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Context-based selective downloading of application resources

  • US 10,015,282 B2
  • Filed: 06/27/2016
  • Issued: 07/03/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of selective resource downloading, comprising:

  • determining an applicability context of a computing device, the applicability context specifying a display resolution of the computing device, a set of one or more user languages of the computing device, and a support capability of the computing device;

    sending the applicability context to a marketplace with a request for access to an application;

    downloading to the computing device from the marketplace separately from code of the application at least one resource of the application which has the specified display resolution, at least one resource of the application which has at least one specified user language, and at least one resource of the application which is tailored to the specified support capability;

    automatically refraining from downloading to the computing device an existing but contextually unnecessary display resource of the same application, namely, a resource which has a display resolution other than the specified display resolution;

    automatically refraining from downloading to the computing device an existing but contextually unnecessary language resource of the same application, namely, a resource which has a user language which is not in the specified set of one or more user languages; and

    automatically refraining from downloading to the computing device an existing but contextually unnecessary support resource of the same application, namely, a resource which requires hardware that is not present on the computing device or requires a multimedia application program interface that is not present on the computing device after the downloading.

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