Patent ID: 9189132
Filing Date: 2015-11-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for generating an interface on a mobile device, the method comprising: obtaining a list of mobile applications, the mobile applications being located on an application server; selecting one of the mobile applications on the list of mobile applications; accessing a servlet associated with the selected mobile application to request menu data associated with the selected mobile application; obtaining the menu data of the selected mobile application from the servlet, wherein the menu data includes design-time configuration information pertaining to a design-time version of a menu item and run-time configuration information pertaining to a run-time version of the menu item; determining the configuration of the menu item at run-time by combining the design-time configuration information and the run-time configuration information, wherein determining the configuration of the menu item at run-time comprises modifying the configuration of the menu item in response to the run-time information taking precedence over the design-time information; generating the menu item; adding the menu item to a menu list; and sending the menu list to the device to generate at least a portion of a display.