Multiplatform and multichannel distribution of web applications across devices

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10248401-B1
Application number	US-201715793472-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Oct 25, 2017
Priority date	Mar 17, 2014
Publication date	Apr 2, 2019
Grant date	Apr 2, 2019

Abstract

A method for installation of user device configured web applications includes receiving a request to install a web application, determining if the request is from a user device or a sync server, determining information about the web application based on at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with the user device, revising the determined information about the web application if the request is from the sync server, determining a logical location of stored files based on the web application and at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device, and installing the web application using files stored in the determined logical location.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for installation of user device configured web applications, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of files in a plurality of logical locations, each logical location of the plurality of logical locations being associated with at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with at least one potential user device, each of the plurality of files being associated with execution of a corresponding web application;
receiving, from a user device, a request to install a web application;
determining information about the user device, including at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with the user device;
determining whether a logical location, from the plurality of logical locations, exists for the requested web application for the user device, wherein the determination is based on at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device by:
generating a search term based on at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device; and
searching a manifest associated with the web application for the search term;

upon determining the logical location exists, providing files stored in the determined logical location for installation of the web application;
upon determining the logical location does not exist:
determining whether a default logical location exists; and
upon determining the default logical location exists, providing files stored in the determined default logical location for installation of the web application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether a logical location, from the plurality of logical locations, exists for the requested web application further comprises identifying a portion of an entry in the manifest that corresponds to the search term, the portion of the entry identifying a logical location of files for the web application.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the manifest includes an entry corresponding to a logical location from the plurality of logical locations that is associated with at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein the manifest includes a plurality of entries associated with a plurality of configurations, platforms and settings.

5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising searching a database based on the requested web application for the manifest and retrieving the manifest for the selected web application from the database.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein determining whether a default logical location exists comprises searching the manifest for a default entry.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing files stored in the determined logical location for installation of the web application comprises generating a uniform resource locator (URL) based on the determined logical location and communicating the URL to the user device.

8. A method comprising:
receiving user device specific web application code, the user device specific web application code being developed based on at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with a potential user device;
storing the user device specific web application code in an organized file system, the organized file system being based on at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the potential user device, the organized file system including a plurality of logical locations, including a logical location associated with the at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the potential user device and configured to store files associated with executing the web application;
receiving a manifest for a web application based on the user device specific web application code, the manifest including a user-device specific entry referencing the logical location for the configuration, platform and setting combination of the received user device specific web application code; and
exposing the web application via a digital goods marketplace server.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the manifest further includes a default entry referencing a logical location, from the plurality of logical locations, that is different than the logical location referenced in the user-device specific entry.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the organized file system is further organized based on features associated with the web application.

11. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user device specific web application code is stored in the organized file system based on different operating systems of user devices that can execute the web application.

12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user device specific web application code is stored in the organized file system based on languages associated with browsers of user devices.

13. The method of claim 8 , wherein the user device specific web application code is stored in the organized file system based on a 32-bit or 64-bit architecture of user devices.

14. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining a logical location of stored files for a requested web application based on the requested web application and at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device; and
providing the requested web application using files stored in the determined logical location.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing code segments, that when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
store a plurality of files in a plurality of logical locations, each logical location of the plurality of logical locations being associated with at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with at least one potential user device, each of the plurality of files being associated with execution of a corresponding web application;
receive, from a user device, a request to install a web application;
determine information about the user device, including at least one of a configuration, a platform and a setting associated with the user device;
determine whether a logical location, from the plurality of logical locations, exists for the requested web application and the user device, wherein the determination is based on the web application and at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device by:
generating a search term based on at least one of the configuration, the platform and the setting associated with the user device; and
searching a manifest associated with the web application for the search term; and

upon determining the logical location exists, selecting the logical location as including files associated with executing the web application on the user device and providing files stored in the determined logical location to the user device for installation of the application.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:
upon determining the logical location does not exist, determine whether a default logical location exists; and
upon determining the default logical location exists, select the default logical location as including files associated with executing the web application on the user device and provide files stored in the determined default location to the user device for installation of the web application.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 16 , wherein to determine whether a default logical

Assignees

• Google Llc

Inventors

• Chen Dan
• Huang Qian
• Ovechkin Konstantin
• Sargent Antony John

Classifications

• G06F8/71

  Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management · CPC title

• G06F9/445

  Program loading or initiating (bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F9/45529

  Embedded in an application, e.g. JavaScript in a Web browser · CPC title

• G06F9/4451

  User profiles; Roaming · CPC title