Conversion methods of applications of mobile devices and mobile devices and systems using the same

• US 9,021,427 B2
• Filed: 06/04/2012
• Issued: 04/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Original Assignee: Institute For Information Industry
• Inventors: Liu, Bo-Fu, Chou, Shih-Chun, Lin, Yu-Ting, Lin, Jih-Yiing
• Primary Examiner(s): CHAVIS, JOHN Q
• Application Number:
  US13/488,129
• Publication Number:
  US 20130145346A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,058 Days
• Field of Search: 717/113
• US Class Current: 717/113
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/51 Source to source
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A conversion method of applications of mobile devices is provided. The method includes the steps of obtaining a device feature information and a platform information of a mobile device, modifying, by a convertor, a first description data of a first application according to the obtained device feature information and platform information, and converting the modified first application to a second application in which the first application is represented by a platform-neutral language and at least includes the first description data for describing the interaction design of a user interface, and the second application is represented by a language corresponding to the platform information and can be executed on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A conversion method of applications of mobile devices, comprising:

obtaining a device feature information and a platform information of a mobile device; and

modifying, by a convertor, a first description data of a first application according to the obtained device feature information and platform information and converting the modified first application to a second application,

wherein the first application is represented by a platform-neutral language and at least includes the first description data describing the interaction design of a user interface, and the second application is represented by a language corresponding to the platform information and can be executed to generate the user interface on the mobile device,

wherein the modifying step further comprises modifying the interaction design of the user interface according to hardware that the mobile device equipped indicated by the obtained device feature information, and

wherein when the mobile device does not support a first interaction functionality in the interaction design of the user interface, modifying the interaction design of the user interface by replacing the first interaction functionality with a second interaction functionality that supported by the mobile device.

2. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the conversion method is applied on a mobile device which is connected to a server and the step of obtaining the device feature information and the platform information of the mobile device is performed by the mobile device, wherein the converter and the first application are transmitted from the server to the mobile device, and the mobile device executes the converter to modify the first description data and convert the first application to the second application.

3. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the conversion method is applied on a mobile device which is connected to a server and the step of obtaining the device feature information and the platform information of the mobile device is performed by the mobile device, wherein the obtained device feature information and the platform information of the mobile device are transmitted to the server, and the server executes the converter to modify the first description data and convert the first application to the second application and transmits the second application to the mobile device.

4. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the conversion method is applied on a mobile device which is connected to a server and the step of obtaining the device feature information and the platform information of the mobile device is provided by the mobile device, wherein the mobile device further detects and generates the device feature information when the mobile device does not contain the device feature information.

5. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data based on the device feature information, the platform information and a conversion rule.

6. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data based on the device feature information, the platform information and an interaction preference information.

7. The conversion method of claim 1, wherein the first application further includes an appearance description data and a resource description data corresponding to the user interface for describing a visual appearance corresponding to the first application and a resource corresponding to the first application, respectively.

8. The conversion method of claim 1, further comprising:

generating the first application that contains the first description data by using a what you see is what you get editor (WYSIWYG editor).

9. A mobile device, capable of converting applications thereof, comprising:

a communication module for connecting to a server via a wireless communication network; and

a controller for obtaining a device feature information and a platform information of the mobile device, receiving a converter and a first application containing a first description data from the server via the communication module, executing the converter to modify the first description data of the first application according to the obtained device feature information and platform information, and converting the modified first application to a second application,

wherein the first application is represented by a platform-neutral language and at least includes the first description data describing the interaction design of a user interface, and the second application is represented by a language corresponding to the platform information and can be executed to generate the user interface on the mobile device, and wherein the interaction design of the user interface is modified according to hardware that the mobile device equipped indicated by the obtained device feature information, and wherein when the mobile device does not support a first interaction functionality in the interaction design of the user interface, modifying the interaction design of the user interface by replacing the first interaction functionality with a second interaction functionality that supported by the mobile device.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data of the first application based on the device feature information, the platform information and a conversion rule.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data based on the device feature information, the platform information and an interaction preference information.

12. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the first application further includes an appearance description data and a resource description data corresponding to the user interface for describing a visual appearance corresponding to the first application and a resource corresponding to the first application, respectively.

13. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the server further packs the converter and the first application into an application package and transmits the application package to the mobile device.

14. A system, capable of converting a mobile device application, comprising:

a communication device for connecting to a mobile device via a communication network for obtaining a device feature information and a platform information of the mobile device; and

a server controlling module for executing a converter to modify a first description data of a first application according to the obtained device feature information and platform information, convert the modified first application to a second application and transmit the second application to the mobile device,

wherein the first application is represented by a platform-neutral language and at least includes the first description data describing the interaction design of a user interface, and the second application is represented by a language corresponding to the platform information and can be executed to generate the user interface on the mobile device, and wherein the interaction design of the user interface is modified according to hardware that the mobile device equipped indicated by the obtained device feature information and, and wherein when the mobile device does not support a first interaction functionality in the interaction design of the user interface, modifying the interaction design of the user interface by replacing the first interaction functionality with a second interaction functionality that supported by the mobile device.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data of the first application based on the device feature information, the platform information and a conversion rule.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the converter further modifies the first description data based on the device feature information, the platform information and an interaction preference information, and the interaction preference information is transmitted to the system from the mobile device.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the first application further includes an appearance description data and a resource description data corresponding to the user interface for describing a visual appearance corresponding to the first application and a resource corresponding to the first application, respectively.

18. The system of claim 14, further comprising:

an editor to provide an user interface to a user to edit and generate the first application and the first description data.

19. A mobile application development system for generating an application and providing the application to a mobile device, comprising:

a communication device for connecting to the mobile device via a communication network;

an editor for generating a first application, wherein the first application is represented by a platform-neutral language and at least includes the first description data describing the interaction design of a user interface; and

a converter for modifying the first description data of the first application according to a device feature information and a platform information of the mobile device and converting the modified first application to a second application,

wherein the second application is represented by a language corresponding to the platform information and can be executed to generate the user interface on the mobile device, and wherein the interaction design of the user interface is modified according to hardware that the mobile device equipped indicated by the obtained device feature information, and

wherein when the mobile device does not support a first interaction functionality in the interaction design of the user interface, modifying the interaction design of the user interface by replacing the first interaction functionality with a second interaction functionality that supported by the mobile device.

20. The mobile application development system of claim 19, further comprising:

a packing module for packing the converter and the first application into an application package for the mobile device to access when the mobile device is connected to the mobile application development system.