Developing, Modifying, and Using Applications

• US 20140047413A1
• Filed: 07/24/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Modit Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Modit Incorporated
• Inventors: Sheive, Alexander Richard, Sutherland, Alexander James, Dhaka, Shantanu, Workman, John Samuel
• Application Number:
  US13/949,670
• Publication Number:
  US 20140047413A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/110
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/33 Intelligent editors
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/403 Arrangements for multi-party communication, e.g. for conferences data switching systems for conference H04L12/18; arrangements for connecting several subscribers to a common circuit, i.e. affording conference facilities H04M3/56; television conferencing systems H04N7/15

Abstract

Among other things, a continuous framework is provided with which users can interact, on one or more platforms that support web standards, and which supports: (a) the hosting of applications, (b) the publication of hosted applications to a portal within the framework, and (c) the creation and direct editing of files, including text files, that embody those applications and conform to web standards.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method that comprises providing a continuous framework with which users can interact, on one or more platforms that support web standards, and which supports:

(a) the hosting of applications (b) the publication of hosted applications to a portal within the framework, and (c) the creation and direct editing of files, including text files, that embody those applications and conform to web standards.

2. The method of claim 1 in which the continuous framework supports (a), (b), and (c) without requiring the platforms on which the user can interact with the framework to be enhanced.

3. The method of claim 2 in which a user can edit an application owned by another user.

4. The method of claim 3 in which a user editing an application owned by another user comprises the creation of a clone of the application.

5. The method of claim 4 in which the user can embed one or more applications hosted by the framework within the framework.

6. The method of claim 5 in which the embedded application comprises application editor functions.

7. The method of claim 5 in which the framework comprises default component applications hosted by the framework and users can substitute other applications hosted by the framework for the default framework component applications.

8. The method of claim 5 in which the hosted application files comprise files that are run on a server inside an application container.

9. The method of claim 5 comprising indicating to a user who is observing the behavior of a running application which portions of code of the application are causing the observed behavior.

10. The method of claim 5 comprising controlling a sharing of revenue derived from one of the applications among two or more users who participated in editing files that embody the application.

11. The method of claim 5 in which, when a user edits parent content owned by another user to produce child content, revenue derived from the child content is shared with the owner of the parent content.

12. The method of claim 5 in which the continuous framework provides Web services comprising access to a key-value-based data store for each hosted application.

13. The method of claim 5 in which the continuous framework provides Web services comprising a state-chat server for each hosted application.

14. The method of claim 5 in which a revision control system is provided for each of the application files.

15. The method of claim 5 in which the hosted application files comprise image files.

16. The method of claim 5 in which the directly editable application files comprise image files that conform to web standards.

17. The method of claim 5 in which one or more applications hosted by the framework can be embedded in another application that conforms to web standards.

18. The method of claim 5 in which one or more applications hosted by the framework can be embedded in another application hosted by the framework.

19. The method of claim 3 in which the framework supports importing of an existing application into the framework.

20. The method of claim 19 in which the existing application is imported from a URL where the application is hosted on the web.

21. The method of claim 19 in which the existing application is imported from a source code repository URL.

22. The method of claim 19 in which the existing application is imported from files on a user'"'"'s hard drive.

23. The method of claim 5 in which the framework supports direct editing of source code elements that are less than a whole file.

24. The method of claim 23 in which the elements comprise JavaScript functions.

25. The method of claim 23 in which the elements comprise JavaScript modules.

26. The method of claim 23 in which the elements comprise constants.

27. The method of claim 2 in which the user can embed one or more applications hosted by the framework within the framework.

28. The method of claim 27 in which the embedded application comprises application editor functions.

29. The method of claim 2 in which the framework comprises default component applications hosted by the framework and users can substitute other applications hosted by the framework for the default framework component applications.

30. The method of claim 2 comprising indicating to users who are observing behavior of a running application which portions of code of the application are causing the observed behavior.

31. The method of claim 2 in which a revision control system is provided for each of the application files.

32. The method of claim 2 in which the hosted application files comprise image files.

33. The method of claim 2 in which the directly editable application files comprise image files that conform to web standards.

34. The method of claim 3 comprising controlling a sharing of revenue derived from one of the applications among two or more users who participated in editing files that embody the application.

35. The method of claim 4 in which, when a user edits parent content owned by another user to produce child content, revenue derived from the child content is shared with the owner of the parent content.

36. The method of claim 1 in which a user can edit an application owned by another user.

37. The method of claim 36 in which the user can embed one or more applications hosted by the framework within the framework.

38. The method of claim 36 in which a user editing an application owned by another user comprises the creation of a clone of the application.

39. The method of claim 1 in which the text files comprise JavaScript.

40. A computer-implemented method that comprises

providing a continuous framework with which users can interact, on one or more platforms that conform to web standards, and which supports (a) the hosting of applications and (b) the creation and direct editing of files, including server-side files that embody the applications and are run inside an application container.

41. The method of claim 40 in which the files comprise client-side text files that conform to web standards.

42. The method of claim 40 in which a user can edit an application owned by another user.

43. The method of claim 42 in which a user editing an application owned by another user comprises the creation of a clone of the application.

44. The method of claim 41 in which a user can edit an application owned by another user.

45. The method of claim 44 in which a user editing an application owned by another user comprises the creation of a clone of the application.

46. A computer implemented method comprising

a continuous framework in which, when users create parent content and other users duplicate and edit that content to create derivative child content, revenue derived from the child content is shared with the creator of the parent content.

47. The method of claim 46 in which the revenue is derived from advertising.

48. The method of claim 46 in which the revenue is derived from charges to parent content creators for being able to limit the duplication and editing of their content.

49. The method of claim 46 in which sharing is based on measures of the value of the parent content and child content to the framework.

50. The method of claim 49 in which the measures comprise content views.

51. The method of claim 49 in which the measures comprise content use fees.

52. A computer implemented method comprising

hosting an online market for applications or application assets that conform to web standards, are usable within a continuous framework with which users can interact, on one or more platforms that support web standards, and permit the applications or application assets to be edited by parties other than owners of the applications or application assets.

53. A computer-implemented method comprising

as a running application exhibits behavior that a user can observe, simultaneously, in real time, displaying to the user portions of code of the application that are causing the observed behavior.

54. The method of claim 53 in which the application conforms to web standards.

55. A computer-implemented method comprising

enabling editing of source code including enabling editing of some elements of syntax of the source code, and enabling observation but not editing of some elements of the syntax of the source code, in which all of the elements of source code syntax conform to a specification for a language.

56. The method of claim 55 in which that language comprises JavaScript.

57. A computer-implemented method comprising enabling editing of source code including the insertion of functions whose programmatic scope is based on an existing function that is chosen by the user.

58. The method of claim 57 in which the inserted function has the same signature as the chosen function.

59. The method of claim 57 in which the insertion involves no more than one user action.

60. The method of claim 57 in which the source code comprises JavaScript.

61. The method of claim 58 in which the source code comprises JavaScript.

62. The method of claim 59 in which the source code comprises JavaScript.

63. A computer-implemented method that comprises

providing a continuous framework with which users can interact, on one or more platforms that support web standards, and which supports, without requiring the platforms to be enhanced:

(a) the hosting of applications (b) the creation and direct editing of files, including text files, that embody those applications and conform to web standards, and (c) a user editing an application owned by another user where the editing causes creation of a clone of the application.

64. The method of claim 63 in which the user can embed one or more applications hosted by the framework within the framework.

65. The method of claim 64 in which the framework comprises default component applications hosted by the framework and users can substitute other applications hosted by the framework for the default framework component applications.