SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CUSTOMIZATION OF A LOCAL APPLICATION

• US 20160294980A1
• Filed: 06/23/2015
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/02/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Avaya Incorporated
• Inventors: Fagundes, Luciano Godoy
• Granted Patent: US 10,455,055 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04L 67/63 Routing a service request depending on the request content or context

Abstract

A common vendor application that can be called from multiple vendor applications is loaded onto a communication device. When the common vendor application is called from an application provided by a vendor, the common vendor application sends a request to access vendor configuration information to a common vendor server. The request includes a vendor identifier that uniquely identifies the vendor. In response to receiving the request to access the vendor configuration information, the common vendor server identifies vendor configuration information for the vendor. The vendor configuration information is sent the common vendor application on the communication device. The common vendor application uses the vendor configuration information to customize the common vendor application specific to the vendor. This allows multiple vendors to use the same common vendor application, but to have a common look-and-feel. It also reduces the number of applications necessary to support multiple vendors.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a common vendor server configured to receive a first request to access vendor configuration information from a common vendor application called by a first vendor application on a communication device, wherein the request includes a first vendor identifier, identify, using the first vendor identifier, first vendor configuration information for the common vendor application in response to receiving the first request to access the vendor configuration information, wherein the first vendor configuration information customizes the common vendor application specific to the first vendor, and send the first vendor configuration information to the first communication device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the common vendor server is further configured to determine if the first vendor configuration information in the communication device is outdated, wherein the first vendor configuration information is sent if the first vendor configuration information is outdated.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the common vendor application is automatically loaded using the first vendor configuration information.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the common vendor server is further configured to receive a second request to access the vendor configuration information from the common vendor application called by a second vendor application on the communication device, wherein the request includes a second vendor identifier, wherein the second vendor application is created by a different vendor than the first vendor application, identify, using the second vendor identifier, second vendor configuration information for the common vendor application in response to receiving the second request to access the vendor configuration information, wherein the second vendor configuration information customizes the common vendor application specific to the second vendor, and send the second vendor configuration information to the first communication device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the common vendor application is automatically loaded using the second vendor configuration information.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the first vendor configuration information is uploaded to the common vendor server by the first vendor and wherein the second vendor configuration information is uploaded to the common vendor server by the second vendor.

7. The system of claim 4, wherein the first vendor configuration information disables different functionality of the common vendor application than the second vendor configuration information.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the first vendor application accesses the common vendor application from multiple points in the first vendor application.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the first vendor application and the common vendor application are downloaded to the communication device from an application store.

10. A method comprising:

receiving a first request to access vendor configuration information from a common vendor application called from a first vendor application on a communication device, wherein the first request includes a first vendor identifier;

in response to receiving the first request to access the vendor configuration information, identifying, using the first vendor identifier, first vendor configuration information for the common vendor application, wherein the first vendor configuration information customizes the common vendor application specific to the first vendor; and

sending the first vendor configuration information to the first communication device.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

determining if the first vendor configuration information in the communication device is outdated, wherein the first vendor configuration information is sent if the first vendor configuration information is outdated.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the common vendor application is automatically loaded using the first vendor configuration information.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

receiving a second request to access the vendor configuration information from the common vendor application called from a second vendor application on the communication device, wherein the second request includes a second vendor identifier, wherein the second vendor application is created by a different vendor than the first vendor application;

in response to receiving the second request to access the vendor configuration information, identifying, using the second vendor identifier, second vendor configuration information for the common vendor application, wherein the second vendor configuration information customizes the common vendor application specific to the second vendor; and

sending the second vendor configuration information to the first communication device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the common vendor application is automatically loaded using the second vendor configuration information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the first vendor configuration information is uploaded to a common vendor server by the first vendor and wherein the second vendor configuration information is uploaded to the common vendor server by the second vendor.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the first vendor configuration information disables different functionality of the common vendor application than the second vendor configuration information.

17. The method of claim 10, wherein the first vendor application accesses the common vendor application from multiple points in the first vendor application.

18. The method of claim 10, wherein the first vendor application and the common vendor application are downloaded to the communication device from an application store.

19. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions that, when executed, cause a processor to perform a method, the instructions comprising:

instructions to receive a first request to access vendor configuration information from a common vendor application called from a first vendor application on a communication device, wherein the first request includes a first vendor identifier;

in response to receiving the first request to access the vendor configuration information, instructions to identify, using the first vendor identifier, first vendor configuration information for the common vendor application, wherein the first vendor configuration information customizes the common vendor application specific to the first vendor; and

instructions to send the first vendor configuration information to the first communication device.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19, wherein the common vendor application is automatically configured using the first vendor configuration information.