Methods For Mobile Phone Applications
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Abstract
A set of systems and methods are described that: a) provides methods for viral mass distribution of mobile phone applications by use of phone book, contact lists, or other social network information, b) enable any Internet-enabled mobile device user to download and use such mobile applications without requiring PC access, and c) provides a technique for unifying code versions for most existing mobile devices, expediting the viral distribution of said applications.
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44 Claims
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25. A method for viral distribution of applications on networked mobile devices comprising steps of:
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a. installing software on said networked mobile devices, b. reading, by means of said software, some portion of a contact list stored on said networked mobile devices; c. installing said software on some portion of those networked mobile devices listed on said contact list; d. repeating steps b-c for each contact on each of said networked mobile devices, whereby viral distribution of software across a multitude of networked mobile devices is achieved. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for viral distribution of applications on networked mobile devices comprising:
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a. application running on said networked mobile devices, b. a database storing a contact list on said networked mobile devices; c. means for installing said application on some portion of those networked mobile devices listed on said contact list; d. means to repeat steps b-c for each contact on each of said networked mobile devices, e. whereby viral distribution of applications across a multitude of networked mobile devices is achieved. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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