APPLICATION BUILDING BLOCKS FOR ON DEMAND AND ON PREMISE USAGE

• US 20140359576A1
• Filed: 05/29/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Rath, Ralf M., Reimitz, Uwe, Roegelein, Ulrich, Mueller, Wolfgang G., Peisl, Siegfried, Gatter, Juergen, Gozlinski, Martina, Vangelovski, Dimitar
• Granted Patent: US 9,753,700 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/121
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

The disclosure generally describes computer-implemented methods, software, and systems for enhancing visual applications. A computer-implemented method includes: identifying a map-based application for enhancement, identifying a configuration file defining one or more application parts for enhancing the map-based application, the one or more application parts associated with a second application, and incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application. In some instances, incorporating the one or more application parts into the map-based application includes identifying a symbol associated with each of the one or more application parts, accessing data from the second application associated with each of the one or more application parts, and inserting an instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method, the method executed by one or more processors, the method comprising:

identifying a map-based application for enhancement;

identifying a configuration file defining one or more application parts for enhancing the map-based application, the one or more application parts associated with a second application; and

incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein incorporating the one or more application parts into the map-based application includes:

identifying a symbol associated with each of the one or more application parts;

accessing data from the second application associated with each of the one or more application parts; and

inserting an instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein inserting the instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application comprises inserting a plurality of symbols into the map-based application for at least one of the application parts, the plurality of symbols associated with a plurality of instances of the application part as determined based on the accessed data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the configuration file for enhancing the map-based application is based on a pre-defined association with a user of the map-based application.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the pre-defined associated with the user of the map-based application is based on at least one of the user'"'"'s role, location, or job.

6. The method of claim 2, wherein inserting the instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application includes associated at least one event with the inserted symbol, wherein interaction by a user with the instance of the symbol triggers the at least one event.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one event associated with the inserted symbol includes at least one of:

launching at least a portion of the second application based on the particular symbol interacted with by the user, or presenting additional information associated with the particular symbol interacted with by the user in the map-based application.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising, in response to identifying interaction by the user with the symbol, executing at least a portion of the second application.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is a business application associated with the map-based application.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the second application is associated with a third-party provider, separate from the map-based application.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application is performed upon instantiation of an instance of the map-based application.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application is performed during runtime of an instance of the map-based application after prior instantiation of the instance.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the configuration file for enhancing the map-based application comprises identifying two or more configuration files, and wherein incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application comprises incorporating the one or more application parts from each of the identified two or more configuration files into the map-based application.

14. A system, comprising:

a processor;

a computer-readable storage medium coupled to the processor having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;

identifying a map-based application for enhancement;

identifying a configuration file defining one or more application parts for enhancing the map-based application, the one or more application parts associated with a second application; and

incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein incorporating the one or more application parts into the map-based application includes:

identifying a symbol associated with each of the one or more application parts;

accessing data from the second application associated with each of the one or more application parts; and

inserting an instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein inserting the instance of the symbol for each application part based on the accessed data from the second application comprises inserting a plurality of symbols into the map-based application for at least one of the application parts, the plurality of symbols associated with a plurality of instances of the application part as determined based on the accessed data.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein identifying the configuration file for enhancing the map-based application is based on a pre-defined association with a user of the map-based application.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the pre-defined associated with the user of the map-based application is based on at least one of the user'"'"'s role, location, or job.

19. The system of claim 14, wherein incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application is performed during runtime of an instance of the map-based application after prior instantiation of the instance.

20. A computer program product embodied in a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium and comprising instructions that when executed by a processor, the method comprising:

identifying a map-based application for enhancement;

identifying a configuration file defining one or more application parts for enhancing the map-based application, the one or more application parts associated with a second application; and

incorporating the one or more application parts from the identified configuration file into the map-based application.