Deploying applications in a smart thin client server

• US 9,053,444 B2
• Filed: 08/09/2012
• Issued: 06/09/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: MobileFrame LLC
• Original Assignee: MobileFrame LLC
• Inventors: Wickman, Glenn Ward
• Primary Examiner(s): JEAN, FRANTZ B
• Application Number:
  US13/571,275
• Publication Number:
  US 20130041980A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,034 Days
• Field of Search: 709/203, 709/217, 709/219, 709/220, 707/610, 717/100, 717/168, 717/171, 717/174, 717/176
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

A method for deploying an enterprise application to enterprise users is provided. First, a defined sequence identifying a series of preverified functions is received, wherein the defined sequence constitutes the enterprise application. Then, the defined sequence is stored in a database, wherein the database additionally includes enterprise data created by use of the enterprise application. The enterprise application is then synchronized to the enterprise users in the same manner that the enterprise data is synchronized to the enterprise users.

Claims

1. A method for deploying an enterprise application to enterprise users, the method comprising:

receiving a defined sequence identifying a series of preverified functions, wherein the defined sequence constitutes the enterprise application;

storing the defined sequence in a database as enterprise data and not as an executable file, wherein the database additionally includes enterprise data created by use of the enterprise application; and

synchronizing the enterprise application to the enterprise users as enterprise data, in the same manner that the enterprise data is synchronized to the enterprise users.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the preverified functions have been checked for proper syntax and otherwise ensured that they will run in an operating system run by the enterprise users.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the synchronizing includes distributing the one or more preverified functions and the defined sequence to one or more thin client servers.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein no compilation of the predefined functions takes place after the defined sequence has been received.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a modification of the defined sequence, resulting in a modification of the enterprise application; and

synchronizing the modification of the enterprise application to the enterprise users by synchronizing the modification of the defined sequence.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the enterprise application contains a business workflow comprising a series of data gathering steps and actions based on those data gathering steps.

7. A central server comprising:

a processor;

a database containing enterprise application data as well as at least one enterprise application, wherein the at least one enterprise application includes a plurality of verified functions and a sequence, the at least one enterprise application being stored as enterprise data and not as an executable file;

a synchronization module configured to monitor the database for changes to either the enterprise data or the at least one enterprise application and to synchronize such changes, as enterprise data, with one or more client devices.

8. The central server of claim 7, wherein the one or more client devices include at least one smart thin client server.

9. The central server of claim 7, wherein the synchronization module includes a synchronization web service, a monitor, and a database access engine, wherein the synchronization web server keeps tracks of which client devices are to receive which enterprise data and enterprise applications.

10. The central server of claim 7, wherein the synchronization of changes to the enterprise application includes sending an updated sequence to the one or more client devices without sending updated functions.

11. The central server of claim 7, further comprising an administration tool having an administration engine and a database access engine, wherein the administration tool is configured to allow a developer or administrator to modify an application by modifying the sequence of the functions.

12. An apparatus for deploying an enterprise application to enterprise users, the apparatus comprising:

means for receiving a defined sequence identifying a series of preverified functions, wherein the defined sequence constitutes the enterprise application;

means for storing the defined sequence in a database as enterprise data and not as an executable file, wherein the database additionally includes enterprise data created by use of the enterprise application; and

means for synchronizing the enterprise application to the enterprise users as enterprise data, in the same manner that the enterprise data is synchronized to the enterprise users.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the preverified functions have been checked for proper syntax and otherwise ensured that they will run in an operating system run by the enterprise users.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the means for synchronizing includes means for distributing the one or more preverified functions and the defined sequence to one or more thin client servers.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein no compilation of the predefined functions takes place after the defined sequence has been received.

16. The apparatus of claim 12, further comprising:

means for receiving a modification of the defined sequence, resulting in a modification of the enterprise application; and

means for synchronizing the modification of the enterprise application to the enterprise users by synchronizing the modification of the defined sequence.

17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the enterprise application contains a business workflow comprising a series of data gathering steps and actions based on those data gathering steps.

18. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a set of instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving a defined sequence identifying a series of preverified functions, wherein the defined sequence constitutes an enterprise application;

storing the defined sequence in a database as enterprise data and not as an executable file, wherein the database additionally includes enterprise data created by use of the enterprise application; and

synchronizing the enterprise application to the enterprise users as enterprise data, in the same manner that the enterprise data is synchronized to the enterprise users.