Method and system for providing applications to various devices

• US 9,286,045 B2
• Filed: 06/14/2010
• Issued: 03/15/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Original Assignee: Infosys Limited
• Inventors: Paul, Sanjoy, Jain, Manish
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, CHAU T
• Application Number:
  US12/814,760
• Publication Number:
  US 20110083069A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,101 Days
• Field of Search: 715/205, 715/243, 715249-250, 715/716, 715/725, 715/760, 717/106, 717/116, 717120-121
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/958 Organisation or management of web site content, e.g. publishing, maintaining pages or automatic linking
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/103 Formatting, i.e. changing of presentation of documents automatic justification G06F40/189; automatic line break hyphenation G06F40/191
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/106 Display of layout of documents; Previewing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/151 Transformation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/154 Tree transformation for tree-structured or markup documents, e.g. XSLT, XSL-FO or stylesheets
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/23106 involving caching operations prefetching while addressing of a memory level in which the access to the desired data or data block requires associative addressing means within memory systems or architectures G06F12/0862; caching at an intermediate stage in a data network H04L67/568
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2343 involving reformatting operations of video signals for distribution or compliance with end-user requests or end-user device requirements video transcoding H04N19/40; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2355 involving reformatting operations of additional data, e.g. HTML pages optimising the visualization of content for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/9577; tracking of instant messages H04L51/234; media packet handling at the source H04L65/762
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2393 involving handling client requests scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests H04L67/60
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25825 involving client display capabilities, e.g. screen resolution of a mobile phone optimising the visualisation of content during browsing in the Internet G06F16/9577; processing of terminal status or physical abilities in wireless networks H04W8/22; authentication in wireless network security H04W12/06
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25833 involving client hardware characteristics, e.g. manufacturer, processing or storage capabilities allocation of resources considering hardware capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5044; allocation of resources considering software capabilities in multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/5055
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25858 involving client software characteristics, e.g. OS identifier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25891 being end-user preferences retrieval of video data in a video database based on user preferences G06F16/739; arrangements for recognizing users' preferences H04H60/46; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2662 Controlling the complexity of the video stream, e.g. by scaling the resolution or bitrate of the video stream based on the client capabilities
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2665 Gathering content from different sources, e.g. Internet and satellite
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4622 Retrieving content or additional data from different sources, e.g. from a broadcast channel and the Internet web site content organization and management for information retrieval from the Internet G06F16/958; transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82; stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services including data channel over packet-switching network H04L12/1859
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47 End-user applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 : Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6125 : involving transmission via Internet transmission by internet of broadcast information H04H60/82
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8173 : End-user applications, e.g. Web browser, game
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8543 : using a description language, e.g. Multimedia and Hypermedia information coding Expert Group [MHEG], eXtensible Markup Language [XML] information retrieval of semistructured data, the underlying structure being taken into account, e.g. mark-up language structure data G06F16/80
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8586 : by using a URL processing chained hypermedia data for information retrieval G06F16/94; information retrieval from the Internet by using URLs G06F16/955; URL in broadcast information H04H20/93; Web-based protocols H04L67/02

Abstract

A method for providing applications to one or more requesting devices is provided. The method comprises a step of first receiving an application request from the one or more requesting devices. The method includes extracting details of the request. Further markup language structure for corresponding page of the application is generated. The markup language structure is generated based by invoking page handlers which includes contacting business logic layer to get information required to be embedded in the corresponding page. The output page is then provided to the requesting device.

Claims

1. A system for providing access to a software application on a television, the system comprising:

an applications module configured to store one or more software applications associated with mobile phones;

an execution framework comprising a controller, the execution framework configured to;

receive a request from the television for an access to the software application associated with a mobile phone, wherein the request is sent by a subscriber from the television using a virtual QWERTY keyboard displayed on the television;

extract information related to capabilities of the television from a database, wherein the capabilities comprise;

aspect ratio, display resolution, media player, and a browser associated with the television;

determine personalization level of a user interface of the requested software application for the subscriber, wherein the personalization level is determined by;

analyzing one or more activities performed by the subscriber, for a predefined interval of time, on the television, the one or more activities are associated with one or more interest areas of the subscriber;

analyzing static information associated with the one or more activities performed by the subscriber, for the predefined interval of time, on the television;

assigning ranks to the one or more interest areas based on the analysis of the one or more activities performed by the subscriber and the analysis of the static information, wherein a higher rank to an interest area implies a higher personalization level of the subscriber with the interest area; and

analyzing dynamic information pertaining to each of the one or more activities performed by the subscriber and updating the ranks of the one or more interest areas of the subscriber;

customize the user interface of the software application by incorporating features of the higher rank interest area in the user interface;

transform navigational and user interface related aspects of the requested software application associated with the mobile phone to make the software application compliant with the capabilities of the television; and

provide the software application with the customized user interface to the television, wherein the customized user interface is compliant with the capabilities of the television and has the higher personalization level for the subscriber, the customized user interface facilitates the subscriber to access, on the television, information related to the higher rank interest area with minimal browsing.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more software applications comprises at least one of a banking application, a gaming application and an e-commerce application, an entertainment application, a dating application, and any other appropriate application.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to read configuration files for configuring the software application in accordance with requirements of the one or more requesting devices and transfer data between one or more modules of the system, the controller further comprising:

a device capabilities module configured to obtain device capabilities information and render XSL plug-ins and CSS sheets for the one or more requesting devices;

a device request handler configured to identify the software Applications'"'"' Adapter class to be invoked from a configuration file and further configured to instantiate the Adapter class;

a device response handler configured to receive XML structure of an output page in string format;

a data transformer configured to receive XML strings and information required to transform user interface from the controller and further configured to generate the output page corresponding to the software application in at least one of an HTML and an XHTML format; and

one or more page handlers configured to generate XML structure for corresponding pages of the software application.

4. The system of claim 3, further comprising a web container configured to receive request for a web application and further configured to provide a runtime environment for running the web application.

5. The system of claim 3, further comprising an application programming interface configured to define a set of configuration files, wherein the set of configuration files comprises one or more configuration files for storing the Adapter classes of one or more software applications, storing response entries for pagination details and invoking the page handlers for generating XML structure of corresponding page of the software application.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the one or more configuration files comprises at least one of application properties file, context information file, request configuration file and response configuration file.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the software application properties file is configured to store the requested applications'"'"' Adapter class.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the context information file is configured to store application-specific data source information.

9. The system of claim 5, wherein the request configuration file is configured to define each page entry corresponding to the software application along with parameters to be passed along with page request to the software applications'"'"' Adapter class.

10. The system of claim 5, wherein the response configuration file is configured to store response entries for pagination details corresponding to the software application.

11. The system of claim 1 further comprises a media transformation engine configured to provide the media content requested by the software application.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the media transformation engine comprises:

a media request servlet configured to receive media request and process media request parameters;

a media handler configured to receive details of the media request from the media request servlet and check the media request for any missing parameters;

a device capability handler configured to receive the media request from the media handler, to retrieve data of media supported by the one or more requesting devices from a device capability database and further configured to update the missing parameters of the media request with the data;

a device capability database configured to store one or more device types and the data of media supported by the one or more device types;

a media database handler configured to receive updated media request from the media handler and further configured to retrieve media from the media cache, the media cache configured to store frequently requested media;

a transcoder media handler configured to receive media URL from media cache, to extract required parameters from the media request ; and

a transcoder configured to transcode media into required format.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising configuration information having at least one of features compatible with type of the television and information regarding what features should be shown on the television based on capabilities of the television.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the configuration information is information sent by an application in the applications module in an XML file format to an administrator.

15. The system of claim 13, wherein the configuration information is information recorded and sent by an application owner to an administrator, wherein the administrator manually enters information pertaining to each feature of the software application using the user interface.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the user interface is used to manage configuration information, further wherein, managing the configuration information comprises importing and exporting information, adding information, viewing, deleting and modifying the configuration information and trigger fetching subscriber usage information.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the static information comprises at least one of request URL'"'"'s from a browser on the television and the television channel viewing history.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein the dynamic information comprises information relevant to a request sent by the subscriber that is used for determining the features for rendering the application on the television based on the capabilities of the television.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more activities performed by the subscriber comprise:

watching a sports event video on the television, browsing a food website on the television, watching movies on the television, searching for hotels and travel deals using browser of the television, and reading technology articles using the television.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more interest areas of the subscriber comprise at least one of:

sports, food, travel, movies, and technology.

21. A method for providing access to a software application on a television, the method comprising:

receiving a request from the television for an access to the software application associated with a mobile phone, wherein the request is sent by a subscriber from the television using a virtual QWERTY keyboard displayed on the television;

extracting information related to capabilities of the television from a database, wherein the capabilities comprise;

aspect ratio, display resolution, media player, and a browser associated with the television;

determining personalization level of a user interface of the requested software application for the subscriber, wherein the determination of the personalization level comprises;

analyzing one or more activities performed by the subscriber, for a predefined interval of time, on the television, the one or more activities are associated with one or more interest areas of the subscriber;

analyzing static information associated with the one or more activities performed by the subscriber, for the predefined interval of time, on the television;

assigning ranks to the one or more interest areas based on the analysis of the one or more activities performed by the subscriber and the analysis of the static information, wherein a higher rank to an interest area implies a higher personalization level of the subscriber with the interest area; and

analyzing dynamic information pertaining to each of the one or more activities performed by the subscriber and updating the ranks of the one or more interest areas of the subscriber;

customizing the user interface of the software application by incorporating features of the higher rank interest area in the user interface;

transforming navigational and user interface related aspects of the requested software application associated with the mobile phone to make the software application compliant with the capabilities of the television; and

providing the software application with the customized user interface to the television, wherein the customized user interface is compliant with the capabilities of the television and has the higher personalization level for the subscriber, the customized user interface facilitates the subscriber to access, on the television, information related to the higher rank interest area with minimal browsing.