IP Library Granted Patent US 8,555,280
Granted Patent B2
US 8,555,280 · App. 13/262,332 · Granted Oct 8, 2013

Terminal device of non-android platform for executing android applications, and computer readable recording medium for storing program of executing android applications on non-android platform

Inventors: Min-chul Kwak (Seoul, KR); Hyeok-Gon Ryu (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Dong-Young Lim (Gyeonggi-do, KR); Kwang-Chul Shin (Gyeonggi-do, KR)
Assignee: Infraware Technology, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,555,280
App. No.
13/262,332
Granted
Oct 8, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a terminal device having a VM-based layer structure for executing heterogeneous applications. The terminal device includes: an application layer module including a first application and a second application; a platform layer module connected to a terminal processor and configured to operate the first application; and a middleware module configured to connect the platform layer module and the second application.

Claims (30)

1. A terminal device of a non-Android platform for executing Android applications, comprising:

an application layer module having at least one Android application;

a native platform layer module of the non-Android platform for operating hardware resources of the terminal device; and

a middleware module for connecting the application layer module and the native platform layer module,

wherein the middleware module comprises a class library layer module, a native library layer module, and a porting layer module,

and wherein,

the class library layer module comprises an application framework module including class libraries required for executing the Android application and a core class library module providing a Java API (Application Programming Interface),

the porting layer module, configured to connect the native library layer module and the native platform layer module, includes hardware management modules including at least one of file system, memory allocation module, network module, basic libraries, timers, and device control module, wherein the hardware management module provides a Linux standard API for managing hardware of the terminal device using OS (Operating System) dependent codes,

the native library layer module comprises VM (Virtual Machine) and a native library, wherein the VM utilizes the hardware through the Linux standard API provided by the porting layer module when executing the Android applications based on the class libraries and the Java API provided in the class library layer module, the VM is configured to execute the Android applications not through Linux but through the native platform layer module by using thread management module, dynamic library management module, foreign function interface, synchronization module, memory management module which are platform-independent modules included in the VM, and wherein the native library is used for implementing the class libraries of the application framework module.

2. The terminal device of claim 1 ,

wherein the VM operates on a single task in interconnection with the native platform layer module through the porting layer module.

3. The terminal device of claim 1 ,

wherein the native library layer module comprises one or more native libraries which operate in interconnection with the hardware management modules of the porting layer module.

4. The terminal device of claim 3 ,

wherein the application framework module comprises one or more service modules for performing telephone service, location-based service, Bluetooth networking service, WiFi networking service, USB service, and sensor service, and executes a corresponding service in background according to execution of the Android application.

5. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium for storing program of executing Android applications on a non-Android platform, wherein the program comprising:

an application layer module having at least one Android application;

a native platform layer module of the non-Android platform for operating hardware resources of the terminal device; and

a middleware module for connecting the application layer module and the native platform layer module,

wherein the middleware module comprises a class library layer module, a native library layer module, and a porting layer module,

and wherein,

the class library layer module comprises an application framework module including class libraries required for executing the Android application and a core class library module providing a Java API (Application Programming Interface),

the porting layer module, configured to connect the native library layer module and the native platform layer module, includes hardware management modules including at least one of file system, memory allocation module, network module, basic libraries, timers, and device control module, wherein the hardware management module provides a Linux standard API for managing hardware of the terminal device using OS (Operating System) dependent codes,

the native library layer module comprises VM (Virtual Machine) and a native library, wherein the VM utilizes the hardware through the Linux standard API provided by the porting layer module when executing the Android applications based on the class libraries and the Java API provided in the class library layer module, the VM is configured to execute the Android applications not through Linux but through the native platform layer module by using thread management module, dynamic library management module, foreign function interface, synchronization module, memory management module which are platform-independent modules included in the VM, and wherein the native library is used for implementing the class libraries of the application framework module.

6. The computer readable recording medium of claim 5 ,

wherein the VM operates on a single task in interconnection with the native platform layer module through the porting layer module.

7. The computer readable recording medium of claim 5 ,

wherein the native library layer module comprises one or more native libraries which operate in interconnection with the hardware management modules of the porting layer module.

8. The computer readable recording medium of claim 7 ,

wherein the application framework module comprises one or more service modules for performing telephone service, location-based service, Bluetooth networking service, WiFi networking service, USB service, and sensor service, and executes a corresponding service in background according to execution of the Android application.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 22, 2012
From: J MOBILE CO., LTD.
To: INFRAWARE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
Reel/Frame 027915/0049 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2011
From: KWAK, MIN-CHUL; RYU, HYEOK-GON; LIM, DONG-YOUNG; SHIN, KWANG-CHUL
To: J MOBILE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026999/0044 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0121002 · Dec 8, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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