KR101215485B1 - System for providing customized applications - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A customized application providing system is provided to maintain information of applications by providing menus to a user in one page. CONSTITUTION: A customized application providing unit(120) provides customized applications to a user device by converting an application into the customized application in response to a manager request. The customized application providing unit stores conversion information of the customized application. The customized application providing unit includes a data management unit(130) and authority management unit(140). The data management unit controls user authority for the loaded application by loading the application in response to the manger request. [Reference numerals] (110) Application storage unit; (120) Customized application providing unit; (130) Data management unit; (140) Authority management unit; (AA) User; (BB) Manager

Description

System for providing customized applications

The present invention relates to a customized application providing system and a method thereof, and more particularly, to a customized application providing system and a method for facilitating integrated management of a plurality of applications.

In general, Software as a service (SaaS) refers to a software distribution model in which a provider or service provider hosts an application and the customer makes it available over a network (usually the Internet, etc.). In the meantime, as broadband services have expanded, users have access to these services in more parts of the world. Therefore, web-based system integration (SI) companies need to customize the configuration or design of the software according to customer's preference every time when SaaS-based service is provided to reflect customer's needs. Do. Therefore, SI companies have to spend a lot of time, effort, and money in terms of system version and customer demand management, such as the need to develop a different version of the program and additionally change the source code each time for new requirements and maintenance of customers. have.

In particular, from the standpoint of managing and supplying a plurality of applications according to a customer's request, a situation in which a plurality of applications can be distributed and managed according to a customer's needs is needed.

An object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for providing a customized application that can facilitate the integrated management of a plurality of applications.

The object is, according to the present invention, an application storage unit for storing at least one application; A custom application providing unit for converting the at least one application into a custom application in response to an administrator request and providing the converted custom application to a user device, wherein the custom application providing unit stores the conversion information of the custom application. Can be achieved by a customized application providing system.

The conversion information may correspond to a change in at least one of a company, a department, and a user having authority to use or modify each of the at least one application and the processing information of the at least one application data.

When the manager request is updated, the custom application provider may convert the custom application in response to the updated manager request and store the conversion information corresponding to the converted result.

The customized application providing unit may separately store the conversion information for each of the at least one application.

The customized application providing unit may provide at least one of a customized application corresponding to the at least one application, user information, and the conversion information to an application manager device through one page.

The customized application provider may process or change data of the at least one application or determine whether the user has access to the at least one application in response to the administrator request.

The customized application providing unit loads the at least one application in response to the administrator request, controls the user's usage authority for the loaded application, and processes the data of the loaded application according to the user's request of the user who is allowed access. A data manager for changing usage authority information for using the loaded application; And in response to the administrator request may include a rights management unit for changing the right to modify the application loaded by the data management unit.

The data manager may include: an application manager configured to load the at least one application and determine whether to use the loaded application in response to the administrator request; A company manager that registers a company that can use at least one application loaded by the application manager; A department manager to register a department that can use the at least one application; And a user manager that registers a user who can use the at least one application.

The application manager may process the data of the loaded application in response to a request of a user who has permission to modify the at least one application.

The data manager may further include a menu manager configured to configure a menu through one page and display a registered company, a department, and a user having permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager. It may include.

The data manager may further include a code manager that codes each registered company, a department, and a user having permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager, and stores the encoded result. .

The object is, according to the present invention, storing at least one application; And converting the at least one application into a customized application in response to an administrator request, providing the converted customized application to a user device, and storing the conversion information of the customized application. Can be achieved.

The method for providing a customized application may further include converting the customized application in response to the updated administrator request and storing the converted information corresponding to the converted result when the administrator request is updated.

According to the customized application providing unit according to the embodiment of the present invention, the administrator (or the user) has an effect of simplifying integrated management of a plurality of applications through one platform.

The customized application providing system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention has an effect of easily maintaining and managing information of each of a plurality of applications by providing the user with a menu provided to the user (or an administrator) through one page. .

Customized application providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is capable of quickly responding to the user's new requirements by enabling information management for the conversion of the application when providing a service based on SaaS (Software as a service).

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a system for providing a customized application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram illustrating a data manager of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is a diagram for describing a platform operated in the customized application providing system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a diagram for describing an execution form of the customized application providing system of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a user device connected to the customized application providing system of FIG. 1.
6 is a view for explaining an example of a user interface provided by the customized application provider of FIG. 1.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a custom application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention.

In order to fully understand the present invention, operational advantages of the present invention, and objects achieved by the practice of the present invention, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in order to avoid unnecessary obscuration of the present invention.

1 is a schematic configuration diagram of a customized application providing system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a schematic configuration diagram for explaining the data manager 130 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a platform operated in the customized application providing system 100. 1 to 3, the customized application providing system 100 may include an application storage unit 110 and a customized application providing unit 120.

The application storage unit 110 may store at least one application. In an embodiment of the present invention, an application is a program created for the purpose of solving a specific task, and unlike the basic software such as an operating system or a utility program, the application may be a program written for a specific task processing. The application may be a package program or content that is an application program developed and written and packaged by an expert in each field as well as an application program created by a specific user.

For example, the application may include a product and inventory management program, a statistical processing program, a numerical analysis program, a simulation program, a process management program, and a scientific program.

For example, the application may be a drug management program operated by a specific company (eg, a pharmaceutical company) for drug management, and may be a program manufactured by a company or an individual for general use such as accounting and document preparation.

The customized application providing unit 120 may convert the at least one application into a customized application in response to an administrator request and provide the converted customized application to the user device 20. In this case, the customized application providing unit 120 may separately store the conversion information of the customized application for each of the customized applications.

In addition, when the manager request is updated, the custom application provider 120 may convert the custom application in response to the updated manager request and store the converted information corresponding to the converted result, wherein the at least one application The conversion information may be stored separately.

The manager request is a modification or change request for a customized application input through the manager device 10, and the change request is at least one of a company, a department, and a user who has permission to use or modify each of at least one application. And request processing or change of the at least one application data.

That is, in an embodiment of the present invention, the transformation may be a change in at least one of a company, a department, and a user who has permission to use or modify each of at least one application, and the processing or change of the at least one application data.

Therefore, according to the customized application providing unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, the administrator has at least one of a company, a department, and a user who has permission to use or modify each of the at least one application through one platform (FIG. 3). It is possible to change and process or change the application data, there is an effect that the administrator or user can conveniently manage the integrated management of a plurality of applications.

The administrator may be an administrator who operates the customized application providing system 100, but of course, the user may be an administrator when the user of the customized application providing system 100 has the authority of the administrator.

The manager device 10 may be a smart phone, a mobile terminal, an MP4, a portable multimedia player (PMP), a notebook computer, a personal computer (PC), a cellular phone, or a personal digital assistant (PDA). various electronic devices such as assistants), and preferably electronic devices capable of cloud computing.

In addition, the user device 20 may be a variety of devices such as smart phones, portable terminals, MP4s, portable multimedia players (PMPs), notebook computers, or personal computers (PCs), cellular phones, or personal digital assistants (PDAs). It may be an electronic device or the like, and preferably an electronic device capable of cloud computing.

The conversion information may correspond to a change of at least one of a company, a department, and a user having a use or modification authority for each of the at least one application, and the processing or change information of the at least one application data.

The customized application provider 120 may include a data manager 130 and a rights manager 140. The data manager 130 may load the at least one application in response to an administrator request and control a user's usage authority for the loaded application, and the data manager 130 may change the usage authority for the application. In this case, changes can be saved as conversion information.

In addition, the data manager 130 may process or change data of the loaded application or change user authority information that may use the application according to a request of an administrator (or a user who has permission to modify a customized application).

The data manager 130 may include an application manager 151, a company manager 153, a department manager 155, a user manager 157, a menu manager 159, and a code manager 161. The application manager 151 may process or convert data of the at least one application or determine whether a user has access to the at least one application in response to an administrator request.

In more detail, the application manager 151 loads and loads any one application (Application1) among the at least one application (eg, Application 1 to Application 3 of FIG. 3) stored in the application in response to an administrator request. It is possible to determine whether to use the application, and process or change the data of the loaded application in response to a request of an administrator (or a user who has permission to modify the application).

For example, the application manager 151 may convert the loaded application 1 into a customized application suitable for the environment of the user device 20 and the user's needs. In more detail, the application manager 151 may process or change data of the loaded application 1 so that the application 1 may be executed in the user device 20.

Here, processing or changing the data structure of the loaded application to be executed in the user's device 20 means that the application manager 151 is suitable for the performance or data processing capability of the user's device 20, or the like. At least one of a file format, a file size, a resolution, an encoding bandwidth, a reproduction size, and an encryption condition may be appropriately converted.

For example, the application manager 151 may convert a video application having a high resolution to a video having a lower resolution, and may convert a band whis, that is, frames per second of the video application. That is, if the user's device 20 is slower than the processing speed of video decoding, the frame 20 may be lowered. Of course, it may be converted to a video application format (eg, MPEG, AVI, ASF, WMV, MOV, AM, or RM, etc.) supported by the user device 20.

As a result, a heavy application existing in the application storage unit 110 may be converted into a light application or a mobile application by the application manager 151 and transmitted to the device 20 of the corresponding user. This is because the user's device 20 may not have high data throughput. It can also take a long time, even if you can load or play high-spec data.

In addition, the application manager 151 may add a file, a registry, and a shared component necessary for executing the loaded application, and a file required for executing the program of the application may include a guest OS or a driving file. In this case, the application manager 151 may add an add-on or plug-in program that can be combined with the loaded application.

An add-on or plug-in program refers to a program that extends or changes a function of a basic application program for a specific purpose. For example, a program that can be used by combining a technical analysis program with a document writing program, or a program having an additional function of enabling an application program according to authority information (for example, location, time, and user) can be used as an add-on or It can be included in a plug-in program. In addition, any commonly known add-on or plug-in program may be included.

FIG. 4 is a diagram for describing an implementation of the customized application providing system 100 of FIG. 1, and FIG. 5 is a configuration diagram of a user device 20 connected to the customized application providing system 100 of FIG. 1. 1, 4, and 5, the application manager 151 loads a first application a from a plurality of applications a to h stored in the application storage 110 (S10).

The application manager 151 generates and stores a customized first application (a ') reflecting the environment of the user device and the user's requirements in response to the administrator request for the loaded first application (a) (S12). One application a 'may be provided to the user device 20.

The user device 20 connected with the customized application providing system 100 may include a browser 210, a downloader 220, a customized application installer 230, and an application platform and an operating system 240.

The browser 210 may allow a user to view all the information provided by the application manager 151 to the user device 20 and allow the user to perform an information search.

The custom application installer 230 may install and execute a custom application provided to the application manager 151. For example, the custom application installation unit 230 extracts an installation file URL from the application installation information provided by the custom application providing system 100, accesses the extracted installation file URL, and then downloads the corresponding installation file through the download unit 220. You can download and install the installation file.

In this case, the customized application installer 230 may transmit the user device 20 information to the application manager 151 to receive the installation information corresponding to the characteristics of the device from the application manager 151. Information about the application name, manufacturer, version, URL of installation file, type of offering (paid / free), and purchase price may be included.

The application platform and the operating system 240 actually service the user by executing an application installed in the terminal, and the download unit 240 is connected to an installation file providing server having an installation file URL under the control of the customized application installation unit 230. You can download the installation file.

In this case, the downloader 240 may download an installation file by using a download plug-in operated on the browser 210 or by using a download protocol such as FTP (File Transfer Protocol).

When the manager request is updated, the application manager 151 may convert the customized application in response to the updated manager request and store the conversion information corresponding to the converted result for each of the at least one application.

The application manager 151 may provide the manager device 10 or the user device 20 with at least one of a customized application corresponding to at least one application, user information, and the conversion information through one page.

A detailed description of the application manager 151 providing at least one of the customized application, the user information, and the conversion information to the manager device 10 or the user device 20 through one page will be described later.

1 and 2, the company manager 153 may register a company that can use at least one application loaded by the application manager.

The department manager 155 may register a department that can use the at least one application, and the user manager 157 may register a user who can use the at least one application.

The menu manager 159 configures a menu of registered companies, departments, and users having permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager 151 through one page to configure the manager device 10 or Display on the user device 20.

6 is a view for explaining an example of a user interface provided by the customized application providing unit 120 of FIG. 1. Referring to FIGS. 1, 2, and 6, the menu manager 159 may include at least one. Data management information and authority management information corresponding to any one application (for example, App1) among the applications App1, App2, ..., AppN are transmitted to the manager device 10 or the user device 20 through one page. Can transmit

For example, the menu manager 159 displays information on whether the first application (eg, App1) is used among the at least one application (App1, App2, ..., AppN) through the "Application Management" menu. Or to the user device 20.

In addition, the menu manager 159 may enable the user to convert the first application (eg, App1) into a customized application suitable for the user's environment and needs through the “Go to Application Management” menu. At this time, the application manager 151 of the first application (App1) so that the first application (App1) can be driven to run on the user device 20 in response to the administrator (or authorized user to change the application). The data can be processed or changed.

In addition, the menu manager 159 may provide the user device 20 with information about a company that can use the first application (eg, App1) through the "company management" menu, and through the "department management" menu. Information about a department that may use the first application (eg, App1) may be transmitted to the manager device 10 or the user device 20.

In addition, the menu manager 159 may provide the user device 20 with information on a user who can use the first application (eg, App1) through the “user management” menu.

In addition, the customized application providing unit 120 may store and manage information on the conversion or change authority of the first application (eg, App1) through the “Permission Management” menu. For example, when an administrator grants an administrator right to "Hong Gil Dong" through the customized application providing unit 120, "Hong Gil Dong" may have the right to view and modify the first application (eg, App1) through the user device 20. have. Here, the modification right may include a change to a company, a department, and a user who can use the first application (eg, App1), and data processing or change of the first application (App1) described above.

That is, the customized application providing system 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention may easily maintain and manage information of each of a plurality of applications by providing menus provided to the user through one page. It can be effective.

Referring again to FIGS. 1 and 2, the code manager 161 codes and codes each of registered companies, departments, and users who have permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager 130. You can save the result.

The code manager 161 codes and codes conversion information (eg, registered companies, departments, and users having permission to use each application) converted in response to the updated manager request when the manager request is updated. Saved results can be saved.

Therefore, the customized application providing system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention can manage information on the conversion of an application when providing a service based on a SaaS (Software as a service), and thus can quickly respond to a new requirement of a user. It has an effect.

The authority manager 140 may change a modification authority for modifying or changing an application loaded by the data manager 130 in response to an administrator request. For example, the authority manager 140 may change a company, a department, and a user who may use the application, and may change a data processing or change authority of the aforementioned first application App1.

Meanwhile, in the present specification, the customized application providing system 100 may refer to a logical configuration having hardware resources and / or software necessary for implementing the technical idea of the present invention, and necessarily has one physical configuration. It does not mean an element or a device. That is, the customized application providing system 100 may refer to a logical combination of hardware and / or software provided to implement the technical idea of the present invention. If necessary, the system 100 may be installed in devices spaced apart from each other. It may be implemented as a set of logical configurations for implementing the technical idea of the present invention by performing.

In addition, the customized application providing system 100 may refer to a set of components that are separately implemented for each function or role for implementing the technical idea of the present invention. For example, the components 130, 140, 151, 153, 155 constituting the application storage unit 110 and the customized application providing unit 120 among the configuration of the customized application providing system 100 as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2. , 157, 159, and 161 may be located in different physical devices or may be located in the same physical device. In addition, according to the embodiment, software constituting each of the components 130, 140, 151, 153, 155, 157, 159, and 161 constituting the application storage 110 and the customized application provider 120 and / or Alternatively, the combination of hardware may also be located on different physical devices, and components located on different physical devices may be organically combined with each other to realize a function performed by each module.

In addition, the unit that refers to each component in the present specification may mean a functional and structural combination of hardware for performing the technical idea of the present invention and software for driving the hardware. For example, a unit may mean a predetermined unit of code and a logical unit of hardware resource for executing the code, and does not necessarily mean physically connected code or a kind of hardware. It can be easily inferred by the average expert in the technical field of the present invention.

7 is a flowchart illustrating a custom application management method according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1 and 7, the application storage unit 110 stores at least one application (S101), and the customized application providing unit 120 converts the at least one application into a customized application in response to an administrator request. And the conversion information of the converted customized application is stored (S103).

 The customized application providing unit 120 provides a customized application to the user device 20 (S105), and updates the customized application (S107).

 The customized application provider 120 stores the conversion information corresponding to the updated result (S109) and provides the updated customized application to the user device 20.

Although the present invention has been described with reference to one embodiment shown in the drawings, this is merely exemplary, and those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible therefrom. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

100: customized application system
110: application storage
120: customized application provider
130: data management unit
140: authority management unit

Claims (13)

An application storage unit for storing at least one application;
A custom application providing unit for converting the at least one application into a custom application in response to an administrator request and providing the converted custom application to a user device, wherein the custom application providing unit stores the conversion information of the custom application,
The customized application providing unit loads the at least one application in response to the administrator request, controls the user's usage authority for the loaded application, and processes the data of the loaded application according to the user's request of the user who is allowed access. A data manager for changing usage authority information for using the loaded application; And a rights manager configured to change a modification right to modify an application loaded by the data manager in response to the administrator request.
The data manager may include: an application manager configured to load the at least one application and determine whether to use the loaded application in response to the administrator request; A company manager that registers a company that can use at least one application loaded by the application manager; A department manager to register a department that can use the at least one application; And a user manager to register a user who can use the at least one application. The method of claim 1, wherein the conversion information,
And at least one of a company, a department, and a user having permission to use or modify each of the at least one application, and corresponding processing information of the at least one application data. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized application providing unit,
And when the manager request is updated, converting the custom application in response to the updated manager request and storing the converted information corresponding to the converted result. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized application providing unit,
Customized application providing system, characterized in that for storing the conversion information for each of the at least one application separately. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized application providing unit,
And providing at least one of a customized application, user information, and the conversion information corresponding to the at least one application to an application manager device through one page. The method of claim 1, wherein the customized application providing unit,
And in response to the administrator request, process or change data of the at least one application or determine whether a user has access to the at least one application. delete delete The method of claim 1, wherein the application manager,
And processing the data of the loaded application in response to a request of a user having a right to modify the at least one application. The method of claim 9, wherein the data management unit,
And a menu manager configured to configure a menu through a single page and display a registered company, a department, and a user having permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager. Customized application delivery system. The method of claim 10, wherein the data management unit,
Providing a customized application, characterized in that it further comprises a code manager for encoding each of the registered companies, departments, and users having permission to use each of the at least one application loaded by the application manager and stores the coded results system. delete delete

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