MOBILE WEB APP INFRASTRUCTURE

• US 20120317233A1
• Filed: 05/04/2012
• Published: 12/13/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/13/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Terrace Licensing LLC (IP Edge LLC)
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Redpath, Richard
• Granted Patent: US 9,077,770 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• 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. A method for forming a mobile web app infrastructure on a device, comprising:

creating a local web app server on the device in response to an application being started on the device; and

providing a proxy uniform resource locator (URL) address 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.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein providing the proxy URL address comprises adding a prefix to the out of security URL.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating 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.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising initializing a library to allow access to a plurality of native resources on the device.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a port address for the local web app server randomly.

6. The method of claim 5, further comprising creating a browser object, wherein the browser object is pointed to load a URL based at the local web app server and port address.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising receiving 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.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising creating 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.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising accepting only local connections by the local web app server for security.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a list of URLs that are allowed to be accessed by the local web app server.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising updating the local web server comprising the application with resources to upgrade the application to a new version on the local web server.

12-20. -20. (canceled)