Method and system for designing, generating and storing applications

• US 6,163,878 A
• Filed: 03/31/1998
• Issued: 12/19/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/1998
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Jereme A. Kohl
• Original Assignee: Jereme Kohl
• Inventors: Kohl, Jereme
• Primary Examiner(s): Chaki, Kakali
• Application Number:
  US09/053,005
• Time in Patent Office: 994 Days
• Field of Search: 395/701, 395/702, 395/703, 395/705, 707/1, 707/2, 707/9, 707/10, 707/103, 707/104, 707/501, 707/505, 707/513, 707/3, 707/4, 709/202, 709/203, 709/208, 709/209, 709/216-219, 709/227, 709/228, 717/1, 717/2, 717/3, 717/5
• US Class Current: 717/100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/20 Software design
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

A method and system for designing, generating and storing applications is disclosed. The system comprises a Web client, a Web server coupled in communication with the Web client, an interpretive server coupled in communication with the Web client and the Web server and an application database coupled in communication with the Web client via the interpretive server.

Claims

1. A system for generating a Web application, the system comprising:

a Web client;

a Web server coupled in communication with the Web client;

an interpretive server coupled in communication with the Web client and the Web server; and

an application database coupled in communication with the Web client via the interpretive server, said interpretive server to maintain virtual state information pertaining to the connection between the web client and the application database.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein the application database stores application definition data.

3. The system according to claim 2 wherein the interpretive server retrieves and interprets the application definition data to generate the Web application.

4. The system according to claim 2 wherein the application definition data include information pertaining to application security, application visual characteristics and application behavior.

5. The system according to claim 1 wherein the interpretive server is coupled in communication with the Web client via the Web server.

6. The system according to claim 1 wherein the application database comprises includes a proprietary database residing in a database management system (DBMS).

7. The system according to claim 6 wherein the proprietary database stores application definition data.

8. The system according to claim 7 wherein the interpretive server retrieves and interprets the application definition data to generate the Web application.

9. A method for generating a Web Application comprising:

receiving a request from a Web user;

retrieving application definition data from the appropriate application database that corresponds to the request;

retrieving data from a database corresponding to the application definition data;

interpreting the application definition data to derive application programming logic to generate a page of the Web application, the page including the data retrieved from the database.

10. The method according to claim 9 further including maintaining a virtual state between the Web user and the application database.

11. The method according to claim 10 wherein the step of maintaining the virtual state between the Web user and the application database further comprises:

maintaining a pool of connections to the application database;

allocating a connection from the pool of connections to each request from the Web user to the application database; and

maintaining information pertaining to each connection between the Web user and the application database.

12. The method according to claim 11 wherein maintaining information pertaining to each connection between the Web user and the application database further includes the step of caching the information.

13. An interpretive server for generating Web applications, the interpretive server comprising:

a connection manager for managing a pool of connections to an application database, wherein the connection manager maintains a virtual connection between a web user that is coupled to the interpretive server and the application database; and

an interpretive engine for interpreting data retrieved from the application database.

14. A machine-readable medium that provides instructions, that when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations comprising:

receiving a request from a web user;

retrieving application definition data from the appropriate application database that corresponds to the request;

retrieving data from a database corresponding to the application definition data; and

interpreting the application definition data to generate a page of the web application, the page including the data retrieved from the database.

15. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 that provides further instructions that when executed by the machine causes said machine to perform a further operation comprising interpreting the application definition data to derive application programming logic to generate the Web application.

16. The machine-readable medium of claim 14 that provides further instructions that when executed by the machine causes said machine to perform a further operation comprising maintaining a virtual connection between the web user and the application database.

17. The machine-readable medium of claim 16 that provides further instructions that when executed by the machine causes said machine to perform further operations comprising maintaining a virtual connection between the web user and the application database, wherein maintaining the virtual connection further comprises:

maintaining a pool of connections to the application database;

allocating a connection from the pool of connections to each request from the Web client to the application database; and

maintaining information, including caching the information, pertaining to each connection between the Web client and the application database.

18. A method for generating a web application comprising:

transmitting a web development environment from a web server to a web user;

receiving a web server request from the web user;

retrieving application definition data from an application database wherein the application definition data corresponds to the request;

retrieving data from a database corresponding to the application definition data; and

interpreting the application definition data to generate a page of the web application, the page including the data retrieved from the database.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the web development environment comprises a default interface and default configurations.

20. The method of 18 wherein receiving a request from the web user comprises:

the web user generating via the web development environment a request; and

transmitting the request to the web server.