System and method for automatic software development kit configuration and distribution

• US 9,703,680 B1
• Filed: 02/12/2014
• Issued: 07/11/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Chang, Wayne, Seibert, Jr., Jeffrey Hall
• Primary Examiner(s): Zhen, Wei
• Assistant Examiner(s): Lyons, Andrew M
• Application Number:
  US14/179,104
• Publication Number:
  US 20170199807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,245 Days
• Field of Search: 717124, 717125, 717127, 717168-178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0742 in a data processing system embedded in a mobile device, e.g. mobile phones, handheld devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0748 in a remote unit communicating with a single-box computer node experiencing an error/fault remote testing G06F11/2294
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0778 Dumping, i.e. gathering error/state information after a fault for later diagnosis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0784 Routing of error reports, e.g. with a specific transmission path or data flow
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3664 Environments for testing or debugging software
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/63 Image based installation; Cloning; Build to order
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/658 Incremental updates; Differential updates

Abstract

A developer analytic module executing on an integrated development environment provides location tracing of a software development toolkit and automatic updates of the SDK. The developer analytic module further provides a user interface that enables a developer to select one or more functional modules to be included in a SDK to be installed at the developer'"'"'s IDE.

Claims

1. A system for generating a customized software development toolkit (SDK), the system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled to the processor configured to execute a developer analytic module, the developer analytic module configured to communicate, via a computer network, to a server, wherein the developer analytic module is configured to;

display a user interface that includes representations of a plurality of SDK modules each having a different functionality,

receive, through the user interface, a selection of at least two SDK modules of the plurality of SDK modules,

transmit identities of the at least two SDK modules to the server,

receive, from the server and over the computer network, the at least two SDK modules,

create a single customized SDK that includes the at least two SDK modules received from the server, and

incorporate the single customized SDK into a user application to execute on an end user device.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the developer analytic module is further configured to:

poll the server to determine a current version of each of the at least two SDK modules, of the single customized SDK, stored on the server,

determine that at least one of the at least two SDK modules included in the single customized SDK is not a most current version,

receive, without user intervention, at least one updated SDK module in response to determining that the at least one of the at least two SDK modules included in the single customized SDK is not the most current version, and

create an updated single customized SDK that includes the at least one updated SDK module.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein one or more of the plurality of SDK modules includes at least one of an error reporting module, a geo-location module, and a networking module.

15. The system of claim 1 wherein the developer analytic module is further configured to:

receive software bug information from the end user device executing the user application that includes the single customized SDK; and

display the software bug information on a display device.

4. A method for generating a customized software development toolkit (SDK), the method comprising:

displaying, on a display device of a computer having a processor, a wizard including a sequence of dialog boxes that include representations of a plurality of SDK modules each having a different functionality;

receiving one or more user inputs through use of the wizard to select at least two SDK modules of the plurality of SDK modules, wherein each of the at least two SDK modules has a selected functionality;

receiving, over a computer network and from a server, the at least two SDK modules selected through use of the wizard;

in response to receiving the at least two SDK modules from the server, creating, by the processor of the computer, a single customized SDK that includes the at least two SDK modules received from the server, and

incorporating, by the processor, the single customized SDK having the at least two SDK modules into a user application that executes on an end user device.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

receiving software bug information from the end user device executing the user application that includes the single customized SDK;

storing the software bug information in a storage repository of the computer; and

providing, by a web interface, the software bug information on the display device.

11. The method of claim 4 wherein one or more of the plurality of SDK modules includes at least one of an error reporting module, a geo-location module, and a networking module.

12. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

downloading a new version of at least one of the at least two SDK module; and

creating, by the processor, a new single customized SDK that includes the new version of the at least one of the at least two SDK module.

6. A method for generating a customized software development toolkit (SDK), the method comprising:

receiving, on a computing device having a processor, a selection of a plurality of component SDK modules for inclusion in a customized SDK, wherein each of the plurality of component SDK modules has a different functionality;

downloading the plurality of component SDK modules from a server;

in response to downloading the plurality of component SDK modules, creating, by the processor, a single customized SDK that includes the different functionalities of the plurality of component SDK modules that are downloaded;

incorporating, by the processor, the single customized SDK into an application stored on the computing device and to execute on an end user device.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising downloading a new version of at least one of the plurality of component SDK modules.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising creating, by the processor, a new single customized SDK that includes the new version of the at least one of the plurality of component SDK modules.

13. The method of claim 6 wherein one or more of the plurality of component SDK modules includes at least one of an error reporting module, a geo-location module, and a networking module.

14. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

receiving software bug information from the end user device executing the application that includes the single customized SDK;

storing the software bug information in a storage repository of the computing device; and

providing, by a web interface, the software bug information on the display device.

7. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions for generating a customized software development toolkit (SDK), the program instructions configured to execute on one or more processors to enable the one or more processors to:

display, on a display device, a wizard including a sequence of dialog boxes that include representations of a plurality of SDK modules each having a different functionality;

receive one or more user inputs through use of the wizard to select at least two SDK modules of the plurality of SDK modules, the at least two SDK modules each having a selected functionality; and

receive, over a computer network and from a server, the at least two SDK modules selected through use of the wizard;

in response to receiving the at least two SDK modules from the server, create a single customized SDK that includes the at least two SDK modules; and

incorporate the single customized SDK into an application that executes on an end user device.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein one or more of the plurality of SDK modules includes at least one of an error reporting module, a geo-location module, and a networking module.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions further enable the one or more processor to:

download a new version of at least one of the at least two SDK modules; and

create an updated single customized SDK that includes the functionality of the new version of the least one of the at least two SDK modules.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the instructions further enable the one or more processors to:

receive software bug information from the end user device executing the application that includes the single customized SDK;

store the software bug information in a storage repository; and

provide, by a web interface, the software bug information on the display device.

8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions for generating a customized software development kit (SDK), the program instructions to execute on one or more processors to enable the one or more processors to:

transmit, from a developer device to a server, a selection of a plurality of component SDK modules for inclusion in a single customized SDK, wherein each of the plurality of component SDK modules has a different functionality;

download, at the developer device, each of the plurality of component SDK modules from the server;

in response to downloading each of the plurality of component SDK modules, create, at the developer device, a single customized SDK that includes the different functionalities of each of the plurality of component SDK modules;

transmit, from the developer device to the server, a polling command to the server for a most recent version of each of the plurality of component SDK modules that makes up the single customized SDK;

download, at the developer device, at least one updated component SDK module that is a most updated version; and

create, at the developer device, a single updated customized SDK that includes the at least the one updated component SDK module that is the most updated version, wherein the single updated customized SDK is integrated with an application to execute on an end user device.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein one or more of the plurality of SDK modules includes at least one of an error reporting module, a geo-location module, and a networking module.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein the instructions further enable the one or more processors to:

receive, at the developer device, software bug information from the end user device executing the application that includes the single customized SDK;

store the software bug information in a storage repository of the developer device; and

provide, by a web interface, the software bug information on a display of the developer device.