Mobile Module Container for Native and Web App Interfacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Native and web applications within different business units on mobile devices cannot effectively interact with each other, leading to increased operating costs and reduced efficiency due to the lack of a unified platform for information sharing and coordinated functionality.
Innovation Solution
A mobile module facilitates the integration of native and web applications by providing a common interface and container on mobile devices, allowing for simultaneous display, communication, and management of multiple applications, including locking features for security and efficiency.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If native and web applications use different protocols and operate independently, then each application can maintain its own functionality and development standards, but they cannot interact with each other leading to increased operating costs and reduced efficiency
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a container as an intermediary component that hosts both native and web applications. This container provides a common interface and standardized communication protocols that enable applications using different protocols to interact seamlessly, resolving the interoperability issue while maintaining operational efficiency through unified management.
Solution Approach 2:
The container is designed as a universal platform that can host multiple types of applications (native and web) with different protocols simultaneously. It provides universal interface standards and communication mechanisms that work across all application types, enabling both interoperability and efficient operation within a single environment.
2Ease of operation
If multiple applications are run simultaneously without a unified management interface, then each application maintains independent control, but there is no intuitive way to manage application windows and content across different application types
Solution Approach 1:
The container provides a universal management interface that handles multiple application types through standardized commands and protocols. This unified interface simplifies user interaction by presenting consistent controls for window management, content display, and application coordination, while the underlying complexity of platform integration is abstracted away.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments application management into two layers: the container layer provides unified management interfaces for window and content control, while individual applications maintain their own internal control mechanisms. This segmentation allows simple user-facing interfaces while handling complex multi-platform integration in the background.
3Reliability
If applications communicate through a server, then centralized control is maintained, but server and network load increases and performance decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the communication control function from the server and relocates it to the container on the mobile device. This extraction allows applications to communicate directly with each other through the container's standardized interface, eliminating the need for server-mediated communication and reducing network load while maintaining reliable controlled communication through the container's protocol management.
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AI summary
According to one embodiment of the present disclosure, interfacing between a plurality of applications for display on a mobile device includes receiving, by an interface, a request to open a plurality of applications. The plurality of applications are associated with a plurality of business units and comprise one or more native applications and one or more web applications. A processor opens the plurality of applications in a container according to a configuration file. The processor is communicatively coupled to the interface. The container is operable to be displayed on a user interface of the mobile device.