JP2013080470A - Hybrid application execution device and method using web technology - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To enable a developer to change contents and configuration of an application, without redistributing the application.SOLUTION: An application execution device comprises: a parser part 310 which receives a changed source code of the application or data for application execution from a WAS (web application server) and performs parsing, when network connection to the WAS instructed by an application is performed; and a bridge part 320 which executes the application using the parsed source code or data.

Description

  The present invention relates to an application creation and execution technique, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method capable of improving the creation and execution of an application using web technology for the application creation and execution technique in a mobile terminal.

  Devices such as smartphones and tablet PCs operate in an environment different from the conventional OS environment, and distribution (application) and updates are important parts for utilizing devices such as smartphones. . Note that the update is sometimes referred to as redistribution.

  The normal distribution and redistribution process of an application includes procedures such as registration and examination in an application store or market, and a developer is affected depending on a store or market operator in distribution and redistribution of an application.

  Although these impacts are necessary to ensure application health and store operations, developers will have the initiative to distribute and redistribute application software to others, unlike before the advent of smartphones. I had to feel various inconveniences caused by handing over to the subject.

  On the other hand, distribution and redistribution of the application itself must follow the order of registration and examination, but page rendering using web technology on a web browser does not perform registration or examination. In such a web technology, if the corresponding page is a page based on a technology supported by the browser, the content change is extremely flexible.

  An object of the present invention is to provide an application development and execution device that allows a developer to change application content and configuration without redistributing an application by applying web technology to application development and execution technology. There is to do.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, in a device that executes an application, when a network connection to the WAS instructed by the application is performed, a parser that receives and parses data for executing the application from the WAS An application execution device is provided that includes a section and a bridge section that executes the application using the parsed data.

  The application execution apparatus may further include a native component management unit that manages at least one resource of the application execution apparatus with each component, and allows the bridge to control in the application execution process.

  In this case, the bridge unit includes a security module that controls access to the native component management unit, and data exchange between the native component management unit and the bridge unit is performed only via the security module. Also good.

  On the other hand, the native component management unit manages a web kit browser that processes data based on web technology, a native user interface that realizes the frame of the application, and device resource information related to the at least one resource.

  According to another embodiment of the present invention, in an apparatus for executing an application, the application processes a source code for rendering a basic frame and data received from a WAS and applies the data to the application. The apparatus includes a code, and when the data related to the application is received from a WAS connected to the apparatus via a network, the apparatus configures a script and a user interface for executing the service logic on the data. Provided with an application execution device comprising: a parser unit for separating the markup and tags; and a bridge unit for controlling the device using the separated service logic, markup and tags to render the application content It is.

  In this case, the apparatus further includes a native component management unit that manages at least one resource of the application execution device with each component so that the bridge can control the bridge, and the bridge unit accesses the native component management unit. The data exchange between the native component management unit and the bridge unit may be performed only via the security module.

  According to another embodiment of the present invention, in a terminal device that executes an application, the terminal device includes a user interface providing unit that provides application content, at least one processor, and a memory. Stored in the server and configured to be executed by the at least one processor, and the application includes data received from the web application server in scripts for executing service logic, markup and tags for configuring a user interface. The application content is rendered on the user interface providing unit by controlling the terminal device using the separating parser logic and the separating service logic, markup, and tag. And a ridge logic.

  According to another embodiment of the present invention, in a method in which a terminal device including a processor executes an application stored in the terminal device, when a network connection to the WAS indicated by the application is performed, the WAS Receiving and parsing data for execution of the application, and executing the application using the parsed data is provided.

  In this case, the method further includes creating and managing at least one resource of the terminal device in each component, and executing the application includes controlling the component for each of the at least one resource. May be included.

  According to the present invention, by providing a hybrid application using both web technology and native application technology, a developer can change the configuration and contents of an application without redistributing the application.

It is a figure which shows schematic structure which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure which shows the application provision apparatus which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the application execution method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a flowchart which shows the application execution method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a block diagram for demonstrating the application execution method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention. It is a figure for demonstrating the exemplary result by the application execution method which concerns on one Embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited or limited by the embodiments. The same reference numerals shown in the drawings indicate the same members.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a schematic configuration according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The application execution apparatus 100 is connected to a web application server (WAS) via the network 101.

  In a general personal computer OS environment, application software can be distributed in a form that a developer or distributor directly distributes to a user, and an update of an application installed on a user's device is performed under the consent of the user. Can be done freely by developers or distributors.

  However, in mobile environments such as smartphones and tablet PCs like the application execution device 100, the application is not distributed directly to the user from the developer, but distributed after being registered in a separate application store or market. Is.

  Such distribution after registration includes screening by the store manager's policy and registration refusal. These differences certainly allow developers to obtain a revenue model while ensuring the health of the application in the mobile environment.

  However, developers who want to provide diverse and fluid information to many users without distributing paid applications, such as portal service providers, have the functional limitations and The time required for registration and review may be a limiting factor.

  In addition, when a minor update is performed on an application that has already been distributed, there is an inconvenience that a new version of the application must be redistributed instead of sending only the update information and patching.

  According to an embodiment of the present invention, data received from the WAS 102 connected via the network 101 while being installed in the application execution apparatus 100, for example, a mobile terminal, in particular, while being executed. By using, the configuration and contents of at least a part of the frame 120 of the application may be changed immediately.

  In such an embodiment, when a general-purpose web browser is executed on a mobile terminal to open a page corresponding to a specific URL, the latest source code of the page is rendered in the browser. This is because it relates to the execution of a specific application that is not a general-purpose browser.

  In addition, such an embodiment is different from updating information displayed in a fixed frame, for example, contents such as text and images, while an application is executed on the mobile terminal. This is not related to the content change, but is related to the configuration of the application itself and the content change.

  For example, when update information regarding the application component of the frame 120, for example, GUI (Graphical User Interface) 121, 122 or content change is received from the WAS 102, such update information is immediately applied to the frame 120.

  In addition to the frame 120, the entire application 110 includes a part that is not changed, for example, a native application component. Of course, the content illustrated in FIG. 1 is exemplary and conceptual content presented for understanding of the embodiment of the present invention, and the present invention relates to the structure, position, size, and the like of a specific frame 120. It is not construed restrictively by some of the illustrated contents.

  The application execution apparatus 100 may be any device that executes an application distributed in advance, and an individual hardware element (element) described later may be realized by a general-purpose processor. Such an example is illustrated in FIG.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an application execution terminal device 200 according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The terminal device 200 stores a communication module 210 that enables communication with the network 101 shown in FIG. 1, a processor 220 that executes an application, a main memory 230 that assists execution of the application, application source code, and user data. The storage 240 may include a user interface providing unit 250 that can render an application and receive user input.

  The application according to the embodiment of the present invention is stored in the storage 240 of the terminal device 200, loaded into the main memory 230, and executed by the processor 220.

  When the application update information received from the WAS 102 shown in FIG. 1 is received from the communication module 210 during execution, the processor 220 executes the parser logic included in the application source code and receives it from the WAS 102. The data is separated into scripts for executing service logic, markups for configuring user interfaces, and tags.

  Then, the processor 220 executes a bridge logic included in the application source code, and controls the terminal device using the service logic, markup, and tags separated in this way, and the application content is transmitted to the user interface. Rendering is performed on the providing unit 250.

  The application source code may include native component logic that manages each of at least one resource of the terminal device 200 as a component and allows the bridge logic to control it.

  The resources include a camera module, a GPS module, a touch detection module, various sensor modules, and the like that are included in the terminal device 200 and can be controlled, and are not limited to some contents.

  The bridge logic may include security logic that controls access to each component managed by the native component logic.

  In this case, data exchange between the native component logic and the bridge logic is performed only via the security logic.

  The application may be updated at any time during the execution of the application, every predetermined period determined by the application, or at a time desired by the user.

  Such an application update may be performed by the processor 220 executing the parser logic and the bridge logic. More detailed contents will be described later with reference to FIG.

  FIG. 3 shows a block diagram 300 for explaining an application execution method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  In block diagram 300, parser 310, bridge 320 and native component 330 may be executed by processor 220 shown in FIG. 2 as logic included in the application. However, in other embodiments, it may be realized by a dedicated hardware module (dedicated HW) that is not the general-purpose processor 220.

  The parser 310 receives an HTML (HyperText Markup Language), JS (JavaScript (registered trademark)), CSS (Cascading Style Sheets), etc. from the WAS 102 via HTTP, and then executes a script I for executing the service logic of the application I. Separate markup, tags, etc.

  Among the parsed data, the JS including the logic for controlling the terminal device 200 is provided so that the bridge 320 can access the API of the web view (Web View). It may be performed by a controller 321 that performs device control for business logic.

  Of the parsed data, HTML markup tags render the application in conjunction with a dynamic layout 323.

  The controller 321 of the bridge 320 controls JS-type business logic and markup tags that the parser 310 has classified, and the dynamic layout 323 renders the user interface screen configured by such control, and the application Provide the user with the shape to be executed.

  Only the security 322 allows access to the native component 330 to prevent unauthorized access of hardware resources through the application.

  The native component 330 is an object obtained by wrapping various native resources of the terminal device 200 into components and using a hybrid application development framework so that a bridge can be used. The native component 330 manages a web kit browser 331 that processes data based on web technology, a native user interface 333 that implements an application frame, and a device resource 332 related to at least one resource.

  FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an application execution method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  The application execution apparatus 100 executes the application (S410). Then, in order to receive a portion of the application that requires the web component, the web component is requested to the WAS 102 connected via the network 101 (S420).

  When a response to the request is received (S430), elements such as a script, markup, and tags are parsed from the web component (S440).

  Then, the web component is rendered in the application using the native application component by such an element (S450).

  When the WAS 102 requests a refresh at an arbitrary time (S460), there is a user request, or refresh is performed according to a predetermined cycle specified in advance, the steps after step S420 are repeated again. .

  Otherwise, the currently rendered application is maintained (S470) and the normal user application is available.

  FIG. 5 is a block diagram illustrating an application execution method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  When a user interaction is received in the terminal device 510 via the interface B512, this is processed by the controller 523 of the application 520, and the processing result is rendered via the interface A511.

  A template 521 that defines the basic UI pattern and behavior of the application presents content that is fixedly provided by the application, and a dynamic layout build 522 renders the real-time web components received by the WAS 530 together in the interface A511. .

  Information received from the WAS 530 includes a script 533 provided to the controller 523 to provide business logic on the web page, markup 531 to form a dynamic layout, and other data 532.

  Such separation of markup 531, data 532, script 533, etc. is performed by a parsing process.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram for explaining exemplary results of the application execution method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

  As shown in FIG. 1, it can be confirmed that the GUI configuration is changed in the result 600 shown in FIG. 6 within the predetermined frame 120 of the application 110.

  For example, in FIG. 1, nine GUIs included in the frame 120 are reduced to four, and it can be seen that each size is increased.

  The GUI 610 for executing the camera is larger than the GUI 121 shown in FIG. 1, the GUI 620 for searching is larger than the GUI 122 shown in FIG. 1, and the graphic is changed. I understand that. Further, it can be seen that a new GUI 630 not shown in FIG. 1 is included, and the other GUI of FIG. 1 is changed to be accessed through the GUI 640 “more” without presenting it.

  In the past, to change such a configuration in an application, a new version of the application had to be redistributed after being registered in the application store, but according to one embodiment of the present invention, from the WAS 102 The configuration and content in the frame 120 can be freely changed in real time using the received information.

  Such a point is useful for providing application updates distributed by application developers themselves, and can be used for various things such as advertisements and electronic commerce as needed.

  The method according to an embodiment of the present invention may be realized in the form of program instructions capable of executing various processes via various computer means and recorded on a computer-readable recording medium. The computer readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, etc., alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the purposes of the present invention, and are known and usable by those skilled in the art in the field of computer software. Also good. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy (registered trademark) disks and magnetic tapes, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as optical disks, and ROMs. A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as RAM, flash memory, etc., may be included. Examples of the program instructions include not only machine language code generated by a compiler but also high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like. The hardware devices described above may be configured to operate at one or more software layers to perform the operations of the present invention.

  As described above, the present invention has been described with reference to the limited embodiments and drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and any person having ordinary knowledge in the field to which the present invention belongs can be used. Various modifications and variations are possible from such an embodiment.

  Therefore, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but is defined by the claims and equivalents of the claims.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Application execution apparatus 101 Network 102 WAS (Web Application Server)
120 Application frame

Claims (14)

In a device that executes an application,
When a network connection to the WAS instructed by the application is performed, a parser unit that receives and parses data for executing the application from the WAS;
A bridge unit that executes the application using the parsed data;
An application execution apparatus comprising:   The application execution device according to claim 1, further comprising: a native component management unit that manages at least one resource of the application execution device as a component, and allows the bridge to control in the application execution process. .   The bridge unit includes a security module for controlling access to the native component management unit, and data exchange between the native component management unit and the bridge unit is performed only via the security module. The application execution device according to claim 2.   The device according to claim 2, wherein the native component management unit manages a web kit browser that processes data based on a web technology, a native user interface that realizes a frame of the application, and device resource information related to the at least one resource. The application execution device described. In a device that executes an application,
The application includes source code for rendering a basic frame and source code for processing data received from the WAS and applying it to the application,
The device is
When data related to the application is received from a WAS connected to the device via a network, the data is separated into scripts for executing service logic, markups for configuring a user interface, and tags. The parser section,
A bridge unit for controlling the device to render the application content using the service logic to be separated, markup and tags;
An application execution apparatus comprising: The device further includes a native component management unit that manages at least one resource of the application execution device in a component so that the bridge can control the component.
The bridge unit includes a security module for controlling access to the native component management unit, and data exchange between the native component management unit and the bridge unit is performed only via the security module. The application execution device according to claim 5. In the terminal device that executes the application,
The terminal device
A user interface provider that provides application content;
At least one processor;
Memory,
Including
The application is configured to be stored in the memory and executed by the at least one processor;
The application is
Parser logic that separates data received from the web application server into scripts for executing service logic, markup and tags for configuring a user interface;
Bridge logic for controlling the terminal device using the service logic to be separated, markup, and a tag to render the application content on the user interface providing unit;
The terminal device characterized by including.   The terminal device according to claim 7, further comprising native component logic that allows at least one resource of the terminal device to be managed by each component and controlled by the bridge logic.   The bridge logic includes security logic that controls access to the respective components managed by the native component logic, and data exchange between the native component logic and the bridge logic is performed only via the security logic. The terminal device according to claim 8, wherein the terminal device is performed.   If new data is received after the application content is rendered on the user interface provider, the parser logic separates the new data into scripts, markup and tags, and the bridge logic separates from the new data. The terminal device according to claim 7, wherein the application content is updated using a script, a markup, and a tag.   The terminal device according to claim 10, wherein the new data is received from a WAS connected to the terminal device via a network. In a method in which a terminal device including a processor executes an application stored in the terminal device,
When a network connection to the WAS instructed by the application is made, the data for executing the application is received from the WAS and parsed
An application execution method comprising: executing the application using the parsed data. Further comprising creating and managing at least one resource of the terminal device in each component,
The method of claim 12, wherein executing the application includes controlling a component for each of the at least one resource. In a computer-readable recording medium that records the application,
The application is
Parsing logic that receives and parses data for execution of the application from the WAS when a network connection to the WAS instructed by the application is performed;
Bridge logic that executes the application using the parsed data;
A computer-readable recording medium comprising: