System and method for cross-platform applications on a wireless phone

摘要

A system and method for operation of cross-platform applications on a wireless phone is provided. The applications can be cross-platform applications in that the same application code can be run on different wireless phone platforms. The method and system can for a wireless phone which runs a cross-platform application that enables the processor of the wireless phone to run the cross-platform applications. The wireless phone processor can operate to determine platform parameters of the phone and then run the cross-platform application using the determined phone parameters.

主权项

1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a mobile device, an application, the application comprising: at least one display area for display on the mobile device, and one or more rendering instructions for the at least one display area, the one or more rendering instructions comprising a first virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a first display element relative to a generic display area and a second virtual position tag specifying a generic display position of a second display element relative to the generic display position of the first display element specified by the first virtual position tag, wherein the generic display position is device independent; determining, by at least one processor, at least one hardware display parameter of the mobile device; determining a specific position for the first display element based on the first virtual position tag and the at least one hardware display parameter; determining a specific position for the second display element based on the second virtual position tag and the determined specific position for the first display element; and generating a display layout for the at least one display area that includes the first display element in the specific position for the first display element and the second display element in the specific position for the second display element.