Systems and methods for location-based application installation

• US 10,162,620 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2016
• Issued: 12/25/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Inventors: Luk, Bryant Genepang, He, Robert, O'Toole, Christopher Diebold, Tang, Yu, Brenner, Jennifer T.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chavis, John Q
• Application Number:
  US15/214,300
• Publication Number:
  US 20160328225A1
• Time in Patent Office: 889 Days
• Field of Search: 709223
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system and/or method may be provided to install applications based on location. In particular, a location of a user device may be detected. Based on the location of the user device, one or more applications may be selected to be installed automatically on the user device. Further, when the user device departs from the location, the application may automatically be uninstalled. Thus, applications may be installed and/or uninstalled on the user device based on the location of the user device. The automatically installed application may provide functionality or information associated with the location that triggered the installation. For example, a merchant'"'"'s store may be associated with the merchant'"'"'s application which may be installed automatically on devices of customers who enter the merchant'"'"'s store.

Claims

1. A mobile system, comprising:

a non-transitory memory; and

one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the mobile system to perform operations comprising;

determining a location of the mobile system;

identifying, from a plurality of mobile applications not installed in the mobile system, a first mobile application configured to perform a function associated with a first location corresponding to the determined location;

determining that the first mobile application is installable on the mobile system without a user authorization;

in response to determining that the first mobile application is installable on the mobile system without the user authorization, automatically installing the first mobile application on the mobile system;

determining a level of access to data stored on the mobile system for the first mobile application; and

restricting the first mobile application from accessing a portion of the data based at least on the determined level of access.

2. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the function associated with the first location comprises a function to receive one or more wireless signals from the detected location.

3. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining one or more settings of the mobile system that enables the mobile system to install the first mobile application without the user authorization,

wherein the first mobile application is installed based at least on the one or more determined settings.

4. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the mobile system is outside a geofence of the first location for at least a predetermined period of time; and

in response to determining that the mobile system is outside the geofence of the first location for at least the predetermined period of time, automatically uninstalling the first mobile application.

5. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that a pre-determined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed; and

in response to determining that the pre-determined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed, automatically uninstalling the first mobile application.

6. The mobile system of claim 1, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, prior to installing the first application, that the mobile system is moving toward the first location; and

pre-loading the first application onto the mobile system before the mobile system reaches the first location.

7. A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a mobile device to perform operations comprising:

determining a location of the mobile device;

identifying, from a plurality of mobile applications not installed on the mobile device, a first mobile application configured to perform a function associated with a first location corresponding to the determined location;

determining the first mobile application corresponds to one of a set of preauthorized mobile applications that is installable on the mobile device without a user authorization;

in response to determining that the first mobile application corresponds to the one of the set of preauthorized mobile applications, determining a setting of the mobile device that configures the mobile device to install the first mobile application on the mobile device without the user authorization; and

automatically installing the first mobile application on the mobile device based at least on the determined setting of the mobile device.

8. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the function associated with the first location comprises a function to receive one or more merchant offers from one or more devices at the first location.

9. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein determining the first mobile application corresponds to the set of preauthorized mobile applications is based on the function the first mobile application is configured to perform.

10. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that the mobile device is outside a geofence of the first location for at least a predetermined period of time; and

in response to determining that the mobile system is outside the geofence of the first location for at least the predetermined period of time, automatically uninstalling the first mobile application.

11. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining that a predetermined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed; and

in response to determining that the pre-determined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed, automatically uninstalling the mobile application.

12. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, for the first mobile application, a level of access to stored data on the mobile device; and

restricting the first mobile application from accessing a portion of the data stored on the mobile device based at least on the determined level of access.

13. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 12, wherein the portion of data corresponds to a calendar application of the mobile device.

14. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 7, wherein the operations further comprise:

determining, prior to installing the first application, that the mobile system is moving toward the first location; and

pre-loading the first application onto the mobile system before the mobile system reaches the first location.

15. A method, comprising:

determining, by one or more hardware processors, a location of a mobile device;

identifying, by the one or more hardware processors from a plurality of mobile applications not installed on the mobile device, a first mobile application configured to perform a function associated with a first location corresponding to the determined location;

determining that the mobile device is configured to install the first mobile application on the mobile device without a user authorization based at least on the determined location of the mobile device;

in response to determining that the mobile device is configured to install the first mobile application on the mobile device without the user authorization, automatically installing the mobile application on the mobile device;

determining a predetermined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed; and

in response to determining the pre-determined period of time has passed since the first mobile application was installed, automatically uninstalling the first mobile application.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the function associated with the first location comprises a function to receive one or more merchant offers from one or more merchant devices at the first location.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining one or more settings of the mobile device that enables the mobile device to install the first mobile application on the mobile device without the user authorization,

wherein the mobile application is installed based at least on the one or more determined settings.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining, prior to installing the first application, that the mobile system is moving toward the first location; and

pre-loading the first application onto the mobile system before the mobile system reaches the first location.

19. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

determining, for the first mobile application, a level of access to stored data on the mobile device; and

restricting the first mobile application from accessing a portion of the data stored on the mobile device based at least on the determined level of access.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the portion of the data comprises a contact list.