SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN APPLICATION TO A DEVICE
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1. A method for providing at least one electronic application to at least one device, the method comprising:
- acquiring device information that relates to the device;
determining whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information; and
generating an electronic message for the device, wherein the message contains at least one link for acquiring the at least one application when the device supports the at least one application.
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Abstract
The disclosed embodiments include a system and method for providing at least one electronic application to at least one device. In one embodiment, the method includes acquiring device information that relates to the device and determining whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information. The method may further include generating an electronic message for the device wherein the message contains at least one link for acquiring the at least one application when the device supports the application.
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23 Claims
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1. A method for providing at least one electronic application to at least one device, the method comprising:
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acquiring device information that relates to the device; determining whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information; and generating an electronic message for the device, wherein the message contains at least one link for acquiring the at least one application when the device supports the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for providing at least one electronic application to at least one device, wherein the device has device information relating to the device capabilities, the system comprising:
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a provisioning services layer having at least one server with a memory, wherein the device information is stored within the memory, the provisioning layer being configured to; determine whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information, and generate electronic messages for the device that contain at least one link for acquiring the at least one application; and a user interface being in communication with the provisioning layer for acquiring the device information and causing the provisioning layer to generate the electronic messages when the device supports the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (14, 17, 18, 19)
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- 15. The system of 13, wherein generating the electronic messages containing the link for acquiring the at least one application includes generating a short message service (SMS) message that is transmitted utilizing a short message peer-to-peer (SMPP) protocol or a simple message transfer protocol (SMTP).
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20. A method for providing at least one electronic application to at least one mobile device, the method comprising:
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acquiring device information that relates to the mobile device through the use of a provisioning layer and a user interface; determining whether the device supports the at least one application based on the device information through the use of the provisioning services layer; transmitting a short message service (SMS) message for the mobile device in response to a request submitted via the user interface when the device supports the at least one application, wherein the SMS message contains at least one uniform resource locator (URL) link for acquiring the at least one application; determining whether the SMS message has been received by the mobile device; receiving an error message via the user interface when the SMS message has not been received by the mobile device; batching the SMS message for a second transmission; transmitting the batched SMS message; displaying a message received indication when the batched SMS message is received by the mobile device; and downloading the application upon the selection of the link through the use of the mobile device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23)
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