IP Library Granted Patent US 12,050,891
Granted Patent B2
US 12,050,891 · App. 17/721,739 · Granted Jul 30, 2024

Systems and methods for creating software from library and custom components

Inventors: Sachin Dev Duggal (Los Angeles, CA); Rohan Patel (Los Angeles, CA)
Assignee: ENGINEER.AI GLOBAL LIMITED
G06F8/316A61M21/02G06F8/20G06F8/36G06F8/71G06Q10/06311G06Q30/0283A61M2021/0016A61M2021/0022
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,050,891
App. No.
17/721,739
Granted
Jul 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Methods and systems are disclosed that automate and institutionalize many aspects of the process of creating software. Embodiments automate aspects of pricing, software creation, and delivery using a manufacturing-styled approach to development that reuses existing code and other existing software design features.

Claims (34)

1. An automated online custom software application design and delivery system comprising:

a computer configured to:

interactively assist users in developing a desired custom software application by identifying project scope associated with the desired customer software application and generate pricing;

perform a code selection and code integration process in which the computer selects from code library source code components in response to the identified project scope associated with the desired customer software application, and combines the selected source code components with other software; and

perform a project development process comprising managing project delivery of the desired custom software application using automated actions interacting with the customer and an assigned development team,

where the system comprises a customer relationship management system that includes an event manager that processes events including project milestones, code commits, and customer messages and interacts with the user via automated messages.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the event manger is configured to pass event IDs to appropriate subsystems.

3. The system of claim 2 wherein the customer relationship management system includes a chatbot that is configured to send messages to the user based on event ID and parses inbound messaging into the event manager.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the customer relationship management system includes a content management system that pulls content from the code library and sends the content to the user based on event IDs.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is configured to allow users to interact with webpages to design the custom software application by being configured to display an interactive web page that presents a group of different types of software applications to select from to be a base for the desired custom application.

6. The system of claim 5 wherein the system is configured to display a group of different types of software applications comprising a social and photo centric type, crowd sourced content type, leveraging simple device capabilities type, or location based type.

7. The system of claim 5 wherein the system is configured to allows the user to select the one or more types of operating system for which the desired custom software application is developed.

8. The system of claim 5 wherein the system is configured to display a group of different types of software applications comprising a social and photo centric type, a crowd sourced content type, leveraging simple device capabilities type, or location based type.

9. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is configured to machine-assist the user to design the desired customer software application by displaying a series of interactive menu options from which the user selects an application type, operating system, build depth, and other customizations.

10. The system of claim 1 wherein the system is configured to allow users to interact with webpages to design the custom software application by being configured to display an interactive web page that presents a group of different types of software applications to select from to be a base for the desired custom software application.

11. An automated online customer software application design and delivery system comprising:

a computer configured to:

interactively assist a user in developing a desired custom software application by identifying project scope associated with the custom software application comprising machine-assisting the user to design the desired custom software application by displaying a series of interactive menu options from which the user selects an application type, operating systems, build depth, and other customizations, and in response, generates pricing;

perform a code selection and code integration process in which the computer selects from a code library source code components in response to the identified project scope associated with the desired custom software application, determines new codes to be developed, stores the selected source code components and the new codes in a project code repository, and combines the selected source code components with other software; and

perform a project development process comprising managing project delivery of the desired custom software application using automated actions interacting with the user and an assigned development team, and passing the selected source code components and the new codes to the assigned development team,

wherein the system comprises a software development platform that implements a plurality of bots comprising software applications that run automated scripts over the Internet that automate software development, and

wherein the software development platform is configured to include a project management tool that is configured to machine-assist project scheduling for development of the desired custom software application and implement a software development management process, interacting with the user and the assigned development team.

12. The system of claim 11 where the system comprises a customer relationship management system that includes an event manager that processes events including project milestones, code commits, and customer messages.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the event manger is configured to pass event IDs to appropriate subsystems.

14. The system of claim 13 wherein the customer relationship management system includes a chatbot that is configured to send messages to the user based on event ID and parses inbound messaging into the event manager.

15. The system of claim 14 wherein the customer relationship management system includes a content management system that pulls content from the code library and sends the content to the user based on event IDs.

16. The system of claim 11 wherein the software development platform is configured to include a project builder that is configured to pass existing and new code requirements to a team selector process.

17. An automated online custom software application design and delivery system comprising:

a computer configured to:

interactively assist a user in developing a desired custom software application by identifying project scope associated with the desired custom software application comprising machine-assisting the user to design the desired custom software application by displaying a series of interactive menu options from which the user selects an application type, operating systems, build depth, and other customizations, and in response, generates pricing;

perform a code selection and code integration process in which the computer selects from code library source code components in response to the identified project scope associated with the desired custom software application, and determines new codes to be developed, stores the selected source code components and the new codes in a project code repository, and combines the selected source code components with other software;

perform a project development process comprising managing project delivery of the desired custom software application using automated actions interacting with the user and an assigned development team;

match, by a team selector component, one or more of the new code to a team member of the assigned development team having expertise for generating the one or more of the new code and meeting the user's team requirements including location and timing; and

pass the selected source code components and the new codes to the assigned development team.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 16, 2024
From: ENGINEER.AI CORP.; ENGINEER.AI GLOBAL LIMITED
To: VIOLA CREDIT PARTNERS MANAGEMENT, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 068916/0785 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2023
From: DUGGAL, SACHIN DEV; PATEL, ROHAN
To: ENGINEER.AI GLOBAL LIMITED
Reel/Frame 065134/0424 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17380456 · Jul 20, 2021
Continuation 16854805 · Apr 21, 2020
Continuation 15786431 · Oct 17, 2017
Provisional Application 62408935 · Oct 17, 2016
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