System and method for developing an application program for wireless devices

• US 7,962,137 B2
• Filed: 08/06/2007
• Issued: 06/14/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/09/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Apriva, LLC (APPSware Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Apriva, LLC (APPSware Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Klingen, Michael S., Coppinger, Paul D., Spinella, Rinaldo Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; CongVan
• Application Number:
  US11/834,537
• Publication Number:
  US 20080022276A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,408 Days
• Field of Search: 455/436, 455/432.2, 455/412.1, 455/424, 455/425, 4554351- 2, 709/203
• US Class Current: 455/435.2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/102 Bill distribution or payments
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/325 using wireless networks
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0603 Catalogue ordering
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• 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: H04W 60/00 Affiliation to network, e.g. registration; Terminating affiliation with the network, e.g. de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/02 Hierarchically pre-organised networks, e.g. paging networks, cellular networks, WLAN [Wireless Local Area Network] or WLL [Wireless Local Loop]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99945 Object-oriented database structure processing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99948 Application of database or data structure, e.g. distributed, multimedia, or image

Abstract

A communication system includes a development sector for registering a plurality of wireless devices, a business sector for controlling utilization of an application program and for receiving application data, a service sector for deploying the application program and for providing the application data to the business sector in accordance with communication with at least one wireless device of the plurality; and a mobile sector comprising the plurality of wireless devices, each device for receiving the application program deployed by the service sector, executing the application program in response to the business sector, and communicating with the service sector to support provision of the application data to the business sector. The business sector or service sector may monitor or limit utilization of the auxiliary device. Deployment of application programs may be controlled by the business sector or the development sector by rendering an application program or auxiliary device available for use only after a particular time or after receipt of a message.

Claims

1. A method of developing an application program for wireless devices, the method comprising the steps of:

obtaining an identification of a type of the wireless devices;

providing a means for selecting functions based on the type of wireless devices identified;

obtaining a selection of functions;

obtaining one or more associations between the selected functions;

obtaining a selection of one or more parametric values for at least one of the selected functions; and

developing the application program based on the selected functions, selected parametric values and selected associations.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the selected associations comprise a sequence of the selected functions.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of obtaining the identification of the type of the wireless devices comprises obtaining an indication of platform independence.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the steps of obtaining the identification of the type, obtaining the selection of functions, and obtaining the one or more associations comprises obtaining information via a browser.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one of the steps of obtaining the identification of the type, obtaining the selection of functions, and obtaining the one or more associations comprises defining information graphically.

6. A system for developing an application program for wireless devices, comprising:

means for obtaining an identification of a type of the wireless devices;

means for selecting functions based on the type of wireless devices identified;

means for obtaining a selection of functions;

means for obtaining one or more associations between the selected functions;

means for obtaining a selection of one or more parametric values for at least one of the selected functions; and

means for developing the application program based on the selected functions, selected parametric values and selected associations.

7. The system of claim 6 wherein the selected associations comprise a sequence of the selected functions.

8. The system of claim 6 wherein the means for obtaining the identification of the type of the wireless devices comprises means for obtaining an indication of platform independence.

9. The system of claim 6 wherein at least one of the means for obtaining the identification of the type, means for obtaining the selection of functions, and means for obtaining the one or more associations comprises means for obtaining information via a browser.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein at least one of the means for obtaining the identification of the type, means for obtaining the selection of functions, and means for obtaining the one or more associations comprises means for defining information graphically.