MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT COLLABORATION SYSTEM

• US 20160328219A1
• Filed: 05/07/2015
• Published: 11/10/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/07/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Inventors: Samoylenko, Alex, Kureshy, Arif
• Application Number:
  US14/706,106
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces

Abstract

A mobile application development system is provided. The mobile application development system includes a user interface component configured to generate a user interface and receive mobile application template information. The mobile application template information includes a visual specification of the mobile application template and at one least hook-point configured to be coupled to a data source. A template store is configured to store the mobile application template information.

Claims

1. A mobile application development system comprising:

a user interface component configured to generate a user interface and receive mobile application template information, the mobile application template information including;

a visual specification of the mobile application template and at least one hook-point configured to be coupled to a data source; and

a template store configured to store the mobile application template information.

2. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises markup information.

3. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises at least one parameter definition.

4. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises a workspace template.

5. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises a hub template.

6. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises a card template.

7. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information further comprises a dialog template.

8. The mobile application development system of claim 1, wherein the mobile application template information is accessible to a non-technical environment having a second user interface component configured to receive information indicative of at least one data source and bind the at least one hook-point to a respective at least one data source.

9. The mobile application development system of claim 8, wherein the data source is an entity.

10. The mobile application development system of claim 8, wherein the mobile application is configured to be executed by an execution framework once the at least one hook-point is bound to the respective at least one data source.

11. A mobile application development system comprising:

a template selection component configured to access at least one template store and provide an indication of available templates, the template selection component being further configured to receive a template selection and load a selected template; and

a connection definition component configured to receive an indication of a at least one data source to be bound to at least one respective hook point in the selected, loaded template.

12. The mobile application development system of claim 11, wherein the template selection component and the connection definition component are accessible via a web browser.

13. The mobile application development system of claim 11, wherein the template selection component and the connection definition component are accessible via a wizard.

14. The mobile application development system of claim 11, and further comprising a testing component configured to test the configured template.

15. The mobile application development system of claim 11, and further comprising a publishing system configure to publish the configured template for execution by at least one mobile device.

16. The mobile application development system of claim 15, wherein the configured template is configured to be executed by a server-side execution platform.

17. A computer-implemented method of generating a mobile application, the method comprising:

defining a mobile application template;

saving the mobile application template;

accessing the saved mobile application template with a non-technical development environment;

receiving at least one data binding via the non-technical development environment; and

publishing the mobile application template as a mobile application after receiving the at least one data binding.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the non-technical development environment is accessed via a web browser.

19. The computer implemented method of claim 17, wherein the mobile application template definition includes layout information.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 17, wherein the mobile application template definition include at least one hook-point.