Moving critical actions within a mobile application

• US 9,769,590 B2
• Filed: 12/17/2014
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2014
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Abadi, Aharon, Abadi, Moria, Bnayahu, Jonathan, Ben-Harrush, Idan
• Primary Examiner(s): Rahman, Sm
• Application Number:
  US14/572,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20160182654A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,007 Days
• Field of Search: 709217
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A computer-implemented method, a computerized apparatus and a computer program product, the method comprising: receiving a program to be executed on a mobile device; building a data structure representing states within the program and transitions between the states; and based on the data structure, determining by a processor a location of at least one command related to using data retrieved from a server, such that at least one fetching command is to be provided for the data to be available when execution reaches the location.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

obtaining a data structure representing a program to be executed on a mobile device;

based on the data structure, determining by a processor, a location of at least one command related to using data retrieved from a server, wherein at least one fetching command is to be executed in order to retrieve the data from the server, whereby the at least one fetching command is to be executed prior to reaching the location in order for the data to be available when execution reaches the location;

determining a modified fetching location for the at least one fetching command, wherein a code of the program indicates execution of the at least one fetching command at an original location, wherein said determining the modified fetching location comprises postponing executing the at least one fetching command with respect to the original location,

wherein the modified fetching location is reached prior to reaching the location of the at least one command; and

determining a connectivity status of the mobile device executing the program, wherein the connectivity status is a projected connectivity status,

wherein said determining the modified fetching location comprises dynamically determining the modified fetching location based on the connectivity status.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising tracing the program to determine a navigation path of a user within the program, wherein the navigation path relates to two or more states within the program and corresponding transitions between the two or more states.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising issuing recommendation for changing source code of the program, based on the at least one command.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein an execution location of the at least one fetching command is changed once, for a particular execution, or is changed permanently.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the projected connectivity status is determined in accordance with one or more items selected from a group consisting of:

a predetermined rule;

connectivity status traces collected over a period of time;

patterns detected in connectivity status traces; and

items in a calendar of a user of the device or lack thereof.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said obtaining comprising:

obtaining the program to be executed on the mobile device; and

building the data structure, wherein the data structure representing states within the program and transitions between the states, wherein said building is performed dynamically, based on an execution of the program, wherein said data structure comprises only states visited by a user of the mobile device and transitions traversed by the user during the execution.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

executing the at least one fetching command at the modified fetching location instead of at the original location.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said determining the modified fetching location is performed dynamically during the execution of the program.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the connectivity status is a current connectivity status, wherein a current connectivity status indicates either having or not having a connection to the server.

10. A computerized apparatus having a processor, the processor being adapted to perform the steps of:

obtaining a data structure representing a program to be executed on a mobile device, wherein the data structure represents states within the program and transitions between the states;

based on the data structure, determining a location of at least one command related to using data retrieved from a server, wherein at least one fetching command is to be executed in order to retrieve the data from the server, whereby the at least one fetching command is to be executed prior to reaching the location in order for the data to be available when execution reaches the location;

determining a modified fetching location for the at least one fetching command, wherein a code of the program indicates execution of the at least one fetching command at an original location, wherein said determining the modified fetching location comprises postponing executing the at least one fetching command with respect to the original location, wherein the modified fetching location is reached prior to reaching the location of the at least one command; and

determining a connectivity status of the mobile device executing the program, wherein the connectivity status is a projected connectivity status,

wherein said determined the modified fetching location comprises dynamically determining the modified fetching location based on the connectivity status.

11. The computerized apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further adapted to trace the program to determine a navigation path of a user within the program, wherein the navigation path relates to two or more states within the program and corresponding transitions between the two or more states.

12. The computerized apparatus of claim 10, wherein the processor is further adapted to perform the step of issuing recommendation for changing source code of the program, based on the at least one command.

13. The computerized apparatus of claim 10, wherein the connectivity status is a current connectivity status, wherein the current connectivity status indicates either having or not having a connection to the server.

14. The computerized apparatus of claim 10, wherein the projected connectivity status is determined in accordance with one or mare items selected from a group consisting of:

a predetermined rule;

connectivity status traces collected over a period of time;

patterns detected in connectivity status traces; and

items in a calendar of a user of the device or lack thereof.

15. The computerized apparatus of claim 10, wherein said determining the modified fetching location is performed dynamically during the execution of the program.

16. A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium retaining program instructions, which program instructions when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:

obtaining a data structure representing a program to be executed on a mobile device, wherein the data structure represents states within the program and transitions between the states;

based on the data structure, determining by a processor a location of at least one command related to using data retrieved from a server, wherein at least one fetching command is to be executed in order to retrieve the data from the server, whereby the at least one fetching command is to be executed prior to reaching the location in order for the data to be available when execution reaches the location;

determining a modified fetching location for the at least one fetching command, wherein a code of the program indicates execution of the at least one fetching command at an original location, wherein said determining the modified fetching location comprises postponing executing the at least one fetching command with respect to the original location, wherein the modified fetching location is reached prior to reaching the location of the at least one command; and

determining a connectivity status of the mobile device executing the program, wherein the connectivity status is a projected connectivity status,

wherein said determining the modified fetching location comprises dynamically determining the modified fetching location based on the connectivity status.