INTEGRATED PROMOTION OF MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS FOR MOBILE DEVICES

• US 20120059695A1
• Filed: 09/06/2011
• Published: 03/08/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 09/03/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brad Kimura
• Original Assignee: Brad Kimura
• Inventors: Kimura, Brad
• Application Number:
  US13/226,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20120059695A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.4
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements

Abstract

A method and a device are disclosed for including a mobile computing device configured to download a multimedia mobile application including a standard service, a promotion of a premium or different service, the promotion being accessible from within the mobile downloadable application, and a method of subscription, such as a subscription button, to the promoted premium service. In a typical operation, a user views a list of downloadable mobile applications, such as Apple Corporation'"'"'s iPhone apps, listed as icons, selects an integrated multimedia application having a standard service within the application, reads a promotion of a premium service within the selected mobile application, and subscribes to the premium service from within the application.

Claims

1. A downloadable integrated application for mobile computing devices, the downloadable integrated application comprising:

a standard service configured to provide standard contents;

promotional information relating to a premium service configured to provide premium contents; and

a subscription activation object configured to subscribe a user upon selection of the subscription activation object.

2. A method of building an integrated application, the method comprising:

determining a standard service configured to provide standard contents;

determining a premium service configured to provide premium contents;

determining promotional information related to the premium service; and

including and packaging the standard service, the premium service, and the promotional information into a single integrated application.

3. A method of downloading content onto a mobile computing device, the method comprising:

enabling a user to select an integrated application for download to the mobile computing device;

enabling the user to view standard contents provided by a standard service from within the integrated application;

enabling the user to read promotional information related to a premium service configured to provide premium contents, wherein the premium service is included in the integrated application; and

enabling the user to subscribe to the premium service from within the integrated application.