Universal Application Generation Platform for Cross-Device Adaptation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current software application ecosystems lack the ability to efficiently generate applications that provide a tailored user experience across diverse devices and platforms, with existing solutions often requiring extensive development and failing to adapt seamlessly to different device contexts and user roles.
Innovation Solution
A computer-implemented method and system that uses a design language to generate software applications, selecting user interface aspects based on the indicated device and context, incorporating features like templates, layouts, and navigation paradigms, and deploying applications across various environments such as native, web-based, and hybrid platforms.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If applications are developed for each specific device and platform individually, then the user experience is tailored to each device, but the development time and complexity increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal application generation platform that uses a single design language to generate applications across multiple device types and platforms. The system selects appropriate user interface aspects from the design language based on the target device characteristics, enabling one application definition to serve multiple devices without requiring separate development for each platform.
Solution Approach 2:
The application is divided into configurable user interface aspects that can be independently selected and assembled. The system segments the user interface into modular components from the design language, allowing selective combination of aspects based on device characteristics, which streamlines the adaptation process across different platforms.
2Productivity
If a standardized application template is used across all devices, then development is simplified and faster, but the user experience fails to adapt to specific device features and contexts
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects and configures user interface aspects from the design language based on the target device characteristics and application context. Rather than using a static template for all devices, the system adapts the application configuration dynamically according to device type, screen size, and other contextual factors while still starting from a standardized base.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies different user interface aspects from the design language to different device contexts. The system selects specific UI components and configurations that are locally optimized for each device type, allowing the application to have device-appropriate characteristics while maintaining overall structural consistency through the standardized design language.
3Adaptability or versatility
If extensive customization options are provided for each application, then the user experience can be highly tailored, but the complexity of the development process increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary configuration layer between the standardized application template and the specific device requirements. The design language acts as this intermediary, providing a structured set of user interface aspects that mediate between the generic application logic and device-specific customization needs, simplifying the configuration process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enables customization through parameter-based configuration of user interface aspects rather than requiring structural modifications. The system allows developers to tailor the application by selecting and configuring parameters within the design language framework, maintaining low complexity while achieving high adaptability through parameter adjustment rather than structural changes.
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AI summary
An ecosystem supporting the design and the construction of software applications (Apps) is described. Such an ecosystem supports rapid and efficient design of Apps that provide a consistent user experience through one or more user interfaces.