Portable Electronic Devices and Methods for Downloading Applications Based on Presence of the Portable Electronic Device in a Defined Geographical Region
First Claim
1. A portable electronic device configured to communicate with and download applications from a server configured to store at least one application based on a geographical location of the portable electronic device, the application having an associated region and duration, the portable electronic device comprising:
- a location circuit configured to determine a current position of the portable electronic device and provide the current position of the portable electronic device to the server; and
a data manager configured to receive a link to the at least one application from the server responsive to the provided current position information and download the at least one stored application using the received link if the current position of the portable electronic device is within the associated region.
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Abstract
Methods, portable electronic devices and servers are provided for downloading applications to the portable electronic device from the server based on a geographical location of the portable electronic device. One or more applications are stored at the server. The one or more applications have an associated region and duration. A current position of the portable electronic device is determined. Ones of the stored applications are downloaded from the server to the portable electronic device if the current position of the portable electronic device is within the associated region.
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20 Claims
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1. A portable electronic device configured to communicate with and download applications from a server configured to store at least one application based on a geographical location of the portable electronic device, the application having an associated region and duration, the portable electronic device comprising:
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a location circuit configured to determine a current position of the portable electronic device and provide the current position of the portable electronic device to the server; and a data manager configured to receive a link to the at least one application from the server responsive to the provided current position information and download the at least one stored application using the received link if the current position of the portable electronic device is within the associated region. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. The portable electronic device of claim 3, wherein the data manager is further configured to:
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transmit the current position of the portable electronic device and the unique device identifier to the server; and receive the link to the at least one application and the associated duration of the at least one application from the server if it is determined that the unique device identifier of the portable electronic device is associated with the at least one application. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A server configured to download applications to a portable electronic device based on a geographical location of the portable electronic device, comprising:
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a storage circuit configured to store at least one application, the at least one application having an associated region and duration; and a communications circuit configured to receive current position information associated with the portable electronic device from the portable electronic device and download a link to at least one of the at least one stored applications to the portable electronic device if the current position of the portable electronic device is within the associated region. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for downloading applications to a portable electronic device from a server based on a geographical location of the portable electronic device, comprising:
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storing at least one application at the server, the at least one application having an associated region and duration; determining a current position of the portable electronic device; and downloading at least one of the at least one stored applications from the server to the portable electronic device if the current position of the portable electronic device is within the associated region. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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