SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DEVELOPING AN APPLICATION

• US 20150160931A1
• Filed: 09/29/2014
• Published: 06/11/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Taplytics, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Syrp Inc. (Vitec Group PLC)
• Inventors: GLAZER, Aaron, NORRIS, Jonathan, DRUXERMAN, Jacob, NORRIS, Andrew
• Granted Patent: US 9,507,609 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04812 Interaction techniques based on cursor appearance or behaviour, e.g. being affected by the presence of displayed objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131

Abstract

In some aspects, the present embodiments provide a system, server, and computing device for building and modifying a user interface of an application executable on a computing device. The method may be performed by a server that is remote from the computing device. In some embodiments the method comprises: receiving parameters for updating a user interface element of the application, the user interface element being identified at the server by a programming language unit for the user interface element in the program code of the application; and sending the parameters to the computing device, wherein the computing device receives the parameters, updates the user interface element of the application with the parameters, and displays a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.

Claims

1. A method of modifying a user interface of an application executable on a computing device, the method to be performed by a server that is remote from the computing device, the method comprising:

receiving parameters for updating a user interface element of the application, the user interface element being identified at the server by a programming language unit for the user interface element in the program code of the application; and

sending the parameters to the computing device, wherein the computing device;

receives the parameters;

updates the user interface element of the application with the parameters; and

displays a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the application on the computing device comprises executable code corresponding to the programming language unit for the user interface element, and the parameters are received by the executable code.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the programming language unit comprises a class definition.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the class definition comprises a subclass of a user interface class provided by an operating system of the computing device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a plurality of development roles;

associating the user interface element of the application with one development role of the plurality of development roles; and

when a user identity associated with the one development role attempts to modify the user interface of the application,

allowing the parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role to be received; and

disallowing access to the remaining user interface elements of the application not associated with the one development role.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising:

receiving first login information for the user identity associated with the one development role;

receiving the parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role; and

storing the parameters so that the received parameters can be reviewed prior to being sent to a computing device where the application is executable.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving second login information for a user identity associated with another development role of the plurality of development roles; and

displaying the stored parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising receiving input approving of the stored parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role, wherein the parameters sent to the computing device are approved parameters.

9. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

receiving input disapproving of the stored parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role; and

storing information indicating that the stored parameters for updating the at least one user interface element has been disapproved, the information being retrievable by the user identity associated with the one development role.

10. The method of claim 5, wherein the one development role comprises a role selected from:

a design role, a marketing role, a brand role, and a legal role.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

associating the user interface element with a first geographic location setting; and

receiving first parameters for use in updating the user interface element of the application, when the application is executing on a first computing device that satisfies the first geographic location setting.

12. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

receiving a first device geographic location from the first computing device;

determining that the first device geographic location satisfies the first geographic location setting; and

sending the first parameters to the first computing device.

13. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

associating the user interface element with a second geographic location setting; and

receiving second parameters for use in updating the user interface element of the application, when the application is executing on a second computing device that satisfies the second geographic location setting.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

receiving a second device geographic location from the second computing device;

determining that the second device geographic location satisfies the second geographic location setting; and

sending the second parameters to the second computing device, wherein the second computing device;

receives the second parameters;

updates the user interface element of the application with the second parameters; and

displays a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the user interface element is simultaneously associated with the first geographic location setting and with the second geographic location setting, so that the application executing on the first computing device located at the first device geographic location displays the user interface element updated with the first parameters and simultaneously, the application executing on the second computing device located at the second device geographic location displays the user interface element updated with the second parameters.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the user interface element is one of a plurality of user interface elements belonging to a theme, and wherein the associating of the user interface element with the first geographic location setting is performed by associating the theme with the first geographic location setting.

17. A system for modifying a user interface of an application, the system comprising:

a server and

a computing device, wherein;

the server comprises a first processor and a first memory storing first instruction which, when executed by the first processor, cause the first processor to;

receive parameters for updating a user interface element of the application, the user interface element being identified at the server by a programming language unit for the user interface element in the program code of the application; and

send the parameters to the computing device; and

the computing device executes the application, the computing device comprising a second processor and a second memory storing instructions which, when executed by the second processor, cause the second processor to;

receive the parameters;

update the user interface element of the application with the parameters; and

display a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the server is further configured to cause the first processor to:

provide a plurality of development roles;

associate the user interface element of the application with one development role of the plurality of development roles; and

when a user identity associated with the one development role attempts to modify the user interface of the application,

allow the parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role to be received; and

disallow access to the remaining user interface elements of the application not associated with the one development role.

19. A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions, the instructions for causing a processor to perform a method of modifying a user interface of an application executable on a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving parameters for updating a user interface element of the application, the user interface element being identified at the server by a programming language unit for the user interface element in the program code of the application; and

sending the parameters to the computing device, wherein the computing device receives the parameters, updates the user interface element of the application with the parameters, and displays a modified user interface for the application, the modified user interface comprising the updated user interface element.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the method is further configured to:

provide a plurality of development roles;

associate the user interface element of the application with one development role of the plurality of development roles; and

when a user identity associated with the one development role attempts to modify the user interface of the application,

allow the parameters for updating the at least one user interface element associated with the one development role to be received; and

disallow access to the remaining user interface elements of the application not associated with the one development role.