System and method for application and application metadata filtering based on wireless device capabilities

• US 20040043763A1
• Filed: 08/30/2002
• Published: 03/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: Gardner, Richard Wayne III, Sprigg, Stephen A., Minear, Brian, Oliver, Mitchell B., Nguyen, Phil, Lekven, Eric John
• Granted Patent: US 7,113,776 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols

Abstract

A system, method, and computer program for delivering services to wireless communication devices. The system tailors the services based on the capability of the wireless device and the services subscribed by the user. A server or other computer device receives from the wireless device capability data, or “flags,” indicating the capability of the device to access data or download and receive applications provided over the network.

Claims

1. A system for interfacing with a communication device in a wireless communications environment, comprising:

at least one application download server in a wireless network;

at least one wireless device in selective communication with the application download server, the wireless device selectively attempting to access one or more applications across the wireless network, the wireless device including a computer platform and one or more resident software applications; and

wherein the wireless device selectively communicating wireless device capability data to the application download server, and the application download server selectively determining access to one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data of the wireless device attempting access.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device capability data comprises one or more flags transmitted from the wireless communication device, and the application download server using the one or more flags to select applications to be made available for access by the wireless communication device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device capability data provides subscriber information.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the wireless device capability data provides information about the computer platform of the wireless device.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein wireless device capability data provides information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications attempted to be accessed by the wireless device are resident on the application download server.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more applications attempted to be accessed by the wireless device are resident on another computer device on the wireless network, and the application download server selectively determines access to the one or more applications resident on the other computer device based upon the wireless device capability data of the wireless device attempting access received at the application download server.

8. A system for interfacing with a communication device in a wireless communications environment, comprising:

at least one application download means for downloading one or more applications across a wireless network;

at least one wireless communication means for selectively attempting to access one or more applications across the wireless network; and

wherein the wireless communication means selectively communicating capability data to the application download means, and the application download means selectively determining access to one or more applications based upon the capability data.

9. A method for customizing software applications available to a wireless device across a wireless network, comprising the steps of:

generating wireless device capability data at a wireless device, the wireless device including a computer platform and one or more resident software applications;

attempting to access one or more applications from the wireless device across the wireless network;

transmitting the wireless device capability data from the wireless device to an application download server; and

determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising the step of downloading the one or more applications to the computer platform of the wireless device.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of generating wireless device capability data is generating one or more flags on the wireless device.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data is transmitting at least subscriber information.

13. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data is transmitting at least information about the computer platform of the wireless device.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data is transmitting at least information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the step of attempting to access one or more applications across the wireless network is attempting to access one or more applications resident on the application download server.

16. The method of claim 9, wherein:

the step of attempting to access one or more applications across the wireless network is attempting to access one or more applications resident on a first application download server on the wireless network;

the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data is transmitting the wireless device capability data to a second computer device on the wireless network; and

the step of determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications is determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications at the second computer device based upon the wireless device capability data.

17. A method for providing software applications to a wireless device across a wireless network, comprising the steps of:

a data generation step for generating wireless device capability data at a wireless device, the wireless device including a computer platform and one or more resident software applications;

an access step for accessing one or more applications by the wireless device across the wireless network;

a transmission step for transmitting wireless device capability data from a wireless device to an application download server; and

an access determination step for determining access of the wireless device to access the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data.

18. A wireless device in selective communication with an application download server across a wireless network and selectively attempting to access one or more applications at the application download server, the wireless device including a computer platform and one or more resident software applications, and wherein the wireless device selectively communicating wireless device capability data to the application download server.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the wireless device capability data comprises one or more flags transmitted from the wireless communication device.

20. The device of claim 18, wherein the wireless device capability data provides subscriber information.

21. The device of claim 18, wherein the wireless device capability data provides information about the computer platform of the wireless device.

22. The device of claim 18, wherein wireless device capability data provides information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

23. The device of claim 18, wherein the device communicates wireless device capability data at the time of attempting to access an application download server.

24. The device of claim 18, wherein the device communicates wireless device capability data at the time of attempting to access an application resident at an application download server.

25. A server that selectively interfaces with wireless communication devices on a wireless communications network, the server selectively providing access to applications to the wireless devices wherein the wireless device selectively communicating wireless device capability data to the application download server, and the application download server selectively determining access to one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data received from the wireless device attempting access.

26. The server of claim 25, wherein the determination of access is based upon wireless device capability data includes at least subscriber information.

27. The server of claim 25, wherein the wireless device includes a computer platform, and the determination of access is based upon wireless device capability data including information about the computer platform.

28. The server of claim 27, wherein the wireless device includes a computer platform with resident software, and the determination is based upon wireless device capability data including at least information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

29. The server of claim 25, wherein the one or more applications attempted to be accessed by the wireless devices are resident on the application download server.

30. The server of claim 25, wherein the one or more applications attempted to be accessed by the wireless device are resident on another computer device on the wireless network, and the server selectively determines access to the one or more applications resident on the other computer device based upon the wireless device capability data of the wireless device attempting access received at the server.

31. A computer program that, when executed, causes a wireless computer device including a computer platform and one or more resident software applications to perform the steps of:

generating wireless device capability data;

attempting to access one or more applications across a wireless network at an application download server; and

transmitting the wireless device capability data from the wireless device to the application download server.

32. The program of claim 31, wherein the program further causes the device to perform the step of downloading the one or more applications to the computer platform of the wireless device.

33. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of generating wireless device capability data to be generating one or more flags on the wireless device.

34. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data to be transmitting at least subscriber information.

35. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data to be transmitting at least information about the computer platform of the wireless device.

36. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data to be transmitting at least information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

37. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data to be transmitting the wireless device capability data from the wireless device to the application download server at the step of attempting to access the one or more applications.

38. The program of claim 31, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the wireless device capability data to be transmitting the wireless device capability data from the wireless device to the application download server at the step of attempting to download an application.

39. A computer program that, when executed, causes a computer device that provides access to one or more applications to wireless devices across a wireless network to perform the steps of:

receiving an access attempting of one or more applications from a wireless device across the wireless network;

receiving wireless device capability data from the wireless device; and

determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data.

40. The program of claim 39, wherein the program further directs the device to perform the step of transmitting the one or more applications to the wireless device.

41. The program of claim 39, wherein the program causes the step of receiving wireless device capability data to be receiving flags from the wireless device.

42. The program of claim 39, wherein the program causes the step of determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data to be determining access based upon at least subscriber information.

43. The program of claim 39, wherein the program causes the step of determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data to be determining access based upon at least information about the computer platform of the wireless device.

44. The program of claim 39, wherein the program causes the step of determining access of the wireless device to the one or more applications based upon the wireless device capability data to be determining access based upon at least information about the software resident on the computer platform of the wireless device.

45. The program of claim 40, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the one or more applications to the wireless device to be transmitting to the wireless device one or more applications resident on that computer device.

46. The program of claim 40, wherein the program causes the step of transmitting the one or more applications to the wireless device to be transmitting to the wireless device one or more applications resident on another computer device on the wireless network.