System and method for developing applications in wireless and wireline environments

• US 9,220,010 B2
• Filed: 12/29/2011
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Original Assignee: TeleCommunication Systems Inc (Comtech Telecommunications Corporation)
• Inventors: Bonefas, Rudy G., Sobchak, Richard K., Zombek, James M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Keehn, Richard G
• Application Number:
  US13/340,090
• Publication Number:
  US 20120210166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,454 Days
• Field of Search: 709/250
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 1/0001 Systems modifying transmission characteristics according to link quality, e.g. power backoff adaptive data allocation for multicarrier modulation H04L5/0044; controlling transmission power for radio systems H04W52/04
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0803 Configuration setting
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/1416 Event detection, e.g. attack signature detection
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/16 Implementation or adaptation of Internet protocol [IP], of transmission control protocol [TCP] or of user datagram protocol [UDP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/18 Multiprotocol handlers, e.g. single devices capable of handling multiple protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/084 using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol

Abstract

An intelligent messaging network provides multiple software development kits (SDKs) to assist, e.g., engineers in developing client and server applications. The SDKs can contain a consistent set of application program interfaces (APIs) and a set of platform specific libraries for all intelligent messaging network supported platforms and networks. In addition to the SDKs, the intelligent messaging network can provide developers a resource kit including a set of tools to assist the developers when designing, implementing, and testing their client and server applications. The intelligent messaging network can provide a mobile client and server SDK environment to assist engineers developing client applications and servers. The SDKs can provide an easy to use APIs and a set of platform specific libraries to perform, e.g., compression, network management services, server-to-server communication, server registration/de-registration, and reliable message transport services.

Claims

1. A method of running a client application on a physical client device, comprising:

running a plurality of utility components on a physical client device;

encrypting information on said physical client device using a plurality of security components in said physical client device;

communicating data over a wireless network to a physical network server using a plurality of transport components in said physical client device; and

encapsulating server registration, data communication, and server-to-server TCP/IP communication, into respective interfaces to insulate said physical client device from an underlying platform protocol of said physical network server;

wherein said plurality of transport components in said physical client device are independent from both said plurality of security components in said physical client device, and said plurality of utility components run on said physical client device.

2. The method of running a client application on a physical client device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of utility components comprise:

an interface to stream input/output messages to said physical client device;

an interface to perform compression on messages;

an interface to create a message header for messages generated by said client device; and

an interface to build authentication messages.

3. The method of running a client application on a physical client device according to claim 2, wherein:

said interface to perform said compression encodes a given message at said physical client device.

4. The method of running a client application on a physical client device according to claim 2, further comprising:

determining an authentication status of said physical client device.

5. The method of running a client application on a physical client device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of transport components comprise:

specifying a target of a message generated by said physical client device;

notifying a physical sender device of a success or failure of a transmission;

segmenting a message over a pre-determined length into a plurality of message segments;

resending a message when it is not acknowledged within a pre-determined time;

discarding duplicate message segments; and

discarding a duplicate message.

6. The method of running a client application on a physical client device according to claim 1, wherein said plurality of security components comprise:

establishing a secret key between said physical client device and said physical network server;

encrypting a message; and

decrypting a message.