Patent ID: 7836439
Filing Date: 2010-11-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for dynamically associating an application with an extension service to generate an extended, dynamically linked version of the application, the application configurable for deployment on a mobile device, the system comprising: a parser module interpreting a service document, the service document including service metadata descriptors to identify a communication interface associated with the extension service, the application interacting with the extension service through communication messages defined in a structured definition language, the service metadata descriptors describing the communication interface including structure and type of parameters expected by the extension service for use in manipulation of the communication messages, the service metadata descriptors further being distinct from an application metadata descriptor of the application; a linking module coupled to the parser module for using the communication interface and a reference to the extension service in the application to build a runtime link between the extension service and the application to produce the executable application; a messaging engine processing the communication messages; and a computer processor for executing the parser module, wherein the extension service is selected from the group consisting of: a local extension service configured for hosting on the mobile device, and a remote extension service configured for hosting on a network entity communicating with the mobile device via the network; wherein the linking module is configured to generate the application as a client of a data source when the mobile device is coupled to the data source via a network; and an application container for in a runtime environment for the application such that the extension service is external to the application container.