Application Store System for Supporting Development of Application Interoperated with Unified Device and Method for Managing Application Store

摘要

Provided are an application store system for supporting development of an application interoperated with a unified device and a method for managing an application store in the application store system. The application store system may include an authority application processing unit to process a developer's authority application for a multiprotocol adapter system; a software development kit (SDK) distributing unit to distribute a SDK for the multiprotocol adapter system; an application registering unit to receive an application developed using the SDK, and to register and store the application; an application list providing unit to provide a list of registered and stored applications; and an application providing unit to provide the user with an application selected from the list. The SDK may include an application development tool for controlling a plurality of different kinds of devices by controlling the multiprotocol adapter system interoperated with the plurality of different kinds of devices.