INTEGRATED MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

• US 20140053126A1
• Filed: 02/12/2013
• Published: 02/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jaroslaw K. Cora, Joseph George, Maciej K. Misiolek, Mark A Watson, Michal J. Karpinski, Paul A. Duffin, Pawel P. Duda, Petr Vik, Philip C. Weighill-Smith, Slawomir P. Malota, Szymon W. Kurcab
• Original Assignee: Jaroslaw K. Cora, Joseph George, Maciej K. Misiolek, Mark A Watson, Michal J. Karpinski, Paul A. Duffin, Pawel P. Duda, Petr Vik, Philip C. Weighill-Smith, Slawomir P. Malota, Szymon W. Kurcab
• Inventors: George, Joseph, Watson, Mark A., Weighill-Smith, Philip C., Duffin, Paul A., Vik, Petr, Kurcab, Szymon W., Malota, Slawomir P., Cora, Jaroslaw K., Misiolek, Maciej K., Duda, Pawel P., Karpinski, Michal J.
• Application Number:
  US13/765,067
• Publication Number:
  US 20140053126A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/102
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/30 Creation or generation of source code
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/24 Accounting or billing
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Provided herein is a method of and system for providing a software-as-a-service platform comprising implementing a mobile client application build phase to enable a developer-user to build a mobile client application; implementing, with a server computer, a mobile client application run phase to enable an end-user of the mobile client application to download and execute the mobile client application on a mobile device; and implementing a mobile client application manage phase to enable a manager-user to manage and analyze the usage of the mobile client application by the end-user.

Claims

1. A method providing a software-as-a-service platform comprising:

a. implementing a mobile client application build phase to enable a developer-user to build a mobile client application;

b. implementing, with a server computer, a mobile client application run phase to enable an end-user of the mobile client application to download and execute the mobile client application on a mobile device; and

c. implementing a mobile client application manage phase to enable a manager-user to manage and analyze the usage of the mobile client application by the end-user.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of implementing a mobile client application build phase to enable a developer-user to build a mobile client application comprises providing a set of APIs to the developer-user to integrate with a third-party software development program used by the developer-user to develop the mobile client application such that the mobile client application will be enabled to connect with the server computer during the mobile client application run phase.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of implementing a mobile client application build phase to enable a developer-user to build a mobile client application comprises providing a software development platform that enables the developer-user to build the mobile client application using a set of software development tools provided within the software development platform.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile client application is a native application.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile client application is a hybrid application.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile client application is a managed hybrid application.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile client application is a mixed mode application.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the mobile client application is a web application.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the step of implementing a mobile client application manage phase to enable a manager-user to manage and analyze the usage of the mobile client application by the end-user comprises providing the manager-user with a web page adapted to allow a plurality of management functions comprising remote wipe, assigning user roles, assigning applications to a plurality of user, viewing the installed applications of a user, and providing an application storefront for end-users to download and install mobile applications hosted by the server computer.

10. A computer system for providing a software-as-a-service platform comprising as server computer programmed to:

a. implement a mobile client application build phase to enable a developer-user to build a mobile client application;

b. implement a mobile client application run phase to enable an end-user of the mobile client application to download and execute the mobile client application on a mobile device; and

c. implement a mobile client application manage phase to enable a manager-user to manage and analyze the usage of the mobile client application by the end-user.