Distribution of content and behavior to disparate platforms

• US 9,563,414 B2
• Filed: 01/25/2013
• Issued: 02/07/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/08/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Auga Technologies Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Auga Technologies Ltd.
• Inventors: Berg, Johannes, Wikars, Marcus, Holtlund, Magnus
• Primary Examiner(s): Winder, Patrice
• Application Number:
  US13/750,385
• Publication Number:
  US 20130139148A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,474 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/76 Adapting program code to run in a different environment; Porting
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/0667 Bidirectional timestamps, e.g. NTP or PTP for compensation of clock drift and for compensation of propagation delays arrangements for monitoring round trip delays in packet switching networks H04L43/0864
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46

Abstract

The invention generally relates to the delivery of content to devices of disparate platforms in executable format. The invention provides a way to create and deliver content and functionality to a number of different electronic devices having different platforms. In certain aspects, the invention provides an apparatus configured to receive a client application and a content application including functionality.

Claims

1. A method of distributing a content application, comprising:

storing a single version of the content application;

assembling, based on a client application, a first mobile application executable only by a first platform and a second mobile application executable only by a second platform distinct from the first platform;

sending the first mobile application to a first mobile device comprising the first platform to be installed and the second mobile application to a second mobile device comprising the second platform to be installed;

at the first mobile application, compiling the content application into a first compiled content application capable of being executed by the installed first mobile application such that the first compiled content application can provide functionality to a first end-user; and

at the second mobile application, compiling the content application into a second compiled content application capable of being executed by the installed second mobile application such that the second compiled content application can provide functionality to a second end-user that is substantially the same as the functionality provided to the first end-user, wherein the function of the first mobile application is to execute the first compiled content application on the first platform, and wherein the function of the second mobile application is to execute the second compiled content application on the second platform.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising sending the first and second compiled content applications to the first and second mobile devices, respectively.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the functionality provided to the first and second end-users comprises a question and an input prompt.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second compiled content applications comprises a plurality of binary packets, the plurality of binary packets comprising the functionality.

5. Apparatus for distributing a content application, comprising:

storage configured to store a single version of the content application; and

one or more processors in communication with the storage and configured to;

assemble, based on a client application, a first mobile application executable only by a first platform and a second mobile application executable only by a second platform distinct from the first platform;

send the first mobile application to a first mobile device to be installed and the second mobile application to a second mobile device to be installed, wherein the first mobile device comprises the first platform and the second mobile device comprises the second platform;

at the first mobile application, compile the content application into a first compiled content application capable of being executed by the installed first mobile application such that the first compiled content application can provide functionality to a first end-user; and

at the second mobile application, compile the content application into a second compiled content application capable of being executed by the installed second mobile application such that the second compiled content application can provide functionality to a second end-user that is substantially the same as the functionality provided to the first end-user, wherein the function of the first mobile application is to execute the first compiled content application on the first platform, and wherein the function of the second mobile application is to execute the second compiled content application on the second platform.

6. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the one or more processors are further configured to send the first and second compiled content applications to the first and second mobile devices, respectively.

7. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein the functionality provided to the first and second end-users comprises a question and an input prompt.

8. The apparatus of claim 5 wherein each of first and second compiled content applications comprises a plurality of binary packets, the plurality of binary packets comprising the functionality.

9. A system for distributing a content application, comprising:

a production server coupled to a web interface and configured to allow, via the web interface, a producer to create a single version of the content application;

a gateway server comprising storage and one or more processors, the gateway server in communication with the production server and configured to receive a client application and the content application, the one or more processors configured to;

assemble, based on the client application, a first mobile application and a second mobile application, and

compile the content application into a first compiled content application at the first mobile application and a second compiled content application at the second mobile application;

a first mobile device configured to receive and install the first mobile application and receive and execute the first compiled content application such that the first compiled content application provides functionality to a first end-user; and

a second mobile device distinct from the first mobile device and configured to receive and install the second mobile application and receive and execute the second compiled content application such that the second compiled content application provides functionality to a second end-user that is substantially the same as the functionality provided to the first end-user, wherein the first mobile device comprises a first platform, and wherein the second mobile device comprises a second platform distinct from the first platform, and further wherein the first mobile application is executable only by the first platform and the second mobile application is executable only by the second platform, wherein the function of the first mobile application is to execute the first compiled content application on the first platform, and wherein the function of the second mobile application is to execute the second compiled content application on the second platform.