SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CREATING MOBILE APPLICATION STORE

• US 20160227343A1
• Filed: 05/26/2014
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/04/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qiongmao Shen
• Original Assignee: Qiongmao Shen
• Inventors: SHEN, Qiongmao
• Granted Patent: US 10,136,243 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A system and method for creating mobile application store are disclosed. The system includes a mobile application support system including an application supply module, wherein the application supply module is configured to supply a mobile application file to a respective mobile application store, the mobile application file is a mobile application file obtained from a mobile application being processed in a processing manner corresponding to types of mobile application store, supported mobile device operating system and mobile application, and then supplied to the respective mobile application store, including the identification information of the mobile application store, or a mobile application file capable of acquiring the identification information of the mobile application store when the mobile application file is supplied to the mobile application store or is supplied to a mobile terminal store through the mobile application store, and the mobile application identifies the mobile application store where the mobile application is, according to the identification information of the mobile application store. The present disclosure can create a mobile application store easily and improve efficiency in the release and application of the mobile application.

Claims

1-12. -12. (canceled)

13. A method for creating mobile application store, comprising:

supplying a mobile application file to a respective mobile application store, wherein the mobile application file is a mobile application file obtained from a mobile application being processed in a processing manner corresponding to types of mobile application store, supported mobile device operating system and mobile application, and then supplied to the respective mobile application store, the mobile application file includes identification information of the mobile application store, or the mobile application file is capable of acquiring the identification information of the mobile application store when the mobile application file is supplied to the mobile application store or is supplied to a mobile terminal through the mobile application store, and the mobile application identifies the mobile application store where the mobile application is, according to the identification information of the mobile application store.

14. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 13, further comprising any one of:

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

packaging the identification information of the mobile application store and the mobile application to a mobile application file corresponding to a respective mobile application store after one time integration of the mobile application with various interfaces of the software development toolkit which are uniform for all mobile application store operators or mobile application stores, storing, by the mobile application file, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when the mobile application file being installed, and reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called;

the various interfaces of the software development toolkit comprising but not limited to an in-app billing interface and a user interface;

the packaging comprising but not limited to;

writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a file name and renaming for the mobile application file, or unpacking the mobile application and writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a configuration file unpacked, and repacking related files to generate the mobile application file, wherein the related files comprise the configuration file and other unpacked files;

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

packaging the identification information of the mobile application store, the mobile application and the packaging toolkit to as a mobile application file corresponding to a respective mobile application store, storing, by the mobile application file, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when the mobile application file being installed, and reading, by the packaging toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, when the respective interface of the packaging toolkit is called;

the packaging comprising but not limited to writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a file name and renaming for the mobile application file, and/or unpacking the mobile application and writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a configuration file unpacked, and repacking related files to generate the mobile application file, wherein the related files comprise the configuration file, other unpacked files and the packaging toolkit;

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, the type of the mobile application store comprising a type of a website added with an assisted store assistant mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

supplying the mobile application to the mobile application store directly or after being signed by DRM after one time integration of the mobile application with various interfaces of the software development toolkit which are uniform for all mobile application store operators or mobile application stores, storing, by a store assistant mobile application of the mobile application store which is bound with a corresponding identification information of the mobile application store, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when installing the mobile application, and reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is; and

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system or a closed operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a HTML5 webpage mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

integrating the mobile application into a HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store after the mobile application integrated into various interfaces of the software development toolkit, transmitting, by the HTML5 application user interface, the identification information of the mobile application store to the mobile application, acquiring, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the mobile application store when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, and integrating the mobile application into the HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store comprising but not limited to implant the mobile application into the HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store by an iframe approach.

15. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 13, further comprising any one or any combination of:

connecting, by the application interface server module, various interfaces of a software development toolkit and/or a packaging toolkit to corresponding external system interfaces, the connecting comprising but not limited to;

receiving, by the in-app billing interface, the identification information of the mobile application store transmitted from the software development toolkit and an in-app billing request information, calling a corresponding payment gateway based on the received identification information of the mobile application store and the in-app billing request information, receiving payment result information returned by the payment gateway, storing the payment result information to an information database and returning to the software development toolkit based on the identification information of the mobile application store, returning, by the software development toolkit, the payment result information to the mobile application so that the mobile application supplies a product or service purchased by a user to the user according the payment result information, and when the identification information of the mobile application store sent by software development toolkit and the in-app billing request information belong to an in-app billing request initiated by the user in the mobile application received by the mobile application, reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of a corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, and transmitting, through calling the in-app billing interface of the software development toolkit;

receiving a mobile application submission request, the mobile application submission request comprising the mobile application and configuration information corresponding to the mobile application, storing the mobile application and the corresponding configuration information to an information database, the configuration information comprising a name of the mobile application and a type of the mobile application, and when the type of the mobile application is HTML5 web page mobile application, the mobile application submission request further comprising URL address information of the mobile application; and

receiving a management request and managing the mobile application and related information and data of the mobile application based on the management request;

the related information and data of the mobile application comprising but not limited to related information and data of the in-app billing of the mobile application in the respective mobile application store; and

the management comprising but not limited to;

receiving an in-app billing data report request of a respective mobile application store, reading all payment result information of corresponding mobile applications in respective mobile application stores from the information database based on the identification information of the mobile application included in the request, and generating a report.

16. A method for creating mobile application store, comprising:

providing mobile application service through respective mobile application store modules deployed on one or more destinations, the mobile application service includes;

supplying the corresponding mobile application file to the sender when receiving a download instruction, the mobile application file includes the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application store module, or acquires the identification information of the mobile application store through the mobile application.

17. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 16, further comprising:

receiving a mobile application store creation request, the mobile application store creation request comprising mobile application store configuration information, the mobile application store configuration information comprising any one or any combination of a type of the mobile application store, a destination where the mobile application store is deployed, a supported mobile device operating system, whether the mobile application store needs to be integrated into an internet provider membership system, whether the mobile application needs to be integrated into the membership system of the mobile application store operator, and whether the mobile application needs to be integrated into the in-app billing of the mobile application store, the store creation module being further configured to generate the mobile application store module associated with the destination of the mobile application store based on the mobile application store creation request, and dispose the mobile application store module to the destination of the mobile application store, and the type of the mobile application store comprising but not limited to a web site type and a type of a website added with an assisted store assistant mobile application.

18. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 16, further comprising any one or any combination of:

receiving a management request, and managing the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application store module;

the management request comprising but not limited to;

inquiring in-app billing detail and/or summary information of a respective mobile application in the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application store module, managing a subject of the mobile application store and pulling the mobile application on/off the shelves;

the mobile application service further comprising;

receiving an access request, acquiring information of a mobile application file corresponding to mobile application store module based on the access request, the type of the mobile device operating system and/or the type of the mobile application store, and sending the information of the mobile application file to a sender of the access request;

creating a store assistant mobile application corresponding to the mobile application store module when the mobile application store type is the type of a website added with an assisted store assistant mobile application;

the store assistant mobile application being bound with the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store, the store assistant mobile application storing the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or the identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store to the mobile device memory when installing the mobile application, and when a related interface being called through the mobile application, a software development toolkit integrated with the mobile application reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is; and

the mobile application service further comprising;

implanting a service of the mobile application store operator, and sending information of recommended mobile application to a user through a recommendation algorithm according to the user'"'"'s historical information;

the service of the mobile application store operator comprising but not limited to website, computer software and mobile application;

the user'"'"'s historical information comprising but not limited to content of browsed page, browsing history, historical download record of mobile applications; and

the recommendation algorithm comprising but not limited to a mixed recommendation algorithm combined a recommendation algorithm based on content with a recommendation algorithm based on collaborative filtering.

19. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 16, further comprising:

supplying a user related service when the mobile application store is configured to require the mobile application and/or the mobile application store to be integrated into a mobile application store operator membership system; and

the user related service to the user comprises any one or any combination of;

transmitting user related service request information to a user interface of software development toolkit and/or packaging toolkit when the mobile application initiates a request for user related service to the user, reading, by the software development toolkit and/or packaging toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, transmitting the identification information of the mobile application store and the received user related service request information to a user interface of a SSO module, transmitting, by the SSO module, the user related service request information to a SSO module interface of a corresponding mobile application store operator based on the identification information of the mobile application store, and returning a result from the SSO module interface to the software development toolkit and/or packaging toolkit, returning, by the software development toolkit and/or packaging toolkit, the result to the mobile application, and the mobile application supply user related service to the user based on the returned result;

the user related service request comprises any one or any combination of login, login authentication, user information inquiry and user registration; and

transmitting, by the mobile application store module, a user related service request information to the SSO module interface or the SSO module of a corresponding mobile application store operator when the mobile application store initiates a request for user related service, and supply a user related service to a user based on the returned result; and

the user related request comprising any one or any combination of login, login authentication, user information inquiry and user registration.

20. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 16, further comprising:

supplying a mobile application file to a respective mobile application store, the mobile application file being a mobile application file obtained from a mobile application being processed in a processing manner corresponding to types of mobile application store, supported mobile device operating system and mobile application, and then supplied to the respective mobile application store, the mobile application file comprising identification information of the mobile application store, or the mobile application file being capable of acquiring the identification information of the mobile application store when the mobile application file is supplied to the mobile application store or is supplied to a mobile terminal through the mobile application store, and the mobile application identifying the mobile application store where the mobile application is, according to the identification information of the mobile application store.

21. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 20, further comprising any one of:

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

packaging the identification information of the mobile application store and the mobile application to a mobile application file corresponding to a respective mobile application store after one time integration of the mobile application with various interfaces of the software development toolkit which are uniform for all mobile application store operators or mobile application stores, storing, by the mobile application file, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when the mobile application file being installed, and reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called;

the various interfaces of the software development toolkit comprising but not limited to an in-app billing interface and a user interface;

the packaging comprising but not limited to;

writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a file name and renaming for the mobile application file, or unpacking the mobile application and writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a configuration file unpacked, and repacking related files to generate the mobile application file, wherein the related files comprise the configuration file and other unpacked files;

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

packaging the identification information of the mobile application store, the mobile application and the packaging toolkit to as a mobile application file corresponding to a respective mobile application store, storing, by the mobile application file, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when the mobile application file being installed, and reading, by the packaging toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, when the respective interface of the packaging toolkit is called;

the packaging comprising but not limited to writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a file name and renaming for the mobile application file, and/or unpacking the mobile application and writing the identification information of the mobile application store into a configuration file unpacked, and repacking related files to generate the mobile application file, wherein the related files comprise the configuration file, other unpacked files and the packaging toolkit;

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a normal mobile application, the type of the mobile application store comprising a type of a website added with an assisted store assistant mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

supplying the mobile application to the mobile application store directly or after one time integration of the mobile application with various interfaces of the software development toolkit which are uniform for all mobile application store operators or mobile application stores, storing, by a store assistant mobile application of the mobile application store which is bound with a corresponding identification information of the mobile application store, the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application or both of identification information of the mobile application and the identification information of the mobile application store corresponding to the mobile application in a mobile device memory when installing the mobile application, and reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory, or reading the identification information of the corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is; and

the type of the mobile device operating system comprising an open operating system or a closed operating system, the type of the mobile application comprising a HTML5 webpage mobile application, and the corresponding processing manner comprising;

integrating the mobile application into a HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store after the mobile application integrated into various interfaces of the software development toolkit, transmitting, by the HTML5 application user interface, the identification information of the mobile application store to the mobile application, acquiring, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of the mobile application store when one of the various interface of the software development toolkit is called, to identify the mobile application store where the mobile application is, and integrating the mobile application into the HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store comprising but not limited to implant the mobile application into the HTML5 application user interface of the mobile application store by an iframe approach.

22. The method for creating mobile application store according to claim 21, further comprising any one or any combination of:

connecting, by the application interface server module, various interfaces of the software development toolkit and/or the packaging toolkit to corresponding external system interfaces, the connecting comprising but not limited to;

receiving, by the in-app billing interface, the identification information of the mobile application store transmitted from the software development toolkit and an in-app billing request information, calling a corresponding payment gateway based on the received identification information of the mobile application store and the in-app billing request information, receiving payment result information returned by the payment gateway, storing the payment result information to an information database and returning to the software development toolkit based on the identification information of the mobile application store, returning, by the software development toolkit, the payment result information to the mobile application so that the mobile application supplies a product or service purchased by a user to the user according the payment result information, and when the identification information of the mobile application store sent by software development toolkit and the in-app billing request information belong to an in-app billing request initiated by the user in the mobile application received by the mobile application, reading, by the software development toolkit, the identification information of a corresponding mobile application store from the mobile device memory based on the identification information of the mobile application, and transmitting, through calling the in-app billing interface of the software development toolkit;

receiving a mobile application submission request, the mobile application submission request comprising the mobile application and configuration information corresponding to the mobile application, storing the mobile application and the corresponding configuration information to an information database, the configuration information comprising a name of the mobile application and a type of the mobile application, and when the type of the mobile application is HTML5 web page mobile application, the mobile application submission request further comprising URL address information of the mobile application; and

receiving a management request and managing the mobile application and related information and data of the mobile application based on the management request;

the related information and data of the mobile application comprising but not limited to related information and data of the in-app billing of the mobile application in the respective mobile application store; and

the management comprising but not limited to;

receiving an in-app billing data report request of a respective mobile application store, reading all payment result information of corresponding mobile applications in respective mobile application stores from the information database based on the identification information of the mobile application included in the request, and generating a report.