US 10,241,783 B2Granted

Methods for multi-source configuration of mobile applications

AssigneeGoogle Inc.

InventorsTal Dayan, Safa Alai, Arda Atali, Shuai Jiang

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Abstract

Disclosed are apparatus and methods for processing configuration data sets. A computing device can retrieve configuration data set(s) from data storage. A configuration data set can include key-value pairs related to configuring a software application, where a key-value pair can include a key name and an associated value. The computing device can merge the configuration data set(s) into a merged configuration data set by at least: determining whether multiple key-value pairs of the configuration data set(s) are in conflict; after determining that multiple key-value pairs of the configuration data set(s) are in conflict, determining a representative key-value pair to represent the multiple key-value pairs; and adding the representative key-value pair to the merged configuration data set. The computing device can provide the merged configuration data set to the software application.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A method, comprising:

retrieving one or more configuration data sets and a template configuration data set from a stored plurality of configuration data sets using a computing device, wherein each configuration data set of the one or more configuration data sets and the template configuration data set comprises a plurality of key-value pairs related to configuring a software application, wherein the template configuration data set comprises a template rule for using a first value of a first key-value pair to determine a particular key-value pair, and wherein a key-value pair of the plurality of key-value pairs comprises a key name and a value associated with the key name;
generating a concrete configuration data set based on the template configuration data set by resolving the template rule of the template configuration data set based on the first value to determine the particular key-value pair for the concrete configuration data set using the computing device, wherein the particular key-value pair includes a particular key name that differs from a first key name of the first key-value pair;
merging the one or more configuration data sets and the concrete configuration data set into a merged configuration data set for the software application using the computing device;
providing the merged configuration data set to the software application using the computing device;
and
executing the software application on the computing device using the merged configuration data set to control application behavior.

3 more elements

A computing device, comprising:

one or more processors;
and
a data storage device having at least instructions stored thereon that, upon execution of the instructions by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform functions comprising:
retrieving one or more configuration data sets and a template configuration data set from a stored plurality of configuration data sets, wherein each configuration data set of the one or more configuration data sets and the template configuration data set comprises a plurality of key-value pairs related to configuring a software application, wherein the template configuration data set comprises a template rule for using a first value of a first key-value pair to determine a particular key-value pair, and wherein a key-value pair of the plurality of key-value pairs comprises a key name and a value associated with the key name;
generating a concrete configuration data set based on the template configuration data set by resolving the template rule of the template configuration data set based on the first value to determine the particular key-value pair for the concrete configuration data set, wherein the particular key-value pair includes a particular key name that differs from a first key name of the first key-value pair;
merging the one or more configuration data sets and the concrete configuration data set into a merged configuration data set for the software application;
providing the merged configuration data set to the software application;
and
executing the software application using the merged configuration data set to control application behavior.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 15/956,716Filed 18 Apr 2018 · continuation
Priority: 20 Jul 2015
Published: US 2018/0239602 A123 Aug 2018
Granted: 26 Mar 2019
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

G06F 8/71
Software maintenance or management: version control ; Configuration management
G06F 8/70
Arrangements for software engineering: software maintenance or management
G06F 9/44505
Program loading or initiating: configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
G06F
Computing and data processing

Family

Application62/194,674Us provisional application · filed 20 Jul 2015
Application15/207,100Parent of this continuation · filed 11 Jul 2016
US 2018/0239602 A1Pre-grant publication · published 23 Aug 2018
US 9,977,671 B2Parent of this continuation
US 2017/0024203 A1Published application
US 10,241,783 B2This patent

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