KR101579187B1 - application editing method, server for providing application editing service, application editor and recording medium - Google Patents

Abstract

An application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium are disclosed. The storage unit stores at least one image for creating an application screen. The display unit displays one of the images stored in the storage unit under the control of the control unit. The control unit generates source code for generating an application that detects a user action of selecting a partial area of the image displayed on the display unit, maps the function to a selected partial area, and displays the function-mapped image as an execution screen .

Description

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to an application editing method, an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor,

The present invention relates to an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium, and more particularly, to an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium for creating an application .

To develop an application, a developer writes the source code of an application to be developed using a programming language, and converts the created source code into executable code using an application development tool. The developer must also access the registration site provided by the vendors and acquire the ARM (Application Rights Management) ID for their application in order to register the developed application in the application transaction market. Also, after development, the developer re-connects to the registration site to upload the application files.

Open No. 10-2013-0005835 relates to a method and system for producing an application, which includes an application creation tool unit for providing an application creation tool to the developer terminal, an application creation request unit, and a transmission / Initiates an application creation module associated with the developer terminal. Here, the application production tool unit provides the developer terminal with a screen corresponding to the selected interface when the developer uses the application production tool of the developer terminal to produce the application (application), and the application creation request unit transmits the application creation tool And requests the conversion of the completed application from the developer terminal to the executable application when the application is completed.

The patent application 10-2012-0044834 relates to an application generation apparatus and method thereof, and discloses a storage unit, a request analysis unit, and an application generation unit. The storage unit stores a plurality of source codes corresponding to functional modules of the application. The request analyzer analyzes requirements received from the requester requesting application creation and generates a module list necessary for implementing the function of the application. The application generating unit combines the source codes corresponding to the generated module list to generate a first application operating in the service providing system of the requester and a second application operating in the service using system corresponding to the provider's service providing system.

Open No. 10-2013-0003836 relates to an application distribution system and method, which includes an application database for storing platform independent intermediate language codes generated by converting application source code written in C language, Extracting an intermediate language code of an application requested from the user platform and storing the extracted intermediate language code in a binary code corresponding to the user platform based on the profile information of the user platform, And provides the control unit.

An object of the present invention is to provide an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium that allow a user who does not know a programming language to create an application.

Another object of the present invention is to provide an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium that allow a user who does not know a programming language to design an execution screen of an application in a desired form .

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application editing method including: detecting a user action for selecting at least one image for creating an application screen; Detecting a user action for selecting a portion of the displayed image; sensing a user action for selecting at least one function for the selected selected region; and in response to detecting the user action, Mapping the selected function to some area, and generating source code for creating an application that displays the function-mapped image in the partial area as an execution screen. The application screen may be a main screen of the application.

The application editing method may further include transmitting the generated source code to an application editing service providing server through a network.

The method of editing an application may further include converting the generated source code into executable code executable on a computer.

The executable code may have an IPA (ipa) file format or apk (apk) file format.

The function may include at least one of an interaction function, a content display function, a content download function, an application call function, and an execution screen movement function. The content may include at least one of an image, a moving image, a sound, and an app book. The invoked application may include at least one of an app, a local application, and a remote application.

The at least one image for creating the application screen may be one of BMP, JPG (JPEG), GIF, EPS, TIF (TIFF), PSD, PIC, DXF. It can be one of the file formats of PP3, PICT, PNG, Desktop Color Separations (DCS), FlashPix, PCX, PDF, PIXAR, Raw, Scitex CT (sct), Targa.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application editing service providing server, comprising: a communication unit for receiving source code for generating an application for displaying an image mapped with the function on an execution screen from an electronic device through a network; And a control unit for converting the received source code into executable code executable on a computer.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided an application editor including a storage unit for storing at least one image for generating an application screen, a display unit for displaying one of the at least one image, And a control unit for generating source code for generating an application for detecting a user action for selecting a part of the displayed image, mapping the function to the selected part of the area, and displaying the function-mapped image as an execution screen can do.

The application editor may further include a user interface for detecting a user action, and a communication unit for transmitting the generated source code to an application editing service providing server through a network.

According to the application editing method, the application editing service providing server, the application editor, and the recording medium according to the present invention, a developer can select an image to be used as an execution screen of an application, The design can be designed in a desired form, and the developer can select a function to be mapped to a specific area on the selected image, thereby allowing a user who does not know the programming language to easily create an application.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing system according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a user interface of an application editing system.
3A and 3B are diagrams showing images for creating an application screen, respectively.
4 is a view showing an embodiment of an execution screen of an application created by the application editing system according to the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing an application editing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the source code generation method.
7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing apparatus according to the present invention.
8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing service providing server according to the present invention.
9A and 9B are views showing another embodiment of the user interface of the application editing system, respectively.

Hereinafter, an application editing method, an application editing service providing server, an application editor, and a recording medium according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. The structure and operation of the present invention shown in the drawings and described by the drawings are described as at least one embodiment, and the technical ideas and the core structure and operation of the present invention are not limited thereby.

Although the terms used in the present invention have been selected in consideration of the functions of the present invention, it is possible to use general terms that are currently widely used, but this may vary depending on the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art or the emergence of new technology. Also, in certain cases, there may be a term selected arbitrarily by the applicant, in which case the meaning thereof will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term rather than the name of the term, and on the contents of the present invention throughout.

The suffix "module" for a component used in the following description is merely given in consideration of the ease of making this specification, and the "module" means a set of instructions executable on a computer, can do.

1 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1, an application editing system 1 according to the present invention may include an application editing apparatus 100, an application editing providing server 110, an application registration server 120, and an electronic device 130. The application editing apparatus 100, the application editing providing server 110, the application registration server 120, and the electronic device 130 may be connected to the network 10.

The network 10 may be composed of a backbone network and an access network. The backbone network may be composed of one or a plurality of integrated networks of X.25 network, Frame Relay network, ATM network, MPLS (Multi Protocol Label Switching) network and GMPLS (Generalized Multi Protocol Label Switching) network. The subscriber network may be a fiber to the home (FTTH), an asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), a cable network, a wireless LAN (IEEE 802.11b, IEEE 802.11a, IEEE 802.11g, IEEE 802.11n), WIBro HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access). In some embodiments, the network 10 may be an Internet network and may be a mobile communication network.

The application editing device 100 and the electronic device 130 may be a personal computer system such as a desktop, laptop, tablet or handheld computer. The application editing apparatus 100 and the electronic device 130 may be mobile terminals such as a mobile phone, a smart phone, a digital broadcasting terminal, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistants), a PMP (Portable Multimedia Player) It may be a fixed type home appliance such as a digital TV.

The application editing apparatus 100 can generate the source code for creating the application. The application editing apparatus 100 may select at least one image for creating an application screen, map a function to a partial area of the selected image, and display an image mapped with the function in the partial area as an execution screen Can be generated.

The at least one image for creating the application screen may be one of BMP, JPG (JPEG), GIF, EPS, TIF (TIFF), PSD, PIC, DXF. It can be one of the file formats of PP3, PICT, PNG, Desktop Color Separations (DCS), FlashPix, PCX, PDF, PIXAR, Raw, Scitex CT (sct), Targa. In addition, the function mapped to the partial area may include at least one of an interaction function, a content display function, a content download function, an application call function, and an execution screen movement function.

In some embodiments, the application editing apparatus 100 may map the same or different functions to each of a plurality of regions selected from the selected image, and may display an image with a function mapped to each of the plurality of regions on an execution screen Can be generated.

The application editing service providing server 110 can convert the source code generated by the application editing apparatus 100 into an executable code executable on a computer.

The application registration server 120 may register an execution code for executing an application created by the application editing apparatus 100 or the application editing and providing server 110 and distribute the execution code to the electronic apparatus 130. [

The electronic device 130 may download at least a portion of a program for editing an application from the application editing service providing server 110. [ The electronic device 130 may also execute the downloaded program to perform the functions of the application editing apparatus 100. [

Hereinafter, a program for editing an application is referred to as an editing service module. Also, a program that converts the source code generated by the editing service module into executable code executable on a computer is called an executable code generating module.

The electronic device 130 can download the executable code for executing the application from the application editing service providing server 110 or the application registration server 120 and install or execute the downloaded executable code to execute the application have. That is, the electronic device 130 can download the application created by the application editing service providing server 110 and execute the downloaded application.

When the function-mapped region is selected on the execution screen of the executed application, the electronic device 130 performs the function mapped to the selected region. For example, if the mapped function is an interaction function, the electronic device 130 may open a web page to which the function-mapped region links. The web page may be opened in a page, a slide box, or a pop-up form. If the mapped function is a content display function, the electronic device 130 displays the content. If the mapped function is a content download function, the electronic device 130 downloads the content. If the mapped function is an execution screen moving function, the electronic device 130 moves the execution screen of the application. If the mapped function is an application calling function, the electronic device 130 executes the application. The application executed here may include at least one of an app, a local application and a remote application.

2 is a diagram illustrating an embodiment of a user interface of an application editing system.

Referring to FIG. 2, the application editing apparatus 100 may detect a user action requesting an application editing service and, in response to detecting the user action, display the screen 200. Wherein the user action includes selecting a physical button on the application editing device or remote control, performing a predetermined touch gesture on the touch screen display surface or selecting a soft button, performing a predetermined spatial gesture recognized from the image captured by the imaging device, The sensing unit may include an implementation of a predetermined utterance recognized by voice recognition of the received voice. The application editing apparatus 100 may interpret the user action as at least one executable instruction. In response to the interpreted at least one instruction, the application editing apparatus 100 may control the internal components. That is, the application editing apparatus 100 can use the at least one instruction to control input and output between internal components, and reception and processing of data.

The screen 200 may include a button 210 for executing an editor module and a button 220 for accessing the application editing service providing server 110.

3A and 3B are diagrams showing images for creating an application screen, respectively.

Referring to FIG. 3, the application editing apparatus 100 can display an image 310. FIG. The image 310 is for creating an application screen. The application editing apparatus 100 may change an image for creating an application screen according to a user action. For example, if the user has detected a user action to select the image 320, the application editing device 100 displays the image 320.

The application editing apparatus 100 according to the present invention has the effect of enabling a user who can not program to easily make an application screen or to select an application screen by allowing the user to select an image for the application screen.

The application editing apparatus 100 may detect a user action of selecting a partial area 311 of the image 310 and may select the area 311 in response to the user action detection. In addition, the application editing apparatus 100 can detect a user action for selecting an application calling function for the area 311, and can map the application calling function to the area 311 in response to the user action detection .

The application editing apparatus 100 may also detect a user action for selecting a partial area 313 of the image 310 and may select the area 313 in response to the user action detection. In addition, the application editing apparatus 100 can detect a user action for selecting a content display function for the area 313, and map the content display function to the area 313 in response to the user action detection .

The application editing apparatus 100 generates the source code for creating an application that displays the application calling function and the content display function as an execution screen on which the mapped image 310 is displayed. In some embodiments, the image 310 may be the main screen of the application.

4 is a view showing an embodiment of an execution screen of an application created by the application editing system according to the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4, the electronic device 130 may display a screen 400. The screen 400 is the image 310 of FIG. 3A as the execution screen of the executed application.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a process of performing an application editing method according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5, the application editing apparatus 100 executes an editing service module (S500).

The executed editing service module generates source code for creating an application (S510).

The executed editing service module transmits the generated source code to the application editing service providing server through the network 10 (S520).

The application editing service providing server 110 executes the execution code generating module (S530).

The executed executable code generation module receives the source code transmitted in step S520 via the network 10 (S540).

The executed code generation module converts the received source code into executable code executable in the computer (S550). In some embodiments, the transformed executable code may be one having an ipa file format or an apk file format.

In some embodiments, the application editing service providing server 110 may execute the editing service module at step S500. In this case, steps S520 and S540 may not be performed.

In some embodiments, the application editing device 100 may execute the executable code generation module at step S530. In this case, steps S520 and S540 may not be performed.

6 is a flowchart showing a process of performing a preferred embodiment of the source code generation method.

Referring to FIG. 6, the editing service module detects a user action of selecting at least one image to generate an application screen (S600). The at least one image for creating the application screen may be one of BMP, JPG (JPEG), GIF, EPS, TIF (TIFF), PSD, PIC, DXF. It can be one of the file formats of PP3, PICT, PNG, Desktop Color Separations (DCS), FlashPix, PCX, PDF, PIXAR, Raw, Scitex CT (sct), Targa.

The editing service module displays the selected image in response to the user action detection (S610). Here, in some embodiments, the image 310 shown in FIG. 3A or the image 320 shown in FIG. 3B is displayed.

The editing service module detects a user action of selecting a part of the displayed image (S620). Here, in some embodiments, the partial area may include at least one of the area 311 and the area 313 shown in FIG. 3A.

The editing service module detects a user action for selecting at least one function for the selected selected area (S630). Here, the function may include at least one of an interaction function, a content display function, a content download function, an application call function, and an execution screen movement function. In addition, the content to be displayed according to the content display function or the content to be downloaded according to the content download function may include at least one of an image, a moving image, a sound, and an app book. Also, an application invoked according to an application invocation function may include at least one of an app, a local application, and a remote application.

In response to the user action detection, the editing service module maps the selected function to the partial area (S640).

The editing service module generates source code for creating an application for displaying an image mapped with a function in the partial area as an execution screen (S650).

7 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing apparatus according to the present invention.

7, the application editing apparatus 100 may include a storage unit 710, a display unit 720, a control unit 730, a user interface 740, and a communication unit 750.

The storage unit 710 generally provides a place for storing program codes and data used by the application editing apparatus 100. [ The program code may be a program code of an application received by the communication unit 750 and a program code of an application stored at the time of manufacture of the application editing apparatus 100. [ Applications can also be written in programming languages such as HTML, XML, HTML5, CSS, CSS3, JavaScript, Java, C, C ++, Visual C ++ and C #. The storage unit 710 may store at least one of a source code generation module and an execution code generation module.

The storage unit 710 may store at least one image for generating an application screen. The stored image may include at least one of an image generated or modified by the user and an image received by the communication unit 750. The stored image may include at least one image for creating the application screen, such as BMP, JPG (JPEG), GIF, EPS, TIF (TIFF), PSD, PIC, DXF. PP3, PICT, PNG, Desktop Color Separations (DCS), FlashPix, PCX, PDF, PIXAR, Raw, Scitex CT (sct), Targa.

The storage unit 710 may be implemented as a read only memory (ROM), a random access memory (RAM), a hard disk drive, or the like. The program code and data may reside on a removable storage medium and may be loaded or installed on the application editing device 100 when needed. The removable storage medium may include a CD-ROM, a PC-CARD, a memory card, a floppy disk, a magnetic tape, and a network component.

The display unit 720 displays at least one image for generating an application screen under the control of the control unit 730.

The control unit 730 executes an instruction and performs an operation associated with the application editing apparatus 100. [ For example, using the instruction retrieved from the storage unit 710, the control unit 730 can control input and output between the components of the application editing apparatus 100, and reception and processing of data.

The control unit 730 executes the program code together with the operating system and generates and uses data. The operating system is generally known and will not be described in more detail. By way of example, the operating system may be a Windows-based OS, Unix, LINUX, Palm OS, DOS, Android and Macintosh. The operating system, other computer code, and data may reside in a storage 710 that operates in conjunction with the controller 730. The program code may be a source code generation module and an execution code generation module.

The control unit 730 recognizes the user action and can control the application editing apparatus 100 based on the recognized user action. When the control unit 730 detects a user action for selecting a partial area of the image displayed on the display unit 720, the control unit 730 selects the partial area and performs a user action for selecting at least one function for the selected partial area The selected function is mapped to the selected partial area. In addition, when the control unit 730 detects a user action for requesting source code generation, the control unit 730 generates source code for generating an application for displaying an image mapped with the function as an execution screen.

The control unit 730 may be implemented on a single chip, multiple chips, or multiple electrical components. Various architectures can be used for the control portion 730, including, for example, a dedicated or embedded processor, a single purpose processor, a controller, an ASIC,

The user interface 740 senses the user action and outputs the sensed result to the control unit 730. The control unit 730 can recognize the user action based on the result output by the user interface 740. [

The communication unit 750 can transmit the source code generated by the control unit 730 to the application editing service providing server 110 via the network 10. [

8 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a preferred embodiment of an application editing service providing server according to the present invention.

8, the application editing service providing server 110 may include a storage unit 810, a communication unit 820, and a control unit 830.

The storage unit 810 may store a source code generation module and an execution code generation module.

The communication unit 820 can receive the source code for generating an application from the application editing apparatus 100 or the electronic device 130 via the network 10. [ The application may be an application that displays a function-mapped image in an area on an execution screen.

The communication unit 820 can transmit at least one of the source code generation module and the execution code generation module to the application editing apparatus 100 or the electronic device 130 via the network 10. [ The communication unit 820 can also transmit the execution code generated by the control unit 830 to the application editing apparatus 100, the application registration server 120 and the electronic device 130 via the network 10. [

The control unit 830 can convert the source code received by the communication unit 820 into an executable code executable in the computer. The executable code may have an IPA (ipa) file format or apk (apk) file format. The control unit 830 can register the converted execution code in the application registration server 120. [

9A and 9B are diagrams illustrating another embodiment of the user interface of the application editing system, respectively.

9A and 9B, the source code generation module may include executable code executed through a web browser. The application editing service providing server 110 can transmit the execution code of the source code generating module executed through the web browser to the application editing apparatus 100 and the electronic device 130 via the network 10. [ An execution screen of the source code generation module can be displayed on the web browser of the application editing apparatus 100 and the electronic device 130. [ For example, the user interface 200 of FIG. 2 is displayed on the web browser 910, and the image 310 of FIG. 3A is displayed on the web browser 910.

The executable code generation module may include executable code executed through a web browser. The application editing service providing server 110 can transmit the execution code of the execution code generating module executed through the web browser to the application editing apparatus 100 and the electronic device 130 via the network 10. [

The present invention can also be embodied as computer-readable codes on a computer-readable recording medium. A computer-readable recording medium includes all kinds of recording apparatuses in which data that can be read by a computer system is stored. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include a ROM, a RAM, a CD-ROM, a magnetic tape, a floppy disk, an optical data storage device, and the like, and may be implemented in the form of a carrier wave (for example, transmission via the Internet) . The computer-readable recording medium may also be distributed over a networked computer system so that computer readable code can be stored and executed in a distributed manner.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is clearly understood that the same is by way of illustration and example only and is not to be taken by way of limitation in the embodiment in which said invention is directed. It will be understood by those skilled in the art that various changes in form and detail may be made therein without departing from the scope of the appended claims.

Claims (15)

Sensing a user action of selecting at least one image for creating an application screen;
Displaying the selected image in response to the user action detection;
Detecting a user action to select some of the displayed images;
Detecting a user action for selecting at least one of an interaction function, a content display function, a content download function, an application call function, and an execution screen movement function for the selected selected image area;
Mapping the selected function to the partial image area in response to the user action detection; And
Generating source code for creating an application that displays an image with a function mapped in the partial image area as an execution screen,
Wherein the generating the source code comprises:
Wherein at least one function among the interaction function, the content display function, the content display function, the content download function, the application calling function, and the execution screen moving function is mapped and then the source code for the mapped function is automatically The application editing method comprising: The method according to claim 1,
And transmitting the generated source code to an application editing service providing server through a network. The method according to claim 1,
And converting the generated source code into executable code executable on a computer. The method of claim 3,
Wherein the executable code has an IPA file format or an APK file format. delete The method according to claim 1,
The content may include:
An image, a moving picture, a sound, and an appbook. The method according to claim 1,
The called application,
An application, a local application, and a remote application. The method according to claim 1,
The at least one image for creating the application screen may be one of BMP, JPG (JPEG), GIF, EPS, TIF (TIFF), PSD, PIC, DXF. Wherein the file is generated in one of file formats of PP3, PICT, PNG, Desktop Color Separations (DCS), FlashPix, PCX, PDF, PIXAR, Raw, Scitex CT (sct) and Targa. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the application screen is a main screen of the application. A computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 9. A storage unit for storing a program for causing a computer to execute the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 9; And
And a communication unit for transmitting at least a part of the commands constituting the stored program to an electronic device through a network. A storage unit for storing an execution code for executing the method according to any one of claims 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 through a web browser executed in a computer; And
And a communication unit for transmitting at least a part of commands constituting the stored executable code to an electronic device via a network. delete A storage unit for storing at least one image for generating an application screen;
A display unit for displaying one of the at least one image; And
Detecting a user action for selecting some image areas of the displayed image and mapping at least one function of an interaction function, a content display function, a content download function, an application call function, and an execution screen movement function to the selected selected image area And a control unit for generating source code for generating an application that displays the function-mapped image as an execution screen,
Wherein,
Wherein at least one function among the interaction function, the content display function, the content download function, the application calling function, and the execution screen moving function is mapped, and then the source code for the mapped function is automatically generated Application editor. 15. The method of claim 14,
A user interface for detecting user actions; And
And a communication unit for transmitting the generated source code to an application editing service providing server through a network.

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