GB2501317A - Mobile application data formatting - Google Patents

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GB2501317A
GB2501317A GB1207016.5A GB201207016A GB2501317A GB 2501317 A GB2501317 A GB 2501317A GB 201207016 A GB201207016 A GB 201207016A GB 2501317 A GB2501317 A GB 2501317A
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Michael Barr
Andrew Mccartney
Rachel Ethel Gawley
Samuel David Douglas
James Haliday Scott
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Abstract

Mobile application data (eg. structure, content, updates) is placed into objects by an Object-Oriented Program (OOP, eg. C#) and serialized into a JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) or Extended Markup Language (XML) format string before being delivered, parsed, deserialised and extracted at a mobile device. These formats are not mobile device platform-specific, and the data may be downloaded from an internet server to provide the structure of a shell brochure-type mobile application.

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Delivering and Obtaining Mobile Application Information This invention relates to delivering and obtaining mobile application information, to and from applications suitable for operating on mobile devices such as a mobile phone, or a smartphone, or a personal digital assistant, or any such similar device, operating on any of a number of mobile device platforms.
Applications for mobile phones and other such devices have immense popularity with hundreds of thousands of applications available for various device platforms. The usual process for a mobile application is creation (or development) of the application, making the application available to end-users by having it accepted and published in an application store, and downloading of the application from the application store by end-users to their user devices. A mobile application may be created for a specific mobile device platform and used in user devices operating that platform. Alternatively, different versions of a mobile application may be created for different mobile device platforms and used in user devices operating on the various platforms.
It is desirable, and may even be required, to deliver mobile application information to the end-user applications, and, conversely, for the end-user applications to be able to obtain mobile application information. For example, an owner of a mobile application may wish to deliver updates to users of the application.
According to a first aspect of the invention there is provided a method of delivering mobile application information to a user of the application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of (i) accessing the mobile application information on a host device, (ii) serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, and (Hi) delivering the string of data to the userTs mobile device.
The method may further comprise placing the mobile application information into objects and then serialising the objects into a string of data. The mobile application information may be placed into objects using an object-oriented programming language. Serialising the objects into a string of data may comprise parsing the objects into a string of data having JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format. Serialising the objects into a string of data may comprise parsing the objects into a string of data having Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.
JSON and XML format data is not mobile device platform-specific, it is compatible with, and can therefore be used by, user mobile devices operating on various platforms. The method therefore provides a means of delivering mobile application information to user mobile devices operating on a number of platforms.
Delivering the string of data to the userTs mobile device may comprise sending the data to the Internet for downloading therefrom by the user onto the mobile device. The userTs mobile device may initiate a data pull function to download the mobile application information from the Internet.
The mobile application information may comprise information defining structure of the mobile application. The mobile application information may comprise information defining content of the mobile application. The mobile application information may comprise information defining all structure of the mobile application and information defining all content of the mobile application. The mobile application information may comprise information defining an update for the mobile application. The mobile application information may comprise information defining a change to structure of the mobile application. The mobile application information may comprise information defining a change to content of the mobile application.
The host device may receive the mobile application information from a device of an owner of the mobile application. The ownerTs device may be a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, or a smartphone, or a personal digital assistant, or any such similar device, or a desktop device such as a computer, or a tablet device.
The host device may comprise a server. The host device may be provided in a private network. The host device may be provided in a public network. The host device may be controlled by an owner of the mobile application. The host device may comprise a database which stores the mobile application information. The host device may comprise an object-oriented programming language which converts the mobile application information into objects. The host device may comprise a parser operating according to JSON rules which parses the objects into a string of data having JSON format. The host device may comprise a parser operating according to XML rules which parses the objects into a string of data having XML format.
The userTs mobile device may operate on any of a number of mobile device platforms, capable of running the mobile application, such as a mobile phone, a smartphone, a personal digital assistant.
According to a second aspect of the invention there is provided a mobile application information delivery system comprising (i) an access element for accessing the mobile application information on a host device, (ii) a serialisation element for serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, and (iii) a delivery element for delivering the string of data to a mobile device of a user of the mobile application.
The mobile application information delivery system may further comprise an object element for placing the mobile application information into objects. The object element may use an object-oriented programming language to place the mobile application information into the objects.
It will be appreciated that the various elements of the system may be provided in software.
According to a third aspect of the invention there is provided a method of receiving mobile application information by a user of the application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of (i) receiving a string of data incorporating the mobile application information on the mobile device, (ii) deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, and (Hi) extracting the mobile application information from the deserialised data.
Deserialising the string of data may comprise parsing a string of data having JSON format into objects. Deserialising the string of data may comprise parsing a string of data having XML format into objects. Extracting the mobile application information from the serialised data may comprise extracting the information from the objects.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention there is provided a mobile application information receive system comprising (i) a receiver for receiving a string of data incorporating the mobile application information on a user mobile device, (H) a deserialisation element for deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, and (Hi) an extraction element to extract the mobile application information from the deserialised data.
According to a fifth aspect of the invention there is provided a method of updating a mobile application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of (i) accessing mobile application information on a host device, (H) serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, (Hi) delivering the string of data to the mobile device, (iv) receiving the string of data incorporating the mobile application information on the mobile device, (v) deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, (vi) extracting the mobile application information from the deserialised data, and (vH) using the mobile application information to update the mobile application on the mobile device.
An embodiment of the invention will now be described by way of example only with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a mobile application information delivery system and a mobile application information receive system according to the present invention, and Figure 2 is a flowchart showing the steps carried out in a method of delivering mobile application information to a user of the application on a mobile device and a method of receiving mobile application information by a user of the application on a mobile device according to the invention.
Figure 1 shows a mobile application information delivery system 1 and a mobile application information receive system 3. The delivery system 1 comprises an access element 5, an object element 7, a serialisation element 9 and a delivery element 11.
Each of these elements is provided on a host device 13. The mobile application information receive system 3 comprises a receiver 15, a deserialisation element 17 and an extraction element 19. Each of these elements is provided on a user mobile device 21. In this embodiment the host device 13 is a server and the user mobile device 21 is a smartphone, operating on any of a number of mobile device platforms, which is provided with a mobile application comprising a brochure-type application. It will be appreciated that other types of user mobile device and mobile application may be used.
A user of the mobile device 21 downloads the mobile application from an application store and installs it on the user mobile device 21. In this embodiment, the mobile application is a TshellT brochure-type application, i.e. does not have any specific structure or content. The user mobile device 21 makes contact with the server 13 via the Internet, to transfer mobile application information comprising information defining all structure of the mobile application and information defining all content of the mobile application from the server 13 to the user mobile device 21. This is achieved as follows.
Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2, the access element 5 accesses the mobile application structure and content information (step 30). This information has been received by the server 13 from an owner of the mobile application, and is stored in a database of the server 13. The object element 7 uses a C# object-oriented programming language to place the mobile application information into objects (step 32). The objects are stored in the database of the server 13. The serialisation element 9 then serialises the mobile application information into a string of data (step 34), by parsing the objects into a string of data having JSON format. The delivery element 11 then delivers the string of data to the user's mobile device 21 (step 36), via the Internet, by the user's mobile device 21 initiating a data pull function to download the mobile application information in the JSON format string of data from the Internet. The receiver 15 of the mobile application information receive system 3 on the mobile device 21 receives the JSON format string of data incorporating the mobile application information (step 38). The deserialisation element 17 then deserialises the string of data into deserialised data (step 40), and the extraction element 19 extracts the mobile application information from the deserialised data (step 42). The mobile application information is then loaded into the mobile application on the mobile device 21. As the mobile application information incorporated in the string of data comprises information defining all the structure and all the content of the mobile application, this information is used to provide structure and content for the shell brochure-type mobile application.
Thereafter, the user mobile device 21 periodically polls the server 13 via the Internet, when the mobile application is being used, to ascertain if any updates are available for the mobile application. If an update is available, the server 13 delivers and the user mobile device 21 receives the update in the form of a JSON format string of data incorporating mobile application information defining the update (as detailed above) and uses this information to update the mobile application. The update may comprise, for example, a change to structure and/or content of the mobile application.
In this embodiment, the server 13 is part of a private network controlled by the owner of the mobile application. The owner of the mobile application makes updates to the mobile application, in the form of JSON format strings of data, available to multiple end-users of the application. These users may be using user mobile devices operating a plurality of mobile device platforms. As JSON format data is not mobile device platform-specific, it is compatible with, and can therefore be used by, user mobile devices operating on the various platforms.

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  1. CLAIMS1. A method of delivering mobile application information to a user of the application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of S (i) accessing the mobile application information on a host device, (ii) serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, and (Hi) delivering the string of data to the user's mobile device.
  2. 2. A method according to claim 1 further comprising placing the mobile application information into objects and then serialising the objects into a string of data.
  3. 3. A method according to claim 2 in which the mobile application information is placed into objects using an object-oriented programming language.
  4. 4. A method according to claim 2 or claim 3 in which serialising the objects into a string of data comprises parsing the objects into a string of data having JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) format.
  5. 5. A method according to claim 2 or claim 3 in which serialising the objects into a string of data comprises parsing the objects into a string of data having Extensible Markup Language (XML) format.
  6. 6. A method according to any preceding claim in which delivering the string of data to the user's mobile device comprises sending the data to the Internet for downloading therefrom by the user onto the mobile device.
  7. 7. A method according to any preceding claim in which the mobile application information comprises information defining all structure of the mobile application and information defining all content of the mobile application.
  8. 8. A method according to any of claims 1 to 7 in which the mobile application information comprises information defining an update for the mobile application.
  9. 9. A method according to any preceding claim in which the host device receives the mobile application information from a device of an owner of the mobile application.
  10. 10. A method according to any preceding claim in which the user's mobile device operates on any of a number of mobile device platforms, capable of running the mobile application.
  11. 11. A mobile application information delivery system comprising (i) an access element for accessing the mobile application information on a host device, (H) a serialisation element for serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, and (Hi) a delivery element for delivering the string of data to a mobile device of a user of the mobile application.
  12. 12. A mobile application information delivery system according to claim 11 further comprising an object element for placing the mobile application information into objects.
  13. 13. A method of receiving mobile application information by a user of the application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of (i) receiving a string of data incorporating the mobile application information on the mobile device, (H) deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, and (Hi) extracting the mobile application information from the deserialised data.
  14. 14. A method according to claim 13 in which deserialising the string of data comprises parsing a string of data having.JSON format into objects.
  15. 15. A method according to claim 13 in which deserialising the string of data comprises parsing a string of data having XML format into objects.
  16. 16. A method according to claim 13 or claim 14 in which extracting the mobile application information from the serialised data comprises extracting the information from the objects.
  17. 17. A mobile application information receive system comprising (i) a receiver for receiving a string of data incorporating the mobile application information on a user mobile device, (ii) a deserialisation element for deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, and (iii) an extraction element to extract the mobile application information from the deserialised data.
  18. 18. A method of updating a mobile application on a mobile device, comprising the steps of (i) accessing mobile application information on a host device, (H) serialising the mobile application information into a string of data, (Hi) delivering the string of data to the mobile device, (iv) receiving the string of data incorporating the mobile application information on the mobile device, (v) deserialising the string of data into deserialised data, (vi) extracting the mobile application information from the deserialised data, and (vH) using the mobile application information to update the mobile application on the mobile device.
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