System and method for cross-platform applications on a wireless phone

• US 9,342,321 B2
• Filed: 02/25/2011
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc. (f/k/a Facebook, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mammen, Abraham
• Primary Examiner(s): MANOHARAN, MUTHUSWAMY GANAPATHY
• Application Number:
  US13/034,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20110143741A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,908 Days
• Field of Search: 455/557, 715/765, 715/790
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44542 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

A system and method for operation of cross-platform applications on a wireless phone is provided. The applications can be cross-platform applications in that the same application code can be run on different wireless phone platforms. The method and system can for a wireless phone which runs a cross-platform application that enables the processor of the wireless phone to run the cross-platform applications. The wireless phone processor can operate to determine platform parameters of the phone and then run the cross-platform application using the determined phone parameters.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving, at a mobile device, an application, the application comprising;

at least one display area for display on the mobile device, and

one or more rendering instructions for the at least one display area, the one or more rendering instructions comprising a first virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a first display element relative to a generic display area and a second virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a second display element relative to the generic display position of the first display element specified by the first virtual position tag, wherein the generic display position is device independent;

determining, by at least one processor, at least one hardware display parameter of the mobile device;

determining a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter;

determining a specific position for the second display element based on the second virtual position tag and the determined specific position for the first display element; and

generating a display layout for the at least one display area that includes the first display element in the specific position for the first display element and the second display element in the specific position for the second display element.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling a presentation of the display layout on a display device associated with the mobile device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one hardware display parameter of the mobile device comprises at least one of a size of a display device, a processor speed, or a memory size.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific position for the first display element comprises pixel coordinates within the at least one display area.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein determining a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter comprise determining the pixel coordinates within the at least one display area based on the first virtual position tag.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the first virtual position tag comprises an indication of a vertical position and a horizontal position within the generic display area.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the specific position of the second display element comprises pixel coordinates within the at least one display area.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein:

the vertical position comprises an indication of one of a top, a middle, or a bottom position; and

the horizontal position comprises an indication of one of a left side, a middle, or a right side position.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one hardware display parameter of the mobile device comprises obtaining at least one of a screen size of a display device associated with the mobile device, a resolution of the display device associated with the mobile device, a processor speed of the mobile device, available memory of the mobile device, or a supported media format of the mobile device.

10. A mobile device, comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing instructions thereon that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to;

receive, at the mobile device, an application, the application comprising at least one display area for display on the mobile device and one or more rendering instructions for the at least one display area, the one or more rendering instructions comprising a first virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a first display element relative to a generic display area and a second virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a second display element relative to the generic display position of the first display element specified by the first virtual position tag, wherein the generic display position is device independent;

determine at least one hardware display parameter of the mobile device;

determine a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter;

determine a specific position for the second display element based on the second virtual position tag and the determined specific position for the first display element; and

generate a display layout for the at least one display area that includes the first display element in the specific position for the first display element and the second display element in the specific position for the second display element.

11. The mobile device of claim 10, further comprising instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the mobile device to provide a presentation of the display layout on a display device associated with the mobile device.

12. The mobile device of claim 11, wherein the specific position for the first display element comprises pixel coordinates within the at least one display area.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the specific position for the second display element comprises pixel coordinates within the at least one display area.

14. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the mobile device to determine a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter comprise determining the pixel coordinates within the at least one display area based on the first virtual position tag.

15. The mobile device of claim 14, wherein the first virtual position tag comprises an indication of a vertical position and a horizontal position within the generic display area.

16. The mobile device of claim 15, wherein:

the vertical position comprises an indication of one of a top, a middle, or a bottom position; and

the horizontal position comprises an indication of one of a left side, a middle, or a right side position.

17. A method comprising:

executing, at a mobile device, an application comprising;

at least one display area for display on a display device associated with the mobile device;

at least one display element in the at least one display area; and

one or more rendering instructions for the at least one display area, the one or more rendering instructions comprising a first virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a first display element relative to a generic display area and a second virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a second display element relative to the generic display position of the first display element specified by the first virtual position tag, wherein the generic display position is device independent;

determining, by at least one processor, at least one display parameter of the display device associated with the mobile device;

determining a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter;

determining a specific position for the second display element based on the second virtual position tag and the determined specific position for the first display element; and

generating a display layout comprising the at least one display area and the first display element in the specific position for the first display element and the second display element in the specific position for the second display element.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising providing a presentation of the display layout on the display device associated with the mobile device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the at least one display parameter of the display device comprises querying, by the application, the mobile device for the at least one display parameter.

20. The method of claim 18, wherein determining the at least one display parameter of the display device comprises sending a request over a network to obtain the at least one display parameter.