METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ACTIVATING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20090286524A1
• Filed: 05/13/2009
• Published: 11/19/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: iSkoot Inc. (Qualcomm, Inc.)
• Inventors: Guedalia, Isaac David, Guedalia, Jacob
• Granted Patent: US 8,909,305 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72403 with means for local support of applications that increase the functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/7243 with interactive means for internal management of messages

Abstract

A system for running an application on a mobile device may include a mobile device having an application associated with a service provider, a computing device in communication with the mobile device and a computer readable storage medium in communication with the computing device. The computer readable storage medium may have one or more programming instructions for determining an inactive time associated with the mobile device, determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value and in response to the inactive time being equal to or greater than the threshold value, sending a message to the mobile device. The inactive time may represent a length of a period of inactivity associated with the mobile device, and the message may include one or more instructions to activate the application.

Claims

1. A system for running an application on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a mobile device comprising an application associated with a service provider;

a computing device in communication with the mobile device; and

a computer readable storage medium in communication with the computing device, wherein the computer readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for;

determining an inactive time associated with the mobile device, wherein the inactive time represents a length of a period of inactivity associated with the mobile device,

determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value, and

in response to the inactive time being equal to or greater than the threshold value, sending a message to the mobile device, wherein the message comprises one or more instructions to activate the application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for determining an inactive time comprise one or more programming instructions for:

receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device begins the period of inactivity;

in response to receiving the notification, starting a clock, wherein the clock is configured to measure a duration of the period of inactivity.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more programming instructions for determining an inactive time comprise one or more programming instructions for:

receiving a second notification from the mobile device when the mobile device ends the period of inactivity; and

in response to receiving the second notification, performing one or more of the following;

stopping the clock, and

resetting the clock.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving a notification from the mobile device comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device enters sleep mode.

5. The system of claim 2, wherein the one or more programming instructions for receiving a notification from the mobile device comprises one or more programming instructions for:

receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device enters hibernation mode.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value comprise one or more programming instructions for:

comparing the inactive time to the threshold value, wherein the threshold value is determined by a user.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for sending a message to the mobile device comprise one or more programming instructions for sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message; and

a multimedia message service message.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the computer readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for:

in response to sending the message, receiving, from the mobile device, a feedback message configured to confirm receipt by the mobile device of the message.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the computer readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for:

logging, by the computing device, the feedback message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more programming instructions for sending a message to the mobile device comprise one or more programming instructions for repeating the sending until a feedback message is received from the mobile device.

11. A method of running an application on a mobile device, the method comprising:

determining, by a computing device, an inactive time associated with a mobile device, wherein the inactive time represents a length of a period of inactivity associated with the mobile device;

determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value; and

in response to the inactive time being equal to or greater than the threshold value, sending a message to the mobile device, wherein the message comprises one or more instructions to activate the application.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein determining an inactive time comprises:

receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device begins the period of inactivity; and

in response to receiving the notification, starting a clock, wherein the clock is configured to measure a duration of the period of inactivity.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein determining an inactive time comprises:

receiving a second notification from the mobile device when the mobile device ends the period of inactivity; and

in response to receiving the second notification, performing one or more of the following;

stopping the clock, and

resetting the clock.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving a notification from the mobile device comprises receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device enters sleep mode.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein receiving a notification from the mobile device comprises receiving a notification from the mobile device when the mobile device enters hibernation mode.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein determining whether the inactive time is equal to or greater than a threshold value comprises comparing the inactive time to the threshold value, wherein the threshold value is determined by a user.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein sending a message to the mobile device comprises sending one or more of the following:

a short message service message; and

a multimedia message service message.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising:

in response to sending the message, receiving, from the mobile device, a feedback message configured to confirm receipt by the mobile device of the message.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising logging, by the computing device, the feedback message.

20. The method of claim 11, wherein sending a message to the mobile device comprises repeating the sending until a feedback message is received from the mobile device.