Simultaneous website and mobile app creation method and system

• US 9,910,682 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2016
• Issued: 03/06/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: FrandMe, Inc.
• Original Assignee: FrandMe, Inc.
• Inventors: Shaposhnikov, Dimitry
• Primary Examiner(s): HUYNH, THU V
• Application Number:
  US15/339,358
• Publication Number:
  US 20170147364A1
• Time in Patent Office: 491 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• 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 40/143 Markup, e.g. Standard Generalized Markup Language [SGML] or Document Type Definition [DTD]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 40/186 Templates
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/35 model driven
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A method of simultaneously creating a website and an app including providing, at the at least one server, a first coding template operably configured to create a website and a second coding template operably configured to create a mobile app; receiving a client selection of one of a plurality of pre-determined website-app templates stored at the at least one server; and creating a channel including the website and the corresponding mobile app by executing the first code template to create the website and simultaneously executing the second coding template to create the corresponding mobile app with the client-selected one of the plurality of pre-determined website-app templates being an input to each of the first and second coding templates.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of simultaneously creating a website and an app, the method comprising:

providing, at the at least one server, a first coding template operably configured to create a web site;

providing, at the at least one server, a second coding template operably configured to create a mobile app of a sequence of instructions for execution on a computing system that does not operationally access browser-based HTML webpages that are linked together over the Internet;

receiving, by the at least one server, a selection of a selected template from a plurality of pre-determined website-app templates selectable by a channel owner-developer to create and open for editing an instance of a web site-app user application editing interface;

creating, by the at least one server executing the first coding template, a website based on the on the selected template; and

simultaneously with the step of creating the website, creating, by the at least one server executing the second coding template, a mobile app based on the selected template, the website and the mobile app at least partially resembling one another and being simultaneously editable via the website-app user application editing interface.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes:

automatically hosting, by the at least one server, the website and the mobile app.

3. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes:

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including the website and the mobile app, the channel operably configured to automatically send a notification to member end-users of the channel as a result of an edit to the channel via the website-app user application editing interface, wherein the edit to the channel is automatically and simultaneously applied to the website and the mobile app included in the channel.

4. The method in accordance with claim 3, wherein:

the website-app user application editing interface displays a plurality of editing features disposed to allow the channel owner-developer to edit the channel via user-inputs into at least one of the plurality of editing features displayed by the website-app user application editing interface; and

the edit to the channel that is automatically and simultaneously applied to the website and the mobile app corresponds to the user-inputs into the at least one of the plurality of editing features.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one server, a channel name from a channel owner-developer; and

wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes;

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including the website and the mobile app; and

associating the channel name to the channel such that the channel name is searchable via a search engine.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the at least one server, a username and a password associated with an account of the channel owner-developer;

associating the website and the mobile app with the account of the channel owner-developer accessed by the username and the password; and

after the steps of creating the web site and simultaneously creating the mobile app;

receiving, by the at least one server, a selection of a second selected template from the plurality of pre-determined website-app templates selectable by the channel owner-developer to create and open for editing a second instance of a website-app user application editing interface;

creating, by the at least one server executing the first coding template, a second website based on the on the second selected template;

simultaneously with the step of creating the second web site, creating, by the at least one server executing the second coding template, a second mobile app based on the second selected template, the website and the mobile app being simultaneously editable via the second instance of the website-app user application editing interface; and

associating the second website and the second mobile app with the account of the channel owner-developer such that the account of the channel owner-developer is associated with a first channel and a second channel, the first channel including the website and the mobile app and being independent from the second channel, the second channel including the second website and the second mobile app.

7. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

simultaneously publishing, by the at least one server, the website and the corresponding mobile app.

8. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes:

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including the website and the mobile app, the channel operably configured to be associated with a plurality of channel member end-users and to automatically send a notification to each of the plurality of channel member end-users as a result of an edit to the channel made by the channel owner-developer via the website-app user application editing interface; and

wherein the website and the mobile app are non-editable by the plurality of channel member end-users.

9. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes:

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including the web site and the mobile app; and

after the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app, receiving, by the at least one server, an indication to de-select simultaneous website and mobile app creation, wherein a subsequent request to create a second channel results in a creation of one of a second web site and a second mobile app.

10. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app further includes:

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including the website and the mobile app;

receiving, by the at least one server, an indication of a stealth mode setting from a channel owner-developer of the channel; and

as a result of receiving the indication of the stealth mode setting, configuring, by the at least one server, the website and the mobile app to only be visible to the channel owner-developer and member end-users of the channel with permission to view the channel from the channel owner-developer in the stealth mode setting, wherein a search of the channel via a search engine hosted by the at least one server does not display the channel unless the search is performed by the channel owner-developer or a member end-user of the channel with permission by the channel owner-developer to view the channel in the stealth mode setting.

11. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

after the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app, receiving, by the at least one server, a selection, by the channel owner-developer, of a second selected template from the plurality of pre-determined web-app templates to replace the selected template and automatically including a pre-existing user content of the website and the mobile app in an updated instance of the website and the mobile app that is simultaneously updated based on the second selected template.

12. A computer-implemented method of simultaneously creating a website and an app, the method comprising:

providing, at the at least one server, a first coding template operably configured to create a web site;

providing, at the at least one server, a second coding template operably configured to create a mobile app of a sequence of instructions for execution on a computing system that does not operationally access browser-based HTML webpages that are linked together over the Internet;

receiving, by the at least one server, a selection of a selected template from a plurality of pre-determined website-app templates selectable by a channel owner-developer to create and open for editing an instance of a web site-app user application editing interface; and

creating, by the at least one server, a channel including a website and a corresponding mobile app that at least partially resemble one another by executing the first code template to create the website and simultaneously executing the second coding template to create the corresponding mobile app with the selected template being an input to each of the first coding template and the second coding template.

13. The method in accordance with claim 12, wherein:

the channel is associated, by the at least one server, with a plurality of channel member end-user that is not a channel owner-developer;

the channel is operably configured to automatically send a notification to the plurality of channel member end-users as a result of an edit to the channel by the channel owner-developer, via the website-app user application editing interface, the edit to the channel being automatically and simultaneously applied to the website and the mobile app included in the channel; and

the web site and the mobile app are non-editable by the plurality of channel member end-users.

14. The method in accordance with claim 12, further comprising:

simultaneously publishing, by the at least one server, the website and the corresponding mobile app.

15. The method in accordance with claim 12, wherein:

the website and the mobile app are operably configured to be simultaneously editable via the website-app user application editing interface.

16. The method in accordance with claim 12, wherein the step of creating the channel including the website and the corresponding mobile app further includes:

receiving, by the at least one server, an indication of a stealth mode setting from the channel owner-developer; and

as a result of receiving the indication of the stealth mode setting, configuring, by the at least one server, the website and the mobile app to only be visible to the channel owner-developer and member end-users of the channel with permission to view the channel from the channel owner-developer in the stealth mode setting, wherein a search of the channel via a search engine hosted by the at least one server does not display the channel unless the search is performed by the channel owner-developer or a member end-user of the channel with permission by the channel owner-developer to view the channel in the stealth mode setting.

17. The method in accordance with claim 12, further comprising:

after the steps of creating the website and simultaneously creating the mobile app, receiving, by the at least one server, a selection, by the channel owner-developer, of a second selected template from the plurality of pre-determined web-app templates to replace the selected template and automatically including a pre-existing user content of the website and the mobile app in an updated instance of the website and the mobile app that is simultaneously updated based on the second selected template.

18. A system for simultaneously creating a website and an app, the system comprising:

at least one server including at least one memory and at least one processor, the at least one memory storing a first coding template operably configured to create a website, a second coding template operably configured to create a mobile app of a sequence of instructions for execution on a computing system that does not operationally access browser-based HTML webpages that are linked together over the Internet, and a plurality of pre-determined website-app templates and the at least one processor operably configured to execute computer instructions for;

receiving a selection of a selected template from a plurality of pre-determined website-app templates selectable by a channel owner-developer to create and open for editing an instance of a web site-app user application editing interface; and

creating a channel including the website and the corresponding mobile app that at least partially resemble one another by executing the first code template to create the website and simultaneously executing the second coding template to create the corresponding mobile app with the selected template being an input to each of the first coding template and the second coding template.

19. The system in accordance with claim 18, wherein:

the website and the mobile app are operably configured to be simultaneously editable via the website-app user application editing interface.

20. The system in accordance with claim 18, wherein:

the at least one server is operably configured to simultaneously publish the website and the corresponding mobile app.