METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ACCESSING AN ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEM VIA A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20180198882A1
• Filed: 02/05/2018
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synactive, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Synactive, Inc.
• Inventors: EWE, Thomas, PEKERTEN, Onur, MA, Lin
• Granted Patent: US 10,277,702 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/565 Conversion or adaptation of application format or content adding application control or application functional data H04L67/561
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accessing an enterprise resource planning system via a mobile device is described. In one embodiment, the method includes parsing data from a host application access application into at least one object in an application-specific format, converting the data into an intermediate format that is compatible with a mobile device and communicating the converted data to the mobile device.

Claims

1. (canceled)

2. A method of facilitating a session between an enterprise resource planning server and a mobile device, comprising:

utilizing a processor for parsing data in a format specific to interfacing with an enterprise resource planning server into at least one object in an application-specific format;

converting the parsed data into an intermediate format that is compatible with a mobile device; and

communicating the converted data to the mobile device to facilitate a session between the enterprise resource planning system and the mobile device, the converted data configured to be rendered at the mobile device using native controls.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising converting data received in the intermediate format from the mobile device into the format specific to interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

identifying a type of the mobile device; and

creating custom device specific controls for the mobile device type from a standard interface.

5. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

executing a script for modifying behavior and screen content prior to the conversion into the intermediate format.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

preserving the session across native client invocations.

7. The method of claim 2, wherein the mobile device performs session continuation after an account interruption.

8. The method of claim 2, wherein communicating the converted data to the mobile device further comprises communicating the converted data using at least one a hyper-text transfer protocol, telnet, secure socket layer or rlogin.

9. The method of claim 2, wherein the intermediate format comprises at least one JavaScript Object Notation or Extensible Markup Language.

10. The method of claim 2, further comprising converted second data in the intermediate format from the mobile device into a second format that is specific to interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein converting the second data further comprises translating interface operations stored within the second data into corresponding interface operations for interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.

12. A non-transitory computer readable medium, storing instructions for facilitating a session between an enterprise resource planning server and a mobile device, the instructions comprising:

utilizing a processor for parsing data in a format specific to interfacing with an enterprise resource planning server into at least one object in an application-specific format;

converting the parsed data into an intermediate format that is compatible with a mobile device; and

communicating the converted data to the mobile device to facilitate a session between the enterprise resource planning system and the mobile device, the converted data configured to be rendered at the mobile device using native controls.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further comprising converting data received in the intermediate format from the mobile device into the format specific to interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further comprising:

identifying a type of the mobile device; and

creating custom device specific controls for the mobile device type from a standard interface.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further comprising:

executing a script for modifying behavior and screen content prior to the conversion into the intermediate format.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further comprising:

preserving the session across native client invocations.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the mobile device performs session continuation after an account interruption.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein communicating the converted data to the mobile device further comprises communicating the converted data using at least one a hyper-text transfer protocol, telnet, secure socket layer or rlogin.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, wherein the intermediate format comprises at least one JavaScript Object Notation or Extensible Markup Language.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 12, the instructions further comprising converted second data in the intermediate format from the mobile device into a second format that is specific to interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.

21. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 20, the instructions, wherein converting the second data further comprises translating interface operations stored within the second data into corresponding interface operations for interfacing with the enterprise resource planning server.