METHOD OF LOADING SOFTWARE IN MOBILE AND DESKTOP ENVIRONMENTS

• US 20080214172A1
• Filed: 01/28/2008
• Published: 09/04/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Key Criteria Technology Limited
• Original Assignee: Key Criteria Technology Limited
• Inventors: Anwer, Juraid
• Granted Patent: US 7,899,959 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/419
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57

Abstract

A method of providing connectivity between a mobile device, a desktop computing device and network resources, comprising:

• • providing the mobile device with loader software that can be installed in the desktop computing device to instruct it to download application software from a remote resource and that can provide configuration data to the application software;
  • using the mobile device to detect all desktop computing devices with which the mobile device can communicate;
  • using the mobile device to select one of the desktop computing devices on which the application software is to be installed;
  • transmitting the loader software to the desktop computing device;
  • using the desktop computing device to run the loader software and direct it to the remote resource to download application software and install it using configuration data relating to the mobile device such that the installed application software can be run to provide functionality and connectivity between the mobile device, the desktop computing device and remote resources.

Claims

1. A method of providing connectivity between a mobile device, a desktop computing device and network resources, comprising:

providing the mobile device with loader software that can be installed in the desktop computing device to instruct it to download application software from a remote resource and that can provide configuration data to the application software;

using the mobile device to detect all desktop computing devices with which the mobile device can communicate;

using the mobile device to select one of the desktop computing devices on which the application software is to be installed;

transmitting the loader software to the desktop computing device;

using the desktop computing device to run the loader software and direct it to the remote resource to download application software and install it using configuration data relating to the mobile device such that the installed application software can be run to provide functionality and connectivity between the mobile device, the desktop computing device and remote resources.

2. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the remote resource is a network resource.

3. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the remote resource is the mobile device.

4. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile device comprises a mobile phone handset.

5. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the desktop computing device comprises a laptop or personal computer.

6. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the remote resource includes Internet resources.

7. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the loader software is a small executable file handled an operating system used by the mobile device.

8. A method as claimed in claim 7, wherein loader software includes data identifying the mobile device, the method comprising automatically configuring the application software to connect only to the originating mobile device.

9. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising connecting the mobile device to the desktop computing device by means of a wireless, infrared or cable connection.

10. A method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the step of detecting desktop computing devices includes displaying all such devices on the mobile device so as to allow selection of the desired desktop computing device by a user.

11. A method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of detecting the desktop computing devices comprises using pre-defined name, address and class parameters for the devices.

12. A method as claimed in claim 11, comprising using the Bluetooth search function to detect devices.

13. A method as claimed in claim 1, comprising preparing the loader software to include a pre-defined address parameter for the mobile device.

14. A method as claimed in claim 13, further comprising writing the address parameter to a register on the desktop computing device.

15. A method as claimed in claim 14, further comprising using the address stored in the register in further communications between the desktop computing device and the mobile device.