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, hosted on a server and comprising:
a library of configurable user interface components and functional components; and an application hub hosting a developer interface accessible by an application developer via a network, the application interface allowing the application developer to:
select of one or more components from the library for inclusion in a product;configure each of the user interface components and functional components in the product;display a preliminary occurrence of the product; andassociate the product with any of a plurality of endpoints; wherein the application hub is further operable to receive from the application developer a request for the product, and to provide the product to the application developer according to any one or more of the plurality of endpoints, according to an endpoint request received from the application developer.