System and method for mobile application development using mobile devices

• US 9,218,164 B2
• Filed: 03/27/2014
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Norman Ortiz
• Original Assignee: Norman Ortiz
• Inventors: Ortiz, Norman
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rivera, Anibal
• Application Number:
  US14/226,879
• Publication Number:
  US 20150007131A1
• Time in Patent Office: 635 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0482 Interaction with lists of selectable items, e.g. menus
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0483 Interaction with page-structured environments, e.g. book metaphor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/31 Programming languages or programming paradigms
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/38 for implementing user interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/453 Help systems

Abstract

The present invention is a system to develop mobile applications from a mobile device that includes a database with a memory, a hosting space, an app-creation application with a plurality of options stored on a mobile application repository on said memory over a communications network or within the mobile device. A client device downloads and installs the app-creation application from the mobile applications repository over a communications network to create said mobile applications. There are four methods for mobile application development created by the mobile device that utilize this system.

Claims

1. A system to develop a portable device application with a portable device module, comprising:

a server system that includes a hosting space and a database,

wherein said database with a first non-transitory computer-usable medium, a code generator, and an app-creation application with a plurality of options stored on a mobile application repository on said first non-transitory computer-usable medium, wherein said plurality of option includes a series of template driven screens;

a network communications medium; and

a portable device module comprising a second non-transitory computer-usable medium, wherein said portable device module is in communication with said server system to download, gather and install said app-creation application including said series templates driven screens from said mobile application repository over said network communications medium to create a portable device application, wherein said portable device application comprises a first selection of said series of templates driven screens, wherein said portable device application is upload to the server and wherein said server based on said first selection of said series of templates driven screens compiles and generates the code by means of the code generator.

2. The system according to claim 1 wherein said portable device module comprises a wearable device.

3. The system according to claim 1 wherein said app-creation application includes a plurality of wizard-like screens.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said app-creation application includes a plurality of tab selections.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said series of template driven screens options are selected from the group consisting of, but not limited to, a calendar screen, a details screen, an events screen, an image gallery screen, horizontal and vertical image or content scrolling, single image screen, a survey screen, a poll screen, a chart screen, a simple list, a coverflow screen, a description list, a 2 and 3 option buttons screen, a carousel screen, a sorted list, a contacts list, a list of images, feed data screen from personal information repositories, a location screen, a PDF screen, a URL screen, a dial link, an SMS text link, an e-mail link, a website link, a Google maps link and a YouTube video link.

6. The system according to claim 1, wherein said network communications medium is the Internet.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein said portable device module is selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, a tablet computer or a wearable device.

8. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first non-transitory computer-usable medium includes a personal web hosting space set-up by said user to store gathered user information and said created portable device application.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said app-creation application is coded by an external web hosting at said hosting space.

10. A computer-implemented method for portable device application development, the method comprising:

a portable device module executing on a processor the steps of;

receiving from an external hosting space computer code comprising a series templates driven screens;

selecting a first group of preferred templates driven screens;

storing at least one app information from the group selected from the first group of preferred templates driven screen, images, multimedia, and user preferences;

submitting a data network request including said app information to the external hosting space;

automatically generating computer code comprising a plurality of application screens corresponding to the app information;

storing at least one updated app information from the group selected from the first group of preferred templates driven screen, images, multimedia, and user preferences;

submitting a data network request including said updated app information to the external hosting space;

automatically generating updater computer code comprising a plurality of application screens corresponding to the updated app information.

11. The method according to claim 10, wherein said at least one app information is gathered from a plurality of wizard-like screens.

12. The method according to claim 10, wherein said at least one app information is gathered from a plurality of tab selections.

13. The method according to claim 10, wherein said first group of preferred templates are selected from the group consisting of, but not limited to, a calendar screen, a details screen, an events screen, an image gallery screen, horizontal and vertical image or content scrolling, single image screen, a survey screen, a poll screen, a chart screen, a simple list, a coverflow screen, a description list, a two option buttons screen, a three option buttons screen, a carousel screen, a sorted list, a contacts list, a list of images, feed data screen from personal information repositories a location screen, a PDF screen, a URL screen, a dial link, an SMS text link, an e-mail link, a website link, a maps link and an Internet video link.

14. The method according to claim 10, wherein said portable device module are selected from the group consisting of a smartphone, a personal digital assistant, a tablet computer or a wearable smart device.