Granted Patent B2

US 9,170,800 · App. 14/055,078 · Granted Oct 27, 2015

Inventors: Zhongmin Lang (Parkland, FL); Gary Barton (Boca Raton, FL); James Robert Walker (Deerfield Beach, FL); Vipin Aravindakshan (Bangalore, IN)

Assignee: Citrix Systems, Inc.

G06F8/65G06F8/52G06F8/72G06F8/76G06F9/45504G06F9/45516

Abstract

Claims (74)

1. A method, comprising:

modifying, by a computing system, an unmanaged application into a managed application configured for execution within an application-management agent of an application-management framework, by inserting, into a software component of the unmanaged application, information configured to control execution of the software component when executed within the application-management agent of the application-management framework;

generating, by the computing system, metadata identifying a public application store from which the unmanaged application can be downloaded; and

providing, by the computing system, the metadata to an enterprise application store associated with the application-management framework.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the unmanaged application comprises a native application, the method comprising:

receiving, by the computing system, the native application;

determining, by the computing system, a structure of the native application;

inserting, by the computing system and into the structure of the native application, code configured to allow the application-management framework to control the native application; and

rebuilding the native application into the managed application.

3. The method of claim 2 , comprising:

deriving, by the computing system and using a software tool, information from the native application;

providing, by the computing system and to a user, a user interface prompting the user to input additional information regarding the native application; and

generating, by the computing system and based on the information from the native application and the additional information regarding the native application, the metadata.

4. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

receiving, by the computing system, user input identifying an application type of the managed application; and

retrieving, by the computing system and based on the user input, an application template for the application type.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the software component comprises a web-application template, the method comprising:

retrieving, by the computing system, the web-application template;

receiving, by the computing system, user input corresponding to one or more uniform resource locators (URLs);

receiving, by the computing system, user input corresponding to a customized user interface for the managed application; and

building, by the computing system and using the web-application template, the managed application, the managed application comprising a web application configured to support a set of websites corresponding to the one or more URLs and provide the customized user interface.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the software component comprises a hosted-enterprise-application template, the method comprising:

retrieving, by the computing system, the hosted-enterprise-application template;

receiving, by the computing system, user input corresponding to a customized user interface for the managed application; and

building, by the computing system and using the hosted-enterprise-application template, the managed application, the managed application comprising a customized hosted enterprise application configured to provide the customized user interface.

7. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

generating, by the computing system, a bundle comprising the managed application and the metadata; and

transmitting, by the computing system and to the enterprise application store, the bundle.

8. The method of claim 1 , comprising

providing by the and to the public application store, the managed application.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the managed application is configured to run in an unmanaged execution mode when the application-management agent is not present and to run in a managed execution mode when the application-management agent is present.

10. The method of claim 1 , comprising:

parsing, by the computing system, code of the software component to identify one or more calls corresponding to an operating system (OS) application program interface (API) call; and

replacing, by the computing system, the one or more calls with a reference to a stub for a proxy of the OS API call.

11. One or more non-transitory computer-readable media comprising instructions that when executed by a computing system cause the computing system to:

modify an unmanaged application into a managed application configured for execution within an application-management agent of an application-management framework, by inserting, into a software component of the unmanaged application, information configured to control execution of the software component when executed within the application-management agent of the application-management framework;

generate metadata identifying a public application store from which the unmanaged application can be downloaded; and

provide the metadata to an enterprise application store associated with the application-management framework.

12. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the unmanaged application comprises a native application, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive the native application;

determine a structure of the native application;

insert, into the structure of the native application, code configured to allow the application-management framework to control the native application; and

rebuild the native application into the managed application.

13. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 12 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to:

derive, using a software tool, information from the native application;

provide, to a user, a user interface prompting the user to input additional information regarding the native application; and

generate, based on the information from the native application and the additional information regarding the native application, the metadata.

14. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to:

receive user input identifying an application type of the managed application; and

retrieve, based on the user input, an application template for the application type.

15. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the software component comprises a web-application template, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to:

retrieve the web-application template;

receive user input corresponding to one or more uniform resource locators (URLs);

receive user input corresponding to a customized user interface for the managed application; and

build, using the web-application template, the managed application, wherein the managed application comprises a web application configured to support a set of websites corresponding to the one or more URLs and provide the customized user interface.

16. The one or more non-transitory computer-readable media of claim 11 , wherein the software component comprises a hosted-enterprise-application template, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the computing system, cause the computing system to:

retrieve the hosted-enterprise-application template;

receive user input corresponding to a customized user interface for the managed application; and

build, using the hosted-enterprise-application template, the managed application, wherein the managed application comprises a customized hosted enterprise application configured to provide the customized user interface.

17. A system comprising:

at least one processor; and

a memory storing instructions that when executed by the at least one processor cause the system to:

insert, into a software component of an unmanaged application, information configured to control execution of the software component when executed within a management agent of an application-management framework;

generate metadata identifying a public application store from which the unmanaged application can be downloaded; and

communicate, to an enterprise application store associated with the application-management framework, data comprising the software component and the metadata.

18. The system of claim 17 , wherein the software component comprises a web-application template, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

receive user input corresponding to one or more uniform resource locators (URLs) and a customized user interface; and

build, using the web-application template, a managed version of the unmanaged application, the managed version comprising a web application configured to support a set of websites corresponding to the one or more URLs and provide the customized user interface.

19. The system of claim 17 , wherein the software component comprises a hosted-enterprise-application template, and wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

receive user input corresponding to a customized user interface; and

build, using the hosted-enterprise-application template, a managed version of the unmanaged application, the managed version comprising a hosted enterprise application configured to provide the customized user interface.

20. The system of claim 17 , wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to:

parse code of the software component to identify one or more calls corresponding to an operating system (OS) application program interface (API) call; and

replace the one or more calls with a reference to a stub for a proxy of the OS API call.

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