METHOD, DEVICE AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT FOR AUTOMATIC PROVISIONING OF CONTENT AT THE DEVICE

• US 20120011498A1
• Filed: 12/30/2010
• Published: 01/12/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Original Assignee: Nokia Corporation
• Inventors: Govindaraju, Maheswari, Sunny, Arun Ephrem, Ram, Raghu
• Application Number:
  US12/981,608
• Publication Number:
  US 20120011498A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/178
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44521 Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading

Abstract

Method, device and computer program product for automatic provisioning of content are provided. The method includes receiving a content to be processed at a device. The method further includes automatically determining, by an application dependency manager, files required for processing the content at the device. Furthermore, the method includes downloading the files required for processing the content from a source external to the device. Thereafter, the method includes processing the content at the device using the files.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving a content to be processed at a device;

downloading at least one file for processing the content from a source external to the device; and

processing the content at the device by using the at least one file.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising checking presence of the at least one file for processing the content at the source external to the device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising, upon receiving the content:

downloading a latest version of an application dependency manager at the device, wherein the application dependency manager is configured to download the at least one file for processing the content.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the application dependency manager is downloaded by a bootstrap application present in the content.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is an application package.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the at least one file for processing the application package comprise dependencies for installing the application package at the device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the dependencies comprise at least one of installers, run time applications, toolkits, libraries and frameworks.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the content is a document.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the at least one file for processing the document comprises an application package for accessing the document.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein downloading the at least one file for processing the document comprises:

determining a set of application packages, present at the source external to the device, for accessing the document;

providing an option of selecting an application package from the set of application packages; and

provisioning the application package at the device from the external source based on the selection.

11. The method of claim 10, further comprising:

installing the application package at the device; and

accessing the document at the device by using the application package.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising, determining files required for processing the content.

13. A device comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory comprising computer program code, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to perform;

receiving a content to be processed at the device;

downloading at least one file for processing the content from a source external to the device; and

processing the content at the device by using the at least one file.

14. The device of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

checking presence of the at least one file for processing the content at the source external to the device.

15. The device of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

downloading a latest version of an application dependency manager at the device, wherein the application dependency manager is configured to download the at least one file for processing the content.

16. The device of claim 15, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

downloading the application dependency manager by a bootstrap application present in the content.

17. The device of claim 13, wherein the content is an application package.

18. The device of claim 17, wherein the at least one for processing the application package comprises dependencies for installing the application package at the device.

19. The device of claim 18, wherein the dependencies comprise at least one of installers, run time applications, toolkits, libraries and frameworks.

20. The device of claim 13, wherein the content is a document.

21. The device of claim 20, wherein the at least one file for processing the document comprises an application package for accessing the document.

22. The device of claim 20, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

determining a set of application packages, present at the source external to the device, for accessing the document;

providing an option of selecting an application package from the set of application packages; and

provisioning the application package at the device from the source based on the selection.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

installing the application package at the device; and

accessing the document at the device by using the application package.

24. The device of claim 13, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code further configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the device at least to further perform:

determining files required for processing the content.

25. A computer program product comprising at least one computer-readable storage medium, the computer-readable storage medium comprising a set of instructions configured to cause a device at least to perform:

receiving a content to be processed at the device;

downloading at least one file for processing the content from a source external to the device; and

processing the content at the device by using the at least one file.

26. A computer program product of claim 25, wherein set of instructions are further configured to cause a device at least to further perform:

determining files required for processing the content.