PERSONALIZED INSTALLATION FILES

• US 20080077915A1
• Filed: 09/20/2007
• Published: 03/27/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: InfoMedia Services Limited
• Original Assignee: XpresSpa Group, Inc. (f/k/a FORM Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Jacobson, David G.M., Goldman, Andrew, Hofmann, Akiba Asher, Goldfarb, David Elliot, Kahan, Ariel Yehoshua, Greenspan, Gideon
• Granted Patent: US 7,877,746 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method includes personalizing a software installation file. The personalizing includes providing the file with a unique identifier included as part of a file name associated with the file. Another method includes installing a software application from the personalized installation file, extracting the indication from the file name and using the indication to personalize the software application.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

personalizing a software installation file, wherein said personalizing comprises;

providing said file with a unique identifier included as part of a file name associated with said file.

2. The method according to claim 1 and also comprising:

storing personalization details associated with said identifier; and

providing said details in response to a request including said identifier.

3. The method according to claim 2 and also comprising:

enabling a user to input said personalization details on behalf of an invitee; and

sending an invitation to download said personalized installation file to said invitee.

4. The method according to claim 3 and wherein said invitation is an SMS.

5. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said providing comprises downloading said file to a mobile phone.

6. The method according to claim 5 and wherein said identifier is a telephone number for said mobile phone.

7. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said identifier is a representation of an email address.

8. The method according to claim 1 and wherein said installation file is signed.

9. A system comprising:

a registrar to register personalization details; and

a downloader to provide an installation file, wherein a name for said file includes at least an indication of said personalization details.

10. The system according to claim 9 and also comprising:

a personalization database to store said details; and

a personalizer to provide said details when receiving a request having said indication.

11. The system according to claim 9 and also comprising an inviter to invite a user to download said installation file.

12. The system according to claim 11 and wherein said inviter comprises an SMS sender to send an SMS to a mobile device of said invitee.

13. A method comprising:

installing a software application from a personalized installation file, wherein a name for said file includes at least an indication of personalization details;

extracting said indication from said file name; and

using said indication to personalize said software application.

14. The method according to claim 13 and comprising:

receiving an invitation to download said installation file, wherein said invitation is extended by an initiator providing said personalization details.

15. The method according to claim 14 and wherein said receiving comprises receiving an SMS including at least said indication of said personalization details.

16. The method according to claim 13 and wherein said using comprises:

requesting said personalization details using said indication.

17. A computer product readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform method steps for installing a software application, said method steps comprising:

installing a software application from a personalized installation file, wherein a name for said file includes at least an indication of personalization details;

extracting said indication from said file name; and

using said indication to personalize said software application.