Method and apparatus for accessing an enterprise resource planning system via a mobile device

• US 9,225,804 B2
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Issued: 12/29/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/13/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Synactive, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Synactive, Inc.
• Inventors: Ewe, Thomas, Pekerten, Onur, Ma, Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): JACOBS, LASHONDA T
• Application Number:
  US14/667,583
• Publication Number:
  US 20150201044A1
• Time in Patent Office: 280 Days
• Field of Search: 709/223, 709/224, 709/227, 709/246, 709/203, 709/217, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/972 Access to data in other repository systems, e.g. legacy data or dynamic Web page generation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/452 Remote windowing, e.g. X-Window System, desktop virtualisation protocols for virtual reality H04L67/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/00 Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication real-time or near real-time messaging, e.g. instant messaging [IM] H04L51/04; selective video distribution H04N21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/40 Support for services or applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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: H04L 69/08 Protocols for interworking; Protocol conversion
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72448 with means for adapting the functionality of the device according to specific conditions

Abstract

A method and apparatus for accessing an enterprise resource planning system via a mobile device is described. In one embodiment, the method includes parsing data from a host application access application into at least one object in an application-specific format, converting the data into an intermediate format that is compatible with a mobile device and communicating the converted data to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

utilizing a processor for parsing enterprise resource planning server interface data into at least one application-specific format object;

executing a script on the parsed data to generate modified data, the script configured to modify data related to screen content from the parsed data based on a mobile device interface representative of the enterprise resource planning server interface;

converting the modified data into converted data comprising information in an intermediate format to generate the mobile device interface having native controls of a mobile device; and

communicating the converted data to the mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

converting intermediate format data received from the mobile device into a host application access application format; and

providing the converted intermediate format data to a host application access application.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein converting the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into the host application access application format comprises:

translating interface operations from the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into corresponding interface operations of the host application access application.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

identifying a type of the mobile device; and

creating one or more native controls for the mobile device type from a standard interface.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one native control comprises a native operation for one of dialing a phone number or saving a phone number in memory.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein at least one native control comprises a native operation for presenting a map associated with an address.

7. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

preserving a connection to the enterprise resource planning server by preserving sessions across native client invocations.

8. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions for executing a process, the instructions comprising:

parsing enterprise resource planning server interface data into at least one application-specific format object;

executing a script on the parsed data to generate modified data, the script configured to modify data related to screen content from the parsed data based on a mobile device interface representative of the enterprise resource planning server interface;

converting the modified data into converted data comprising information in an intermediate format to generate the mobile device interface having native controls of a mobile device; and

communicating the converted data to the mobile device.

9. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise:

converting intermediate format data received from the mobile device into a host application access application format; and

providing the converted intermediate format data to a host application access application.

10. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 9, wherein converting the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into the host application access application format comprises:

translating interface operations from the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into corresponding interface operations of the host application access application.

11. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise:

identifying a type of the mobile device; and

creating one or more native controls for the mobile device type from a standard interface.

12. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one native control comprises a native operation for one of dialing a phone number or saving a phone number in memory.

13. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 11, wherein at least one native control comprises a native operation for presenting a map associated with an address.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further comprise:

preserving a connection to the enterprise resource planning server by preserving sessions across native client invocations.

15. An apparatus communicatively coupled to an enterprise resource planning server, comprising:

a processor configured to;

parse enterprise resource planning server interface data into at least one application-specific format object;

execute a script on the parsed data to generate modified data, the script configured to modify data related to screen content from the parsed data based on a mobile device interface representative of the enterprise resource planning server interface;

convert the modified data into converted data comprising information in an intermediate format to generate the mobile device interface having native controls of a mobile device; and

communicate the converted data to the mobile device.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

convert intermediate format data received from the mobile device into a host application access application format; and

provide the converted intermediate format data to a host application access application.

17. The apparatus of claim 16, wherein the processor is configured to convert the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into the host application access application format by:

translating interface operations from the intermediate format data received from the mobile device into corresponding interface operations of the host application access application.

18. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

identify a type of the mobile device; and

create one or more native controls for the mobile device type from a standard interface.

19. The apparatus of claim 18, wherein at least one native control comprises a native operation for one of dialing a phone number or saving a phone number in memory or presenting a map associated with an address.

20. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to:

preserve a connection to the enterprise resource planning server by preserving sessions across native client invocations.