LOCATION BASED APPLICATIONS

• US 20150011187A1
• Filed: 07/02/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/02/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SAP SE
• Original Assignee: SAP AG (SAP SE)
• Inventors: Wetzold, Robert
• Granted Patent: US 9,351,105 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/411
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/35 Protecting application or service provisioning, e.g. securing SIM application provisioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/61 Time-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/63 Location-dependent; Proximity-dependent
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A server provides location-based applications to an application of a mobile device based on a geographic location of the mobile device. The server receives an application definition and metadata comprising a geographic area associated with the application definition. The server generates a location-based application based on the application definition and metadata. The server identifies a geographic location of the mobile device and one or more location-based applications based on the geographic location of the mobile device. One or more location-based applications are provided within the application in the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a server, an application definition and metadata comprising a geographic area associated with the application definition;

generating a location-based application based on the application definition and metadata;

identifying a geographic location of a mobile device;

identifying one or more location-based applications based on the geographic location of the mobile device; and

providing the mobile device with the one or more location-based applications within an application in the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering the location-based application based on a source code in the application definition and a library in a storage device of the server.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

rendering the location-based application based on a set of parameters in the application definition.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the metadata comprises a time validity parameter, the one or more location-based applications identified based on the time validity parameter.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

authenticating an identification of a user of the mobile device,

identifying one or more location-based applications based on the identification of the user of the device.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

disabling a location-based application within the application in the mobile device in response to identifying termination conditions being met based on the geographic location of the mobile device, the metadata comprising termination conditions.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing the application of the mobile device with a list of the one or more location-based applications based on the location of the mobile device;

receiving a selection of a location-based application from the application of the mobile device; and

providing the mobile device with one or more location-based applications based on the selection.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating a notification in the mobile device of at least one of the location-based applications based on the location of the mobile device;

receiving a selection of at least one of the location-based applications in response to the notification; and

sending the selected location-based applications.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the application of the mobile device comprises a local application rendering engine configured to render a sub-application of the application based on a set of parameters received from a distribution module, the sub-application of the application comprising the location-based application based on the set of parameters.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the application of the mobile device comprises a location-based application receiver configured to receive the one or more location-based applications.

11. A server comprising:

a processor comprising a developer interface, an application building module, a mobile device location identifier module, a location-based application identifier module, and a distribution module,

the developer interface configured to receive an application definition and metadata comprising a geographic area associated with the application definition;

the application building module configured to generate a location-based application based on the application definition and metadata;

the mobile device location identifier module configured to identify a geographic location of the mobile device;

the location-based application identifier module configured to identify one or more location-based applications, generated by the application building module, based on the geographic location of the mobile device;

the distribution module configured to provide the mobile device with the one or more location-based applications within an application in the mobile device.

12. The server of claim 11, further comprising a storage device configured to store a library,

wherein the application definition comprises a source code,

wherein the application building module is configured to render the location-based application based on the source code and the library.

13. The server of claim 11, wherein the application definition comprises a set of parameters, wherein the application building module comprises an application rendering engine configured to render the location-based application based on the set of parameters.

14. The server of claim 11, wherein the metadata comprises a time validity parameter, the one or more location-based applications identified based on the time validity parameter.

15. The server of claim 11, further comprising:

an authentication module configured to authenticate an identification of a user of the mobile device,

wherein the location-based application identifier module is configured to identify one or more location-based applications based on the identification of the user of the device.

16. The server of claim 11, wherein the metadata comprises application termination conditions, the distribution module configured to disable a location-based application within the application in the mobile device in response to identifying termination conditions being met based on the geographic location of the mobile device.

17. The server of claim 11, wherein the location-based application identifier module is configured to provide the application of the mobile device with a list of the one or more location-based applications based on the location of the mobile device, and to receive a selection of a location-based application from the application of the mobile device;

and

wherein the distribution module is configured to provide the mobile device with one or more location-based applications based on the selection.

18. The server of claim 11, wherein the location-based application identifier is configured to generate a notification in the mobile device of at least one of the location-based applications based on the location of the mobile device, and to receive a selection of at least one of the location-based applications in response to the notification;

and

wherein the distribution module is configured to send the selected location-based applications.

19. The server of claim 11, wherein the application of the mobile device comprises:

a local application rendering engine configured to render a sub-application of the application based on a set of parameters received from the distribution module, the sub-application of the application comprising the location-based application based on the set of parameters.

20. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium storing instructions which, when executed by at least one processor, performs operations comprising:

receiving an application definition and metadata comprising a geographic area associated with the application definition;

generating a location-based application based on the application definition and metadata;

identifying a geographic location of a mobile device;

identifying one or more location-based applications based on the geographic location of the mobile device; and

providing the mobile device with the one or more location-based applications within an application in the mobile device.