KR20220140951A - System and method for producing smart phone application - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed are a system and a method for producing an application, capable of making convenient the generation of an application by using a basic source code and stored content. To achieve the purpose, the system for producing an application includes an application generation server analyzing content information and app setting information transmitted from an application generation program installed in a user terminal to extract a corresponding basic function source code from a source code storage, generating a self-produced app source code with the basic function source code and the app setting information, and combining the content information with the self-produced app source code to generate an application installation file. In accordance with the present invention, an application for sharing content produced or owned by a user with other people can be conveniently generated without professional knowledge about development.

Description

Smartphone application production system and production method {SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SMART PHONE APPLICATION}

The present invention relates to a smartphone application production system and production method, and more particularly, to a smartphone application production system and production method in which ordinary people can easily create applications for smartphones by utilizing basic source codes and stored contents. .

Due to the recent development of information and communication technology, mobile communication terminals provide not only voice communication functions, but also various functions in conjunction with the development of new services and contents such as online games using the Internet, Internet searches, online shopping and social networking services. At the center, there is an intelligent terminal known as 3rd generation (3G) and 4th generation (4G) mobile phone, so-called smart phone.

These smartphones are equipped with large-capacity memory and high-performance central processing unit compared to the existing so-called second-generation (2G) mobile phones, and various applications (applications, hereinafter, sometimes abbreviated as 'apps') are installed and executed, while voice , data communication and PC (Personal Computer) interworking are loaded with an operating system.

What makes these smartphones fundamentally different from existing mobile phones is that they can be utilized by additionally installing various applications, ie, apps, according to the user's needs. A very large number of smartphone apps are provided for each operating system such as Google's Android or Apple's IOS, and are continuously developed and released by developers.

Although numerous smartphone apps have been developed and commercialized as described above, most of the apps are developed by experts, and the reality is that there are many difficulties for the general public to develop apps.

For example, in order for the general public to develop an app, the developer must first request the developer to develop the necessary app, and the developer develops the source code of the function required for the app through the process of analyzing/designing the request of the app development requester, and the contents (resources) ) is added to proceed with the development process.

Recently, the smartphone platform released by Google and Apple in the United States makes it easy to install and distribute apps, unlike the existing smartphone platforms, and provides an easy way to develop apps using the SDK (Software Development Kit) optimized for smartphones. are doing

However, as in the existing PC environment, Microsoft's Windows CE, and Windows Mobile environment, app development must be carried out individually by requesting the developer to produce it, so the reality is that huge production costs and production time are required.

Therefore, it is required to develop a smartphone app, that is, an app for app production, that allows the general public without professional knowledge or experience related to app development to easily produce content such as images and voices that they have as apps. have.

Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2013-0084146 (published on July 24, 2013) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0076479 (published on July 09, 2012) Republic of Korea Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0057861 (published on June 7, 2012)

Accordingly, a first object of the present invention is to automatically customize an app by uploading their content through a mobile device such as a smart phone and setting some detailed conditions by a user without professional knowledge in app development. It is to provide a smartphone application production system that can be developed.

In addition, a second object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a smartphone application utilizing the above-described application production system.

In order to achieve the first object of the present invention described above, in an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of user terminals connected to a wired/wireless communication network, and content information and app setting information installed in each user terminal and generating an application are provided. An application generating program that receives input and transmits it to an external application generating server through a user terminal, and a communication unit connected to the user terminal through a network to receive content information and app setting information transmitted from the application generating program, and the communication unit A basic function implementation unit that analyzes the content information provided by the source code and extracts the corresponding basic function source code from the source code storage, and the basic function source code provided by the basic function implementation unit is converted using the app setting information provided by the communication unit To provide a smart phone application production system including an application creation server consisting of a home-made app generating unit that generates a home-made app source code and generates an application installation file by combining the content information and the home-made app source code.

In addition, in order to achieve the second object of the present invention, in an embodiment of the present invention, a program installation step of installing an application generating program in a user terminal, and content information and app setting information through the application generating program in the user terminal A basic data upload step of uploading to the application generation server, and the application generation server extracts the basic function source code linked to the content information from the source code storage, and the source code related to the app setting information among the basic function source code It provides a method for producing a smartphone application, including an application generation step of generating an application source code by converting it, and generating an application installation file by combining the content information and the home-made application source code.

By using the application production system according to the present invention, an application that allows a user to share content created or owned by a user with other people can be easily produced without specialized knowledge in application development.

In particular, when used for business, the promotion of content can be carried out through smartphones owned by most people, thereby significantly improving the efficiency of public relations work.

And, according to the present invention, there is no need for a user who has installed the application generating program to separately perform technical development of source code and the like.

In addition, according to the present invention, since the application is automatically created by uploading content and simply setting some detailed settings for the creation of the application, it is possible to develop the application at a lower cost than before.

In addition, according to the present invention, by checking the operation method of the application in real time through the user terminal and changing the settings little by little, it is possible to easily give feedback as if directly developing the application even without any knowledge related to application development.

Furthermore, according to the present invention, by combining and using source codes verified in an object-oriented programming environment, it is possible to remarkably reduce an error rate at the time of compilation, thereby realizing automation of application development.

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining an application production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating an application production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram illustrating an application production system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
4 and 5 are diagrams for explaining the generation of home-made app source code using the basic function source code.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for creating an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart showing the flow of the application creation step of the present invention.

Hereinafter, an application production system and a production method according to preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating an application production system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating an application production system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 and 2, the application production system according to the present invention is installed in a plurality of user terminals 100 connected to a wired/wireless communication network (hereinafter abbreviated as 'network'), and each user terminal 100, An application installation file based on the information transmitted from the application creation program 200 that transmits the application setting information and content input by the user to the outside, and the application creation program 200 connected to each user terminal 100 through a network and an application generating server 300 for generating and transmitting the app installation file to the corresponding user terminal 100 .

Hereinafter, each component will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 , the application production system according to the present invention includes a user terminal 100 .

The user terminal 100 is installed by a smartphone operating system so that an application can be utilized, and receives basic data for application creation by executing the downloaded application creation program 200 through an input means such as a touch screen.

More specifically, the user terminal 100 receives content information and app setting information from the user to create an app through the application creation program 200, and transmits the content information and app setting information requested to be uploaded to the outside through a network, That is, it is transmitted to the application generating server 300 .

In addition, the user terminal 100 may download the application installation file from the application creation server 300 and install the app.

The user terminal 100 means a means for accessing the application creation server 300 that provides an app production service through a wireless communication network including a plurality of base stations, a base station controller, a mobile communication exchange, and a wired communication network such as the Internet It is possible to use a wireless terminal installed with a smartphone operating system and a wired terminal.

In this case, a smart phone, a tablet PC, a notebook computer, etc. may be used as a wireless terminal, and a personal computer having an Internet connection means, a television, etc. may be used as a wired terminal.

In this way, the application production system according to the present invention can be equally applied to both a wired terminal and a wireless terminal.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the application production system according to the present invention includes an application creation program 200 .

The application generating program 200 is installed in each user terminal 100 , and is downloaded through an app market or a web page and installed in the user terminal 100 . Here, as the app market, Google's Google Play, Apple's App Store, Naver App Store, and stores individually operated by other telecommunication companies may be exemplified.

Specifically, the application generating program 200 receives basic data including content information and app setting information through the user terminal 100 to generate an app.

Here, the content information may include any one or more of an image file, a video file, a URL, a text file, a voice file, a location, a direction, an acceleration, and an illuminance. In addition, the content information may further include a brief description (name, introductory phrase, producer's name, etc.) of an image file, a video file, and an audio file.

At this time, the URL or text file can be directly input through the input means of the user terminal 100, and the image file, the video file, and the voice file are designated by searching for the stored in the user terminal 100, or are designated by downloading through the Internet. can receive

In addition, the position, direction, acceleration, and illuminance may be collected by the application generating program 200 through various sensors installed in the user terminal 100 and provided to the application generating server 300 .

And the application generating program 200 is connected to the application generating server 300 using the phone number or registered ID of the user terminal 100, the basic data received from the user through the user terminal 100 through the application generating server Send to (300).

As needed, the application generating program 200 is an application generating program (own app; an app that serves as a tool for general users to create applications with their own content on their own), and may be abbreviated as 'own app' ) a package list is stored, and may be configured to transmit information necessary for a home-made app package selected from the user terminal 100 among the home-made app package list to the application generating server 300 .

This self-made app package provides users with various platforms, so that the content is combined with the source code for the platform through simple designation, even if the user does not directly create a platform to be combined with the content, thereby generating the app installation file.

Here, the home-made app package is shown to the user in the form of several exemplary application screens. In other words, each home-made app package may consist of a combination of several functions. Therefore, it is possible to create an application by compiling and compiling the source codes corresponding to each function.

However, the home-made app package only corresponds to the skeleton of the application in which the content is missing, so in order to create a customized application, it is necessary to add content to be included in the application and set the functions in detail.

As such, the application creation program 200 is configured to apply a single home-made app package, so that one type of home-made app can be created without the need to perform the process of selecting the home-made app package, but a plurality of home-made app packages It is configured to be applied so that the user can select one of several home-made app packages to select the home-made app the user wants to create.

In addition, the application generating program 200 may provide an editing function for the basic data on the screen of the user terminal 100 according to the user's request by managing the basic data input through the user terminal 100, and It is also possible to provide a preview function for the basic data.

To this end, the application generating program 200 includes an editing module 210 for editing content information input through the user terminal 100 and a demonstration function so that the content information edited through the editing module 210 can be checked in advance. may include a preview module 220 that provides

More specifically, the preview module 220 displays the execution screen of the application to be created in the form of a preview to the user through the screen of the user terminal 100, and any one home-made app package among pre-stored home-made app packages. It is provided so that you can set it directly.

In addition, the application generating program 200 may access the application generating server 300 to download the app installation file generated by the application generating server 300 and store it in the user terminal 100 .

1 and 2 , the application production system according to the present invention includes an application creation server 300 .

The application generating server 300 is connected to each user terminal 100 through a network through the application generating program 200, and is based on basic data including content information and app setting information transmitted from the application generating program 200. to create a customized application. At this time, the application creation server 300 provides the newly created application installation file to the user's email address, SNS address, KakaoTalk account or user terminal 100 according to the request of the user terminal 100 .

To this end, the application generation server 300 includes a communication unit 310 , a basic function implementation unit 320 , a home-made app generation unit 330 , and a home-made app processing unit 340 . Specifically, the communication unit 310 is connected to the user terminal 100 through a network to transmit and receive data, and provides a function of receiving content information and app setting information transmitted from the application generating program 200 .

And the basic function implementation unit 320 is connected to the communication unit 310, and analyzes the content information provided by the communication unit 310 to extract the corresponding basic function source code from the source code storage 302. to provide. In this case, a memory or a hard disk may be used as the source code storage 302 .

The basic function implementation unit 320 analyzes the basic data uploaded by the application creation program 200 or a home-made app package included in the basic data, and stores the basic function source code linked to the basic data in the source code storage 302 It can be configured to extract from.

Here, since it is possible to classify the home-made app package into several types according to the form or function, any of the plurality of source code modules pre-stored in the source code repository 302 by making them into a package form and allowing the user to select them You can decide whether to combine.

On the other hand, the basic function source code may be configured to expose a specific advertisement through the application installation file generated through the application generation server (300). That is, the basic function source code can provide the effect of generating advertising revenue.

More specifically, the user terminal 100 in which the application installation file is installed automatically exposes an advertisement on the screen of the user terminal 100 when the application created through the application installation file is executed. In this case, the advertisement may be implemented as a banner advertisement or a pop-up advertisement in the execution window of the application created in the user terminal 100 through the application installation file.

As such, the basic function source code may be configured to include a banner advertisement or a pop-up advertisement in the execution window of the application generated in the user terminal 100 by installing the application installation file.

In addition, the application generating server 300 may further include an advertisement output control unit (not shown) linked to the application so that the operator of the application generating server 300 can change the advertisement output through the banner advertisement or the pop-up advertisement. have. In this case, the advertisement output control unit is linked to the application through the communication unit 310 .

In addition, the operator of the application generating server 300 may change the advertisement output through the banner advertisement or the pop-up advertisement by dividing by time, date, day of the week, etc. through the advertisement output control unit. To this end, the application generating server 300 obtains advertisement information through the Internet or through an input means provided by itself.

Such advertisements may be configured to be exposed only in the app installation file created for free through the application production system, and not be exposed in the app installation file generated for a fee through the application production system.

On the other hand, the source code storage 302 stores the source codes written in the form of modules for each function as described above. At this time, since the development environment and SDK are different for each platform, the source code storage 302 may classify and store the source codes by platform so as to provide separate source codes for each platform.

In addition, the home-made app generation unit 330 is connected to the basic function implementation unit 320 and the communication unit 310, and the basic function source code provided by the basic function implementation unit 320 is provided by the communication unit 310. Convert the app setting information to create your own app source code. And the home-made app generation unit 330 generates an application installation file by combining the content information and the home-made app source code.

More specifically, the home-made app generation unit 330 converts the basic function source code provided by the basic function implementation unit 320 using the content information provided by the communication unit 310 to generate a home-made app source code. It may be composed of a conversion module 332 and an app compilation module 334 that generates an application installation file by combining the content information and home-made app source code.

The source code conversion module 332 changes the variable values of the basic function source code using content information or app setting information input by the user.

For example, if the background color information is included in the app setting information, the source code conversion module 332 replaces the phrase "#backgroundcolor" in FIG. 4 with the input color information.

In addition, if the app setting information includes information on the implementation method of the app, the source code conversion module 332 changes the "_true_" phrase described in the lower part of FIG. 5 to an option value set by the user. Change the implementation method.

In addition, the home-made app processing unit 340 is connected to the communication unit 310 and the home-made app generation unit 330, the application installation file generated by the home-made app generation unit 330 through the communication unit 310 content information Provides the function to send to the provided user.

In this case, the home-made app processing unit 340 may transmit the app installation file to the user terminal 100 that provided the basic data.

If necessary, the home-made app processing unit 340 may transmit the generated app installation file using an online address such as an email address, SNS address, and messenger address of the user who provided the basic data. Here, the online address may be an online address registered at the time of membership registration, or a new online address may be input from the user.

The app produced through the application generating server 300 may consist of a single page, or may consist of several pages like a website.

At this time, the app composed of a single page is configured to output all content information uploaded to the application generating server 300 through the user terminal 100 through a single page. And, the app consisting of several pages is configured to divide and output all content information uploaded to the application generating server 300 through the user terminal 100 on each page.

Meanwhile, an application production method using the application production system including the above-described components will be described as follows.

The application production method of the present invention includes a program installation step (S100) of installing the application creation program 200, and basic data including content information and app setting information through the application creation program 200 to the application creation server 300 ) to upload the basic data upload step (S200), and extract the basic function source code linked to the content information and convert the source code related to the app setting information to generate the own app source code to create the application installation file It includes a generating step (S300).

Hereinafter, each step will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

6 is a flowchart illustrating a method for creating an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

First, the method for producing an application according to the present invention may further include a membership registration step.

The membership registration step is a step of receiving approval for membership registration in the application generation server 300 so that the application production service can be provided, and the user terminal 100 by downloading the application generation program 200 through the app market or web page. It is a step of receiving approval for membership registration by transmitting member information and identification information through the application creation program 200 after installation in the .

In this case, authentication of member information may use a procedure known in the art. For example, the user inputs his/her phone number on the authentication page and inputs the serial number transmitted to the phone number on the authentication page to authenticate that the phone number is his/her own number.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the method for producing an application according to the present invention includes a program installation step (S100).

The program generating step (S100) is a step of installing the application generating program 200 in the user terminal 100, by downloading the application generating program 200 through an app market or a web page connected to the Internet, the user terminal 100 install on

Referring to FIG. 6 , the method for producing an application according to the present invention includes a basic data upload step ( S200 ).

The basic data upload step ( S200 ) is a step in which the user terminal 100 uploads basic data including content information and app setting information to the application generation server 300 through the application generation program 200 .

This basic data upload step (S200) includes a package selection process of selecting any one of the home-made app packages provided by the application generating program 200 by executing the application generating program 200, and content information and It may consist of an upload process of uploading basic data including app setting information to the application generating server 300 connected to the application generating program 200 through a network.

Here, the application generating program 200 may receive application information including an application name, an introductory phrase, a producer name, etc. from the user terminal 100 and upload it to the application generating server 300 together with basic data.

In addition, in this step ( S200 ), a detailed setting input process for receiving app setting information may be further included between the package selection process and the upload process. In this detailed setting input process, as the package selection process is completed, the application generating program 200 outputs an interface through which the app setting information can be input on the screen of the user terminal 100 .

If necessary, in this step (S200), between the package selection process and the upload process, a preview process of displaying the execution screen to which the home-made app package and basic data is applied to the user in a preview form may be further included. In this preview process, you can change the pre-selected home-made app package or change the app setting information.

Referring to FIG. 6 , the method for producing an application according to the present invention includes an application creation step ( S300 ).

In the application creation step (S300), the basic function implementation unit 320 of the application generation server 300 extracts the basic function source code linked to the content information from the source code storage 302.

* And the home-made app generation unit 330 converts the source code related to the app setting information provided from the communication unit 310 among the basic function source code provided from the basic function implementation unit 320 to generate the home-made app source code. Next, the home-made app generation unit 330 generates an application installation file by combining the content information and the home-made app source code.

In this way, the program for generating the home-made app source code with the basic function source code and content information is stored in the application generation server 300, and proceeds according to a preset algorithm.

For example, the algorithm of the program proceeds in the same order as in FIG. 7 .

More specifically, the source code conversion module 332 first creates a working directory (S310). Then, the source code conversion module 332 copies the basic function source code provided from the basic function implementation unit 320 to the working directory (S320).

Then, the source code conversion module 332 copies the basic data uploaded from the user terminal 100 through the application generating program 200 to the working directory (S330). Thereafter, the source code conversion module 332 changes the source code detailed file related to the app setting information among the basic function source code (S340), and then generates the own app source code (S350).

Finally, the source code conversion module 332 moves the information file according to the source code conversion (S360).

Next, the app compilation module 334 combines the basic data and the home-made app source code to generate an app installation file (S370), and then deletes the working file and the working directory used to create a new app (S380).

Referring to FIG. 6 , the method for producing an application according to the present invention may further include an application installation file transmission step ( S400 ).

In one embodiment, in the application installation file transmission step (S400), the home-made app processing unit 340 transmits the application installation file generated by the home-made app generation unit 330 to the user terminal 100 through the communication unit 310. can

In another embodiment, in the application installation file transmission step (S400), the home-made app processing unit 340 transmits the application installation file to the user's online address set by the user instead of directly transmitting the application installation file to the user terminal 100. Alternatively, a message of completion of generation of the application installation file may be output through the application creation program 200 installed in the user terminal 100 so that the user terminal 100 may download the application installation file. At this time, the application generating program 200 outputs a download link address separately so that the user can easily download the app installation file by clicking, or merges the download link address for downloading the app installation file in the creation completion message. can

Although described above with reference to preferred embodiments of the present invention, those skilled in the art can variously modify and change the present invention within the scope without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as set forth in the following claims. You will understand that you can.

100: user terminal 200: application creation program
300: application creation server 310: source code DB

Claims (5)

a plurality of user terminals connected to a wired/wireless communication network;
an application generating program installed in each user terminal, receiving content information and app setting information for generating an application, and transmitting it to an application generating server through the user terminal; and
A communication unit connected to the user terminal through a network to receive content information and app setting information transmitted from an application generating program, and analyzing the content information provided by the communication unit to extract the corresponding basic function source code from the source code storage The basic function implementation unit, and the basic function source code provided by the basic function implementation unit is converted using the app setting information provided by the communication unit to generate a home-made app source code, and the content information and the home-made app source code are combined to create an application Smartphone application production system comprising the application generation server consisting of a home-made app generation unit for generating an installation file. The method of claim 1, wherein the application generating program
Smartphone application production, characterized in that it is configured to include an editing module for editing the content information input through the user terminal, and a preview module for providing a demonstration function so that the content information edited through the editing module can be checked in advance. system. The method of claim 1, wherein the content information
An image file, a video file, a URL, a text file, a voice file, a location, a direction, an acceleration, a smartphone application production system, characterized in that it includes any one or more of the illuminance. The method of claim 1, wherein the basic function source code is
The application installation file is installed and includes a banner advertisement or a pop-up advertisement in the execution window of the application created in the user terminal,
The application creation server further comprises an advertisement output control unit linked to the application so as to change the advertisement output through the banner advertisement or the pop-up advertisement. A program installation step of installing an application generating program in the user terminal;
A basic data upload step of uploading, by the user terminal, content information and app setting information to an application generating server through the application generating program; and
The application generating server extracts the basic function source code linked to the content information from the source code storage, converts the source code related to the app setting information among the basic function source code to generate the own app source code, the content information A smartphone application production method comprising an application creation step of generating an application installation file by combining the home-made application source code and the home-made application source code.

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