Universal Service Interfaces for Cross-Ecosystem Websites
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing application development and deployment processes for mobile devices and voice assistants are cumbersome, requiring significant expertise and resources, leading to limited presence of applications in ecosystems and confusing user experiences due to unique interaction models and numerous applications.
Innovation Solution
A cross-ecosystem website method that uses website templates and web widgets with APIs, allowing entities to create a single website that interfaces with multiple application ecosystems, simplifying development and user interaction through universal service interfaces and derivative domain names.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If entities perform custom development for each application ecosystem, then application functionality can be provided, but development time and cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal service interface that enables a single website to interact with multiple application ecosystems (mobile devices, voice assistants, etc.) through standardized APIs. This eliminates the need for separate custom development for each ecosystem, allowing one application to serve multiple platforms simultaneously and resolving the contradiction between ecosystem versatility and development time.
Solution Approach 2:
The service interface acts as an intermediary layer between the website and various application ecosystems. By introducing this standardized communication interface with consistent data models and protocols, the patent enables seamless integration across multiple ecosystems without requiring separate development efforts for each platform.
2Adaptability or versatility
If entities perform custom development for each application ecosystem, then application functionality can be provided, but expertise requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The universal service interface provides a standardized, ecosystem-agnostic approach that reduces development complexity. By using consistent data models, authentication protocols, and interaction patterns across all ecosystems, entities can deploy their application to multiple platforms without needing specialized expertise for each ecosystem's unique requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent standardizes key parameters such as data models, authentication mechanisms, and interaction protocols across different ecosystems. By harmonizing these parameters through a universal interface, the patent reduces the complexity variations between ecosystems, allowing developers to work with a consistent set of rules regardless of the target platform.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple applications are created for different ecosystems, then comprehensive coverage is achieved, but user experience becomes confusing
Solution Approach 1:
The service interface enables a single application to function across multiple ecosystems with consistent behavior. Users experience the same interaction patterns, data representations, and service capabilities whether accessing the application through mobile devices, voice assistants, or other platforms, eliminating the confusion of dealing with multiple different applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent enforces homogeneous data models and interaction patterns across all ecosystem integrations. By standardizing how data is structured, transmitted, and interpreted throughout the universal service interface, the patent ensures that users encounter consistent experiences regardless of which ecosystem they access the application through.
4Reliability
If custom development is performed for each ecosystem, then specific functionality can be optimized, but resource expenditure increases
Solution Approach 1:
The universal service interface allows a single development effort to achieve reliable functionality across multiple ecosystems simultaneously. By investing resources once into creating a standardized interface implementation, entities can deploy their application to multiple platforms with consistent reliability, avoiding the need to multiply development resources across each ecosystem.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent merges the development efforts for multiple ecosystem integrations into a single unified implementation. By combining the service interface logic, data models, and interaction patterns into one standardized system, the patent reduces total resource expenditure while maintaining the reliability needed for functioning across diverse ecosystems.
Data Source
AI summary
Techniques for providing a cross-ecosystem website for applications are presented. The techniques can include storing, by a webserver, multiple website templates in association with a plurality of respective web widgets and a respective Application Program Interface (API), where a plurality of respective back-end services correspond to the plurality of respective web widgets; receiving, from a website developer, a website template selection and a web widget selection; implementing a respective API for the cross-ecosystem website; storing in association with the cross-ecosystem website a manifest indicating services available on the cross-ecosystem website; and interfacing with a plurality of applications in a plurality of application ecosystems, using the API for the cross-ecosystem website.