Unified Mobile App Bundling for Enterprise Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mobile applications require multiple user logins and sequential updates, leading to inefficiencies in managing and accessing multiple apps on mobile devices, particularly in enterprise settings where consolidated dashboard views and unified access are needed.
Innovation Solution
A system that bundles multiple mobile applications into a single app, using an app server to manage permissions, authentication, and data distribution, allowing for unified access and updates across embedded apps within the bundled application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If multiple individual mobile apps are downloaded and used separately, then each app can be updated independently and maintain its own functionality, but users must perform multiple logins and authorizations to access different apps supporting a common business objective
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple individual mobile applications into a single unified mobile application. This consolidation allows users to access multiple business functions through one login and one interface, eliminating the need for multiple separate logins and authorizations while reducing the number of app icons and entries users must manage on their devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified mobile application serves multiple functions by integrating various business applications into a single platform. Users can access different business objectives and functions through one universal interface, making the application multi-functional rather than requiring separate dedicated apps for each function.
2Productivity
If multiple individual mobile apps are maintained separately, then updates can be pushed sequentially to each app, but this process is time-consuming and inefficient for enterprise-wide deployments
Solution Approach 1:
By merging multiple applications into a single unified application, the update process is consolidated. Instead of pushing updates sequentially to multiple separate apps, the system can deploy updates to the single unified application simultaneously, dramatically reducing the total time required for enterprise-wide updates and improving deployment productivity.
3Ease of operation
If multiple individual mobile apps are used for different business functions, then each app can be optimized for its specific function, but users experience fragmented access and lack consolidated dashboard views
Solution Approach 1:
The unified mobile application provides a universal interface that consolidates access to multiple business functions. Users can view consolidated dashboard views that aggregate data from different business areas in one location, while the application maintains the ability to provide function-specific optimization through its multi-functional design.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified application contains multiple functional modules or sub-applications nested within it. Each nested module can be optimized for its specific function while being accessible through the unified interface, allowing users to access consolidated views at the parent level and drill down into optimized sub-functions when needed.
Data Source
AI summary
Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a server, comprising a processing system including a processor and a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processing system, facilitate performance of operations including receiving a request from a mobile device of a user having an account to access a first mobile application of a plurality of mobile applications, wherein each of the plurality of mobile applications is embedded into a single bundled application, and wherein the single bundled application is downloaded onto the mobile device, determining whether the mobile device has permissions for access to the first mobile application and whether the mobile device is executing the single bundled application, and sending permissions data to the mobile device that enables the mobile device via the account to access the first mobile application. Other embodiments are disclosed.