METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE CREATION OF SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS

摘要

The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the creation of software applications that enable the interaction between a mobile business user with a wireless device or handset to interact with functions and information stored in a remote networked server (fig 6, 58) The wireless device may use either a micro-browser application, which supports some known markup language, or a more powerful "smart" or thick client application. The interaction between device and server is facilitated by wireless infrastructure and middleware (fig 6, 60) (which could include the ThinAir ServerTM). The server supports the storage and retrieval of data (fig 6, 72) either through some direct access method such as Structured Query language (SQL) or a more complicated programmatic interface. Through the use of a software development kit and specific techniques and methods described, a software developer can create effective, efficient wireless applications which employ the components mentioned above.