Smart endpoint architecture

摘要

A network-based application development and distribution platform allows application developers to build, modify, and configure dynamic content applications (especially mobile applications) remotely, and without requiring manual software coding. Smart endpoints facilitate creation of distributable applications for multiple operating systems, form factors, access methods, and/or device types, while creating only a single product and associating the product with the desired endpoints corresponding to the operating systems, form factors, access methods, and/or device types. The platform also facilitates software updates, as updates can be made to the product once, rather than once for each version of the application.

主权项

1. A software development and distribution platform for preserving associations between products and components, hosted on a server and comprising:
a memory; a library of configurable user interface components stored on the memory and a library of configurable functional components stored on the memory; a management services module stored on the memory and configured to modify said configurable user interface components and said configurable functional components to create multiple versions of said configurable user interface components and configurable functional components; wherein the management services module is configured to version each modified configurable user interface component and each modified configurable functional component with a unique version number; wherein each versioned configurable user interface component and each versioned configurable functional component is stored on the memory; wherein a product is immutably associated with one or more of the versioned user interface components and versioned configurable functional components and the product is treated as an immutable delivery that is preserved independently from future versions of the product; and said platform being configured to provide, in response to client requests through one or more endpoints, said product and the immutably associated one or more versioned configurable user interface components and functional components.