MOBILE WEB APP INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20120317172A1
• Filed: 06/13/2011
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Terrace Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Redpath, Richard
• Application Number:
  US13/158,885
• Publication Number:
  US 20120317172A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/131 Protocols for games, networked simulations or virtual reality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

A method, device and computer program product for forming a mobile web app infrastructure on a device may include creating a local web app server on the device in response to an application being started on the device. A proxy uniform resource locator (URL) address may be provided by the local web app server that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.

Claims

1-11. -11. (canceled)

12. A device, comprising:

a processor;

a local web app server created on the processor in response to an application being started on the device, wherein the local web app server provides a proxy URL address that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.

13. The device of claim 12, further comprising a library comprising a plurality of native resources on the device.

14. The device of claim 12, further comprising a browser object created by the application, wherein the browser object is pointed to load a URL based at the local web app server and port address for the local web app server that is randomly generated.

15. The device of claim 12, further comprising a browser object loaded with a URL to the local server that accesses a bundle comprising computer code for operation of the application.

16. The device of claim 12, wherein the proxy URL address comprises a prefix to the out of security URL.

21. The device of claim 12, wherein the local web app server adds a prefix to a proxy URL address of the out of security URL.

22. The device of claim 12, wherein a port address for the local web app server is randomly generated.

23. The device of claim 12, wherein only local connections from the device are accepted by the local web app server.

24. The device of claim 12, wherein a secret number is used in the proxy URL address that is known only by the application to disable use of the proxy URL address by another application.

17. A computer program product for forming a mobile web app infrastructure, the computer program product comprising:

a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to create a local web app server on the device in response to an application being started on the device; and

computer readable program code configured to provide a proxy URL address that enables the device to access an out of security URL to perform a function associated with the application.

18. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to generating a port address for the local web app server randomly.

19. The computer program product of claim 18, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to create a browser object, wherein the browser object is pointed to load a URL based at the local web app server and port address.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer readable program code further comprises computer readable program code configured to receive a local server connection from the device by the local web app server and delivering a request to the local server using bundled HTML and JavaScript files.

25. The computer program product of claim 17, wherein the computer readable program code configured to provide a proxy URL address comprises computer readable program code configured to add a prefix to the out of security URL.

26. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to generate a secret number used in the proxy URL address which is known only by the application to disable use of the proxy URL address by another application.

27. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to generate a port address for the local web app server randomly.

28. The computer program product of claim 17, further comprising computer readable program code configured to create a browser object loaded with a URL to the local server that accesses a resource bundle comprising computer useable code for operation of the application.