KR20150075142A - Device and system for supporting universal application development iteroperated with smart device in smart tv environment - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a device for supporting universal application development interlinked with a mobile device in a smart TV environment. The device comprises: a controller that composes the framework for the web standard of the universal application interlinked with a mobile device and a smart TV; and a storage unit that stores the library of a universal platform commonly packaged to independently compose the web browser platform provided for each manufacturer of the smart TV and the platform for each operating system (OS) installed in the mobile device.

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a device and a system for supporting general-purpose application development,

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an apparatus and a system for supporting application development, and more particularly, to a platform for supporting a development environment of a general-purpose application interworking between a smart TV and a mobile device.

With the recent rapid growth of smart TV and smart devices, there is a growing need for a general-purpose application development platform. By securing an open mobile platform based on a general-purpose OS and releasing APIs and SDKs, Environment is emerging.

However, until now, application development on smart TV has been different from that of platform-based ecosystem such as Samsung and LG, and platform operators such as Google are not standardized, so they have to develop according to the platforms provided by each company. to be. In addition, smart devices have various OS such as iOS, Android, Window 8, and it was difficult to develop applications separately for each platform.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION It is an object of the present invention to provide a platform for facilitating development of an interlocking application between a smart TV and a mobile device.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus for supporting general application development in a smart TV environment, the system comprising: A controller configured to configure a framework for a web standard for the general purpose application to cooperate with each other in common and a platform of a web browser provided to each manufacturer of the smart TV and each platform of an operating system And a storage unit for storing a library of a universal platform that is commonly packaged to constitute an independent platform.

A system configured according to a general-purpose application development platform according to an aspect of the present invention includes a server for controlling user authentication and data network communication for interlocking between a smart TV and a mobile device, a web browser provided by each manufacturer of the smart TV, And a client for displaying data from the server with the same API and operability for each OS loaded in the device.

According to the present invention, until now, the application development on smart TV has to be developed in accordance with the platform provided by each company such as Samsung, LG, and Google, and the smart device has various OS such as iOS, Android, Window 8, Application development.

The universal platform of the Web standard technology for developing an interlocking application between the smart TV and the smart device according to the present invention has no dependency on a specific platform at the time of application development and is highly reusable even after development, . Therefore, it is more effective to activate ecosystem of application development for interoperating mobile devices in smart TV environment.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an application development platform interworking between a smart TV and a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a general-purpose application development platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a diagram showing a server-client structure implemented according to a general-purpose platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In the present invention, it is particularly difficult to develop an application commonly used in the most widely used operating systems such as Linux, Android, and iOS, so that it is independent of the operating system, and a web standard technology platform that enables all functions to be executed through a built- It is in development.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the invention. In this specification, the terms "comprises" or "having" and the like refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof, But do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components, or combinations thereof.

Unless defined otherwise, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries are to be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the contextual meaning of the related art and are to be interpreted as either ideal or overly formal in the sense of the present application Do not.

1 is a conceptual diagram of an interoperable application development platform between a smart TV and a mobile device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, a platform according to an embodiment of the present invention can support various application development, and although not particularly limited, a platform according to an embodiment provides a development environment of a general-purpose game application interlocked between a smart TV and a mobile device .

As described above, until now, application development on smart TV has been different from that of the app ecosystem centering on manufacturers such as Samsung and LG and the platform operators' ecosystem such as Google, so that they can be developed in accordance with the platform provided by each company. There is no one outside. Similarly, mobile devices have various OS (Operating System) such as iOS, Android, Window 8, and it has been difficult to develop game applications for each OS-based platform. As described above, when the platform of each company of the smart TV is different and the platform of each OS installed in the mobile device is different, since each platform has a different development environment, the developer has to develop a game application having the same function There is a difficulty.

The platform according to the embodiment of the present invention provides a framework for configuring a game application to be developed as shown in FIG. 1 in order to minimize overlapping development for different platforms as in the past, The framework according to an embodiment of the present invention is independent of the platform provided by each company of the smart TV 10 and the platform of each OS of the mobile device 20 and includes an open interworking server framework 50, A framework 60 and a smart game framework 70. [

The open interworking server framework 50 includes a framework 51 related to client interworking for linking the smart TV 10 and the mobile device 20 to the server 30, a framework 53 related to user management, A framework 55 associated with messaging interworking and a framework 57 associated with network control. The framework 51 related to client interworking supports a development environment for providing multi-user discovery and pairing functions for interworking between a smart TV and a mobile device, and a framework 53 related to user management, Supports a development environment for user authentication and authentication maintenance, and a framework 55 related to messaging support supports a development environment for providing communication functions between users. The framework 57 related to the network control supports a development environment for providing bidirectional network communication and control functions such as effectively transmitting control events of the mobile device 20 to the smart TV 10. [ In addition, the open interworking server framework 50 supports a standard environment for interworking and transferring data efficiently between a smart TV and a mobile device, and provides a standardized API for improving server development convenience and efficiency.

The open interworking client framework 60 supports a development environment 61 for interworking with a server, a development environment 63 for inter-device interworking, a development environment 65 for control control, and a development environment for UI / UX. .

The smart game framework 70 includes a platform 71 for a smart display web standard technology engine, a platform 73 for interlocking HCI / multi-screen UI / UX, a platform 75 for smart display control technology, And a platform 77 for hardware. The platform 71 for the smart display web standard technology-based engine provides a development environment for interrogation signal network interworking, event and message interworking, non-standard browser support, and instant pairing. The platform 73 for the interlocking HCI / multi-screen UI / UX provides a development environment for multi-screen UI / UX and HCI standards. The platform 75 for the smart display control technology provides a development environment for touch screen control, acceleration sensor control, voice and image control, virtual keyboard control and network interworking. The platform 77 for the control hardware provides a development environment for multiple network control and legacy, media control.

On the other hand, an application development platform according to an embodiment of the present invention which can be commonly used in smart TVs and mobile devices can be applied not only to Google's Android, which is an OS of an existing mobile device, .

In developing the interoperable framework between smart TV and mobile device described above, it is necessary to provide technology to support the operation of many kinds of smart TVs, It is necessary to develop a platform in the web standard technology format that allows HTML5 to be executed. To this end, in one embodiment of the present invention, HTML5 is used as a web standard technology.

2 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a general-purpose application development platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the general-purpose application development platform according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a microprocessor (or controller) -based application development environment capable of providing a predetermined application development environment such as a desktop PC, a mobile terminal, a PDA, Device. ≪ / RTI > For example, the device may include a controller for configuring a framework for a web standard for the universal application to cooperate commonly with the smart TV and the mobile device, and a platform of a web browser provided to each manufacturer of the smart TV, And a storage unit for storing a library of a universal platform packaged in common for constituting a platform independent of a platform of each operating system (OS) mounted on the platform. Here, the web standard may provide a web standard API based on HTML5.

The application development universal platform implemented in the above device is common to the HTML5-based standard control application and the own development platform of the smart TV manufacturer such as Samsung, LG, Google and the smart device operating system such as Android and iOS, And libraries 12 and 22 of a general-purpose platform packaged. That is, the general-purpose application development platform according to an embodiment of the present invention supports the development environment so that the general-purpose application development platform can be developed in the device on which the browser provided with the WebKit is provided using the libraries 12 and 22 of the universally- .

3 is a block diagram illustrating a server-client architecture implemented in accordance with a general-purpose platform according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 3, the server 30 performs user authentication and data network communication for interworking between the smart TV 10 and the mobile device 20 according to a universal platform for developing an interlocked application described with reference to FIGS. 1 and 2, Control. The smart device interlocking server technology applied to the server 30 provides a multiuser discovery / pairing function for interlocking between a smart TV and a mobile device, authentication and authentication maintenance of a user, communication between users, It supports bi-directional network communication and control functions such as sending events to smart TV effectively. It also provides various interworking technologies and secure security technology for server interworking according to the needs of developers.

smart device  Interlocking server technology

- Provide standard for interworking and transmitting data efficiently between smart TV and device

- Efficient Discovery / Pairing function between smart TV and device

- Authentication processing, auto authentication, authentication maintenance function

- Effective message transmission processing and packet security function in cooperation with client

- Provide standardized API to improve server development convenience and efficiency

- Standardized I / F with Android, IOS, HTML5

The clients 10 and 20 display data received from the server 30 with the same API and operability (or function) for various smart TVs and mobile devices. The mobile device interworking client technology applied to the client 20 has a function of interworking smart devices having excellent portability and controllability in order to implement an efficient and flexible control function for a device lacking control such as a smart display / RTI > Also, in order to improve the efficiency of application development, the same API and the same operability are implemented on existing main platforms, and the functions of commercial platforms such as phone pads outside the HTML5 standard are added to the library of general purpose platforms proposed in the present invention And is packaged to work with the HTML5 standard API.

mobile device  Interactive client technology

- for performing the same interface and functions on Android, iOS and additional platforms

Provide independent API

- Standard control application and device interworking function

- Standard control application and smart device control control / processing function

- Instance device pairing & local and WAN networking capabilities

- Backward compatibility function using WebSocket and legacy polling

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Therefore, the scope of the present invention should not be limited by the illustrated embodiments, but should be determined by the scope of the appended claims and equivalents thereof.

Claims (6)

1. A device for supporting development of a general-purpose application for interworking with a mobile device in a smart TV environment,
A controller for configuring a framework for a web standard for the universal application to cooperate with the smart TV and the mobile device in common; And
A storage for storing a library of a universal platform packaged in common for constituting a platform independent of a platform of a web browser provided to each manufacturer of the smart TV and an operating system (OS) platform mounted on the mobile device; part;
/ RTI > 2. The apparatus of claim 1,
And configuring an HTML5-based web standard application programming interface (API). 2. The apparatus of claim 1,
Wherein the smart TV and the mobile device communicate with a server
Open Interworking Server Framework; And
An open interworking client framework for network interworking between the smart TV and the mobile device;
Further comprising: 4. The open-ended interworking server framework according to claim 3,
A standard for interworking and transferring data between smart TVs and devices,
Efficient discovery / pairing function between smart TV and device,
Authentication processing and automatic authentication, authentication maintenance function,
Efficient message transmission processing and packet security function in cooperation with clients,
Provides standardized API to improve server development convenience and efficiency
And provides a standardized interface with Android, IOS, HTML5. 4. The open-ended interworking client framework according to claim 3,
Using the independent API, standard control application and device interworking function, standard control application and smart device control control / processing function, instance device pairing & local and WAN networking functions, and WebSocket and legacy polling for performing the same interface and function in each of the above operating systems Backward compatibility function. In a system configured according to a general-purpose application development platform for interworking with a mobile device in a smart TV environment,
A server for controlling user authentication and data network communication for interworking between a smart TV and a mobile device; And
A client for displaying data from the server with the same API and operability for a web browser provided by each maker of the smart TV and each OS installed in the mobile device;
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