# US 10,120,657 B2 · Facilitating workflow application development > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,120,657 B2 - Document ID: US10120657B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/989,285 - Filed: 2016-01-06 - Published: 2016-07-14 - Granted: 2018-11-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-01-08 - Assignees: Hand Held Products, Inc. - Applicants: Hand Held Products, Inc. - Inventors: Dennis Doubleday; Jeffrey Pike; Shawn Zabel; Brian Bender; Mark Murawski - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10120657B2 ## CPC - G06F 8/34: Graphical or visual programming - G06F 8/71: Version control (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57); Configuration management - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract A system has a domain expert component library stored on a computer readable storage device, the component library containing connectable components that create a mobile workflow based application; a domain expert user interface coupled to the domain expert component library to facilitate assembly of components in a workflow sequence; and a developer user interface coupled to: receive an intermediate representation of a workflow application based on the workflow sequence, and provide a software programming language environment to perform data manipulation changes to the intermediate representation to create the mobile workflow based application. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: a domain expert component library stored on a non-transitory computer readable storage device of a computing device having a processor, the component library containing connectable components that create a mobile workflow sequence for generating an executable mobile workflow application having a multi-primary user interface; a domain expert user interface coupled to the domain expert component library to facilitate assembly of the connectable components in the workflow sequence; and a developer user interface configured to: receive an intermediate representation of the mobile workflow application based on the assembled workflow sequence, and provide a software programming language environment to perform data manipulation changes to the intermediate representation to generate the mobile workflow based application; wherein both the domain expert user interface and the developer user interfaces are each configured to receive user input or output information to a user for generating the mobile workflow based application; and wherein the connectable components each have a parameter that is modifiable via the domain expert user interface, wherein the parameter comprises a view that can be rendered on a primary user interface of the multi-primary user interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the domain expert user interface causes a display to present the components as workflow activity objects which a user can: drag and drop onto a workbench, and draw connections between objects on the workbench. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the workflow sequence includes a loop. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the workflow sequence includes a dependent branch. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the domain expert user interface excludes defining details of logical manipulation of data. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the developer user interface includes software programming language environment that provides for detailed manipulation of data associated with the connectable components. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, comprising a developer component library coupled to the developer user interface and storing developer created components and components that are data manipulation intensive. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the developer user interface stores changes to the intermediate representation separate from the intermediate representation. ### Claim 9 A method comprising: providing a component library containing connectable components that create a mobile workflow sequence for generating a mobile workflow application having a multi-primary user interface; receiving a component selected from a domain expert component library; displaying the selected component with previously selected components in a workflow sequence via a domain expert user interface; receiving a connection request to connect components in the workflow sequence; providing an intermediate representation of the workflow sequence to a developer user interface; and tracking and storing component data manipulation related changes to the intermediate representation; wherein both the domain expert user interface and the developer user interfaces are each configured to receive user input or output information to a user; and wherein the components each have a parameter that is modifiable via the domain expert user interface, wherein the parameter comprises a view that can be rendered on a primary user interface of a mobile workflow application having a multi-primary user interface. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, comprising: receiving a domain expert selection for the parameter; and incorporating the parameter selection into the workflow sequence. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the data manipulation related changes are stored independent from the intermediate representation. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, comprising generating a mobile device workflow application from the data manipulation related changes and the intermediate representation. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The method of claim 12, comprising switching between the domain expert user interface and the developer user interface to iteratively modify the application. ### Claim 14 A non-transitory computer readable storage device having instructions for execution by a processor to perform a method comprising: receiving a component selected from a domain expert component library, the component library containing connectable components that create a mobile workflow sequence for generating a mobile workflow application having a multi-primary user interface; displaying the selected component with previously selected components in a workflow sequence via a domain expert user interface module; receiving a connection request to connect components in the workflow sequence; providing an intermediate representation of the workflow sequence to a developer user interface module; and tracking and storing component data manipulation related changes to the intermediate representation; wherein both the domain expert user interface and the developer user interfaces are each configured to receive user input or output information to a user; and wherein the components each have a parameter that is modifiable via the domain expert user interface, wherein the parameter comprises a view that can be rendered on a primary user interface of a mobile workflow application having a multi-primary user interface. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The computer readable storage device of claim 14, comprising: receiving a domain expert selection for the parameter; and incorporating the parameter selection into the workflow sequence. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The computer readable storage device of claim 14, wherein the data manipulation related changes are stored without changing the intermediate representation. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, comprising: switching between the domain expert user interface and the developer user interface to iteratively modify the intermediate representation and the data manipulation related changes; and generating a mobile device workflow application from the data manipulation related changes and the intermediate representation.