface further delivering the custom business logic to the client through the client interface by delivering the business logic with the integrated algorithm.

14. The customizable application of claim 10, further comprising:

integrating an algorithm into the business logic to perform the functions associated with the logic key; and

the client interface further delivering the custom business logic to the client by delivering the business logic with the integrated algorithm only if the user of the application client has required credentials.

15. The customizable application of claim 10, wherein the application is an accounting system and the custom business logic is associated with one or more of an account number, a segment and particular data subset of the accounting data.

16. A networked client-server based system for rendering a customizable application to one or more clients, the networked client-server based system including:

a client interface operating within the server and configured to deliver initial business logic, data and mark-up language content for display at the client;

a session module for receiving modified data from the client, the modified data including an activation of a logic key;

a database for storing the received data;

the server delivering through the client interface, custom business logic associated with the active logic key; and

the client invoking the custom business logic associated with the logic key such that custom functionality is included in the application.

17. The networked client-server based system of claim 16, further comprising:

the server delivering to the client through the client interface mark-up language content that includes the ability to activate one or more logic keys associated with the data.

18. The networked client-server based system of claim 16, further comprising:

the server delivering to the client through the client interface mark-up language content that includes the ability to activate one or more logic keys associated with a particular subset of the data.

19. The networked client-server based system of claim 16, further comprising:

integrating an algorithm into the business logic to perform the functions associated with the logic key; and

the server delivering to the client through the client interface the custom business logic by delivering the business logic with the integrated algorithm.

20. The networked client-server based system of claim 16, further comprising:

integrating an algorithm into the business logic to perform the functions associated with the logic key; and

the server delivering to the client through the client interface the custom business logic by delivering the business logic with the integrated algorithm only if the user of the application client has required credentials.