TW201419147A - Systems and methods for automatically generating applications, and computer program products thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Systems and methods for automatically generating applications are provided. The system includes an application design platform and at least one user device. The application design platform has a visual editing environment for designing applications. The user device connects to the application design platform via a network, and edits configuration data and material data corresponding to a subject application using the visual editing environment. The application design platform determines whether the edition of the subject application is completed. When the edition of the subject application is completed, the application design platform reads the configuration data corresponding to the subject application and obtains the material data corresponding to the subject application, and packages the configuration data and the material data into at least one application package for at least one operating system platform.

Description

Application automatic generation system and method, and computer program product thereof

The present invention relates to an application automatic generation system and method, and particularly to a system that can edit related information of an application and automatically package the data of the corresponding application into an application package of at least one operating system platform and method.

In recent years, handheld devices, such as smart phones, have become more sophisticated and powerful. Due to the convenience of the functions of these devices, these devices have become one of the must-have items for modern people, and these functions are frequently used anytime and anywhere.

Since the operating system platforms to which these devices belong can allow the public to develop applications related to those devices, or APPs. As a result, there are a large number of applications on the network that have a wide variety of functions. Users can download related applications to their smartphones according to their own preferences and needs.

Conventionally, an application designed and developed for a handheld device must first conceive the function of the application and the plot of its operation through the designer. Because designers often don't have programming skills. Therefore, the designer must communicate the details with the software engineer and the software engineer to write the application for the corresponding application. In general, the designer and the software engineer must go through multiple round-trip corrections to complete the design of the corresponding application. The above procedures must cost a lot of manpower and time.

In addition, because handheld devices may have multiple operating system platforms, such as the iOS platform or the Android platform. The application designer must target Different application system versions are developed separately for different operating system platforms. As the number of operating system platforms increases, the costs associated with application development and maintenance will increase significantly.

In view of this, the present invention provides an application automatic generation system and method to overcome the aforementioned problems.

An application automatic generation system according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an application programming platform and at least one user terminal device. The application programming platform has a visual editing environment for designing applications. The user device connects to the application design platform through a network, and edits the configuration data and material data of the corresponding object application in the visual editing environment. The application design platform determines whether the editing of the corresponding object application is complete. When the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the application programming platform reads the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtains the material data of the corresponding object application, and encapsulates the configuration data and the material data into at least one operating system platform. At least one application package.

An application automatic generation method of an embodiment of the present invention. First, a user device is connected to an application programming platform through a network, wherein the application programming platform has a visual editing environment for designing an application. Then, the user equipment edits the configuration data and the material data of the corresponding object application in the visual editing environment. The application design platform determines whether the editing of the corresponding object application is complete. When the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the application programming platform reads the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtains the material data of the corresponding object application, and encapsulates the configuration data and the material data into at least one operating system. At least one application package on the platform.

In some embodiments, after at least one application package of the corresponding object application is generated, the application design platform further transmits a notification to the user terminal device to notify the user terminal device to download the at least one application package.

In some embodiments, the application programming platform periodically checks whether the editing of the corresponding object application is complete. In some embodiments, when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the user device transmits one of the corresponding object application to complete the instruction to the application design platform, and when the application programming platform receives the completion instruction, the application design platform It is known that the editing of the corresponding object application is completed.

In some embodiments, the application programming platform includes at least one actual extraction and reward language (PERL) code for corresponding to one of the at least one operating system platform, the at least one actual extraction and return language code One encapsulates the configuration data and the material data into an application package of the corresponding operating system platform. In some embodiments, the client device can edit one of the corresponding object applications to output the platform settings. The output platform setting includes at least one specific operating system platform of the at least one operating system platform. The application design platform can package the configuration data and the material data into application packages corresponding to the at least one specific operating system platform according to the output platform setting.

In some embodiments, the user device may further edit media interaction data of one of the corresponding object applications, and the application programming platform generates a media interaction engine in the application package according to the media interaction data. The media interaction engine controls media interactions when the application package is executed.

In some embodiments, the user device can edit one of the game materials of the corresponding object application, and the application programming platform generates a game engine in the application package according to the game data. Wherein when the application package is executed, the game engine controls the game action of the corresponding game.

In some embodiments, the application package may include a native component library and an execution program, a multimedia interpreter corresponding to the at least one operating system platform, and an application language interpreter with one of the corresponding configuration materials and material materials. When the application package is executed, the multimedia interpreter reads and interprets the application interactive language package and executes according to the original component library and the execution program.

The above method of the present invention can exist in a coded manner. When the code is loaded and executed by the machine, the machine becomes the means for practicing the invention.

The above described objects, features, and advantages of the invention will be apparent from the description and appended claims appended claims

Figure 1 shows an application automatic generation system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The application automatic generation system 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention may include at least one client device (131, 132) and an application programming platform 110. It should be noted that the user device can be any electronic device with networking functions, such as mobile devices, such as mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, and notebook computers or personal computers. Individual client devices can be connected to the application programming platform 110 via a network 120, such as the Internet, for designing the corresponding application.

It is worth noting that in some embodiments,

Figure 2 shows an application programming platform in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the application programming platform 110 includes a visual editing environment 111, at least one actual extraction and reward language (PERL) code (112a, 112b), and a processing unit 113. The visual editing environment 111 has a graphical interface. The graphical interface may include a plurality of default components, such as image components, touch components, and APP motion components. The user can drag and drop these components to complete the design of the corresponding application, such as the corresponding configuration data, material data, and / or output platform settings. Each actual extraction and return language code can correspond to an operating system platform, such as an iOS platform, an Android platform, a Window 4 platform, or any personal computer operating system. According to the operating system platform specified in the output platform setting, the individual actual extraction and return language code can encapsulate the configuration data and material data of the corresponding application into the application package of the corresponding operating system platform. The processing unit 113 can control the operations of related hardware, firmware, and/or software in the application programming platform 110, the details of which will be described later.

As described above, the user can edit the configuration data 310, the material data 320, and the output platform 330 of the corresponding object application in the visual editing environment 111 provided by the application programming platform 110. The application programming platform 110 can package the edited data into an application interactive language package 300, as shown in FIG. It should be noted that in some embodiments, the user can edit the media interactive material of one of the corresponding object applications in more than the visual editing environment 111 provided by the application programming platform 110. The application design platform 110 can generate a media interaction based on the media interaction data. The engine (not shown in Figure 3) is in the application interactive language package 300. The media interaction engine can control media interaction jobs when the object application is executed. In addition, in some embodiments, the user can edit the game material of one of the corresponding object applications more than the visual editing environment 111 provided by the application programming platform 110. The application programming platform 110 can generate a game engine (not shown in FIG. 3) in the application interactive language package 300 based on the game data. When the object application is executed, the game engine can control the game action of the corresponding game.

After the application interactive language package 300 is generated, the actual extraction and return language code can encapsulate the application interactive language package 300 as an application package for the corresponding operating system platform. As shown in FIG. 4, the application package 400 can include a native component library and execution program 410, a multimedia interpreter 420 corresponding to the operating system platform, and an interactive language package 300 with the application. When the application package 400 is executed, the multimedia interpreter 420 can read and interpret the application interactive language package 300 and execute according to the native component library and the execution program 410.

Figure 5 shows an automatic method of generating an application in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step S510, a user device is connected to an application design platform via a network, such as the Internet. It should be noted that the user device can be any electronic device with networking functions, such as mobile devices, such as mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, and notebook computers or personal computers. The application programming platform can have a visual editing environment for designing an application. The visual editing environment has a graphical interface. The graphical interface can include complex numbers Internal components, such as image components, touch components, and APP action components. In step S520, the user equipment edits the configuration data and the material data of the corresponding object application in the visual editing environment provided by the application programming platform. As previously mentioned, the visual editing environment has a graphical interface that includes a plurality of default components. The user can drag and drop these components to complete the design of the corresponding application. In step S530, the application programming platform determines whether the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. It is worth noting that in some embodiments, the application programming platform can periodically check whether the editing of the corresponding object application is complete. In addition, in some embodiments, when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the user device can transmit one of the corresponding object applications to complete the instruction to the application design platform. When the application programming platform receives the completion instruction, the application programming platform knows that the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. When the editing of the corresponding object application is not completed (NO in step S530), the determination in step S530 is continued. When the editing of the corresponding object application is completed (YES in step S530), in step S540, the application programming platform reads the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtains the material data of the corresponding object application, and in step S550, The configuration data and the material package are packaged as at least one application package of at least one operating system platform. It should be noted that, in some embodiments, after at least one application package of the corresponding object application is generated, the application design platform may transmit a notification to the user end device to notify the user end device to download the at least one Application package.

Figure 6 shows an automatic generation method of an application according to another embodiment of the present invention.

First, in step S610, a user device transmits through a network, such as The Internet is connected to an application programming platform. Similarly, the user device can be any electronic device with networking functions, such as mobile devices, such as mobile phones, smart phones, personal digital assistants, global positioning systems, and notebook computers, or personal computers. The application programming platform can have a visual editing environment for designing an application. The visual editing environment has a graphical interface. The graphical interface may include a plurality of default components, such as image components, touch components, and APP motion components. In step S620, the user device edits the configuration data, the material material, and an output platform setting of the corresponding object application in a visual editing environment provided by the application programming platform. Specifically, the output platform settings can clearly indicate the version of the different operating system platforms that the object application wants to output. As previously mentioned, the visual editing environment has a graphical interface that includes a plurality of default components. The user can drag and drop these components to complete the design of the corresponding application. In addition, in some embodiments, the user can edit the media interaction data of the corresponding object application more than the visual editing environment. The application design platform can generate a media interaction engine based on media interaction data. The media interaction engine can control media interaction jobs when the object application is executed. In addition, in some embodiments, the user can edit the game material of the corresponding object application more than the visual editing environment. The application programming platform can generate a game engine based on the game data. When the object application is executed, the game engine can control the game action of the corresponding game. It is reminded that when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, related editing materials, such as configuration materials, material materials, output platform settings, media interaction engines, and/or game engines, may be packaged as an application interactive language package. In step S630, the application programming platform determines Whether the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. Similarly, in some embodiments, the application programming platform can periodically check if the editing of the corresponding object application is complete. In addition, in some embodiments, when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the user device can transmit one of the corresponding object applications to complete the instruction to the application design platform. When the application programming platform receives the completion instruction, the application programming platform knows that the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. When the editing of the corresponding object application is not completed (NO in step S630), the determination in step S630 is continued. When the editing of the corresponding object application is completed (YES in step S630), in step S640, at least one thread is generated according to the number of operating system platforms specified in the output platform setting, and in step S650, each thread executes the respective individual. The operating system platform correspondingly extracts and returns the language code to read the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtain the material data of the corresponding object application. Then, in step S660, the configuration data and the material data are encapsulated into an application package of the corresponding operating system platform. Then, in step S670, the application programming platform transmits a notification to the user device to notify the user device to download the application package.

Again, in this case, the application package can include the native component library and execution program, the multimedia interpreter corresponding to the operating system platform, and the interactive language package with the application. When the application package is executed, the multimedia interpreter can read and interpret the application interactive language package and execute it according to the native component library and the execution program.

Therefore, the system and method are automatically generated by the application of the present application, and the user can edit the application visually and automatically package the application package for the different operating system platforms, thereby saving A lot of time and labor costs associated with application design and maintenance.

The method of the invention, or a particular type or portion thereof, may exist in the form of a code. The code may be included in a physical medium such as a floppy disk, a CD, a hard disk, or any other machine readable (such as computer readable) storage medium, or is not limited to an external computer program product, wherein When the code is loaded and executed by a machine, such as a computer, the machine becomes a device for participating in the present invention. The code can also be transmitted via some transmission medium, such as a wire or cable, fiber optics, or any transmission type, where the machine becomes part of the program when it is received, loaded, and executed by a machine, such as a computer. Invented device. When implemented in a general purpose processing unit, the code combination processing unit provides a unique means of operation similar to application specific logic.

While the present invention has been described in its preferred embodiments, the present invention is not intended to limit the invention, and the present invention may be modified and modified without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention. The scope of protection is subject to the definition of the scope of the patent application.

100‧‧‧Application automatic generation system

110‧‧‧Application Programming Platform

111‧‧‧Visual editing environment

112a, 112b‧‧‧ actual extraction and return language code

113‧‧‧Processing unit

120‧‧‧Network

131, 132‧‧‧ User terminal device

300‧‧‧Application Interactive Language Package

310‧‧‧Configuration data

320‧‧‧Materials

330‧‧‧Output platform settings

400‧‧‧Application package

410‧‧‧ Native component library and executive procedures

420‧‧‧Multimedia Interpreter

S510, S520, ..., S550‧‧ steps

S610, S620, ..., S670‧‧ steps

1 is a schematic diagram showing an application automatic generation system in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a schematic diagram showing an application programming platform in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 3 is a schematic diagram showing an application interactive language package in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 4 is a schematic diagram showing an application package in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 5 is a flow chart showing an automatic generation method of an application according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Figure 6 is a flow chart showing an automatic generation method of an application according to another embodiment of the present invention.

S510, S520, ..., S550‧‧ steps

Claims (19)

An application automatic generation system includes: an application design platform having a visual editing environment for designing an application; and a user terminal device connected to the application design platform through a network The editing environment edits the configuration data and the material data of the corresponding object application, wherein the application design platform determines whether the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, and when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, the application design The platform reads the configuration data corresponding to the object application and obtains the material data of the corresponding object application, and packages the configuration data and the material data into at least one application package of the at least one operating system platform. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the application design platform transmits a notification to the user device after the at least one application package of the object application is generated. Informing the user device to download the at least one application package. An application automatic generation system as described in claim 1, wherein the application design platform periodically checks whether editing of the corresponding object application is completed. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the user device transmits a corresponding one of the object application to the application when the editing of the object application is completed. Designing the platform, and when the application programming platform receives the completion instruction, the application design platform knows that the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the application design platform includes at least one actual extraction and return language (PERL) code for corresponding to one of the at least one operating system platform And the one of the at least one actual extraction and return language code package encapsulates the configuration data and the material data into the corresponding application package of the operating system platform. The application automatic generation system of claim 5, wherein the user device further edits an output platform setting corresponding to the object application, wherein the output platform setting includes at least one of the at least one operating system platform A specific operating system platform, the application programming platform packages the configuration data and the material data into the application package corresponding to the at least one specific operating system platform according to the output platform setting. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the user device further edits media interaction data corresponding to the object application, and the application design platform generates a media interaction based on the media interaction data. The engine is in the application package, wherein the media interaction engine controls media interaction jobs when the application package is executed. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the user device further edits a game material corresponding to the object application, and the application design platform generates a game engine according to the game data. In an application package, when the application package is executed, the game engine controls the game action of the corresponding game. The application automatic generation system of claim 1, wherein the application package includes a native component library and an execution program, a multimedia interpreter corresponding to the at least one operating system platform, and corresponding configuration data. Interacting with the application language language package, wherein the multimedia interpreter reads and interprets the application interactive language package when the application package is executed, and executes according to the native component library and the execution program. An application automatic generation method includes the following steps: a user device is connected to an application programming platform through a network, wherein the application design platform has a visual editing environment for designing an application; the user The end device edits the configuration data and the material data of the corresponding object application in the visual editing environment; the application design platform determines whether the editing of the corresponding object application is completed; and when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, The application programming platform reads the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtains the material data of the corresponding object application, and packages the configuration data and the material data into at least one of the at least one operating system platform. Application package. The method for automatically generating an application as described in claim 10, further comprising transmitting, by the application design platform, a notification to the user device after the at least one application package of the corresponding object application is generated. Informing the user device to download the at least one application package. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, wherein the application design platform periodically checks whether editing of the corresponding object application is completed. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, wherein when the editing of the object application is completed, the user device transmits a corresponding instruction of the object application to the application design platform, and When the application programming platform receives the completion instruction, the application design platform learns that the editing of the corresponding object application is completed. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, wherein the application programming platform includes at least one actual extraction and return language (PERL) code for corresponding to one of the at least one operating system platform. And the one of the at least one actual extraction and return language code package encapsulates the configuration data and the material data into the corresponding application package of the operating system platform. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 14, further comprising: the user device further editing an output platform setting corresponding to the object application, wherein the output platform setting includes the at least one operating system platform At least one specific operating system platform, the application programming platform packages the configuration data and the material data into the application package corresponding to the at least one specific operating system platform according to the output platform setting. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, further comprising: the user device further editing media interaction data corresponding to the object application, and the application design platform generates a media according to the media interaction data. The interaction engine is in the application package, where The media interaction engine controls media interaction jobs when the application package is executed. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, further comprising: the user device further editing a game material corresponding to the object application, and the application design platform generates a game engine according to the game data. In the application package, when the application package is executed, the game engine controls the game action of the corresponding game. The method for automatically generating an application according to claim 10, wherein the application package includes a native component library and an execution program, a multimedia interpreter corresponding to the at least one operating system platform, and corresponding configuration data. Interacting with the application language language package, wherein the multimedia interpreter reads and interprets the application interactive language package when the application package is executed, and executes according to the native component library and the execution program. A computer program product for loading and executing an application automatic generation method by a machine, the computer program product comprising: a first code for accepting a user device to edit a corresponding one in a visual editing environment a configuration data and material data of the object application; a second code for determining whether the editing of the object application is completed; and a third code for when the editing of the corresponding object application is completed, Reading the configuration data of the corresponding object application and obtaining the material data of the corresponding object application, and packaging the configuration data and the material data into at least one application package of the at least one operating system platform wrap.