Method and system for automatically harmonizing access to a software application program via different access devices

US7908222B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Citicorp Development Center, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Michael Grandcolas · Santa Monica, US
• Wendell W. Anthony · Brentwood, US
• Patrick Law · Milpitas, US
• Leslie Moss · Los Angeles, US
• Teresa A. Petach · Los Angeles, US
• Peter Tompkins · Malibu, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 19, 2007
• Grant date: Mar 15, 2011
• Expiry date: Feb 7, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S715/969
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system automatically harmonizes access to a given software application program via different access devices. Through use of the method and system, a financial institution can provide access to a given application (such as, for example, automatic bill payment services) to customers using different access devices such web browsers, screen phones and personal computers. A single application program is all that needs to be written and maintained by the financial institution. Also, the method and system enables financial institutions to “leverage” existing programs because now the institution can automatically “project” its existing stock of program services unto new access devices—devices which may not have even existed at the time the program was created. By receiving information from the user via the user's access device, including information identifying the type of device being used and the application program the user wishes to access, the present invention solves these problems. The application program is then accessed and the information to be displayed to the user is identified. This information is automatically translated into a format which is compatible with the…