METHOD, APPARATUS AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSMITTING AN APPLICATION USING A PLURALITY OF COMPUTERS

• US 20130007725A1
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Published: 01/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Inventors: Brown, Michael Stephen, Dent, Terrill Mark, Little, Herbert Anthony
• Application Number:
  US13/635,138
• Publication Number:
  US 20130007725A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system for transmitting an application using a plurality of computers is provided. In one aspect, a computing machine and a mobile computing device are provided. The computing machine is configured to execute a browser application. The mobile computing device is configured to host a manager application. When the computing machine and the mobile computing device are connected, the manager application becomes available on the client machine so that transmitting of applications to the mobile computing device can be controlled by the computing machine.

Claims

1. A method for controlling of transmission of an application using a plurality of computers comprising:

establishing a direct connection between a computing machine and a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device connectable to a server storing a client application and configured to execute a host application;

receiving a request at the host application to load a web page at a browser executing on the computing machine;

the web page indicating an availability of a client application for transmission from the server to the mobile computing device;

generating the web page at the browser;

receiving at the host application an instruction from the computing machine to initiate a transmission of the client application from the server;

receiving the client application at the mobile computing device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to execute a manager application, and wherein the client application stored by the server is accessible by the manager application.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising installing the client application in the mobile computing device using the manager application.

4. The method of claim 2 or claim 3 further comprising upgrading the client application in the mobile computing device using the manager application.

5. The method of any one of claims 1 to 4 wherein the client application comprises one of an email application, a contact manager application, a calendar application, a memopad application, a tasks application, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application.

6. The method of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the receiving of the client application occurs over a link between the computing machine and the server via a network and then through the direct connection.

7. The method of any one of claims 1 to 5 wherein the receiving of the client application occurs over a link between the mobile computing device and the server that bypasses the computing machine.

8. The method of any one of claims 1 to 6 wherein the direct connection comprises a proxy executing on the computing machine configured to associate an address entered into the browser with the host application.

9. The method of any one of claims 1 to 8 wherein the networking application is accessible via an encrypted connection between the mobile computing device and the server.

10. The method of any one of claims 1 to 9 wherein the host application accesses the client application via an application plug-in for intermediating communications between the host application and the client application.

11. The method of any one of claims 1 to 10 wherein the mobile computing device is configured to execute a plurality of client applications corresponding to a plurality of networking applications.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the host application accesses each of the client applications via a respective application plug-in for intermediating communications therebetween.

13. The method of any one of claims 1 to 12 wherein the host application is further configured to host at least one client application via the browser on the computing machine, and the transmission of the client application comprises transmitting another client application that is different from the at least one client application.

14. The method of any one of claims 2 to 5 wherein the at least one client application is subject to digital rights management and the digital rights management is effected by the manager application.

15. A mobile computing device for providing access to an application across a plurality of computers comprising:

at least one network interface for establishing a direct connection between a computing machine and the mobile computing device, the at least one network interface connectable to at least one server storing a client application;

a processor connected to the at least one network interface;

the processor configured to execute a host application and to receive a request at the host application to load a web page at a browser executing on the computing machine;

the web page indicating an availability of a client application for receipt at the mobile computing device from the server;

the processor further configured to generate the web page at the browser;

the processor further configured to receive at the host application an instruction from the computing machine to initiate a receiving of the client application from the server;

the processor further configured to receive the client application at the mobile computing device.

16. The mobile computing device of claim 15, wherein the processor is further configured to execute a manager application, and wherein the client application stored by the server is accessible by the manager application.

17. The mobile computing device of claim 16 wherein the processor is further configured to install or upgrade the client application in the mobile computing device using the manager application.

18. The mobile computing device of any one of claims 15 to 17 wherein the client application comprises one of an email application, a contact manager application, a calendar application, a memopad application, a tasks application, an instant messaging application, or a social networking application.

19. The mobile computing device of any one of claims 15 to 18 wherein the receiving of the client application occurs over a link between the computing machine and the server via a network and then through the direct connection.

20. The mobile computing device of any one of claims 15 to 18 wherein the receiving of the client application occurs over a link between the mobile computing device and the server that bypasses the computing machine.

21. The mobile computing device of any one of claims 15 to 18 wherein the direct connection comprises a proxy executing on the computing machine configured to associate an address entered into the browser with the host application.

22. A computer readable medium comprising a plurality of programming instructions executable on a mobile computing device comprising a method for accessing an application across a plurality of computers according to the following method:

establishing a direct connection between a computing machine and a mobile computing device, the mobile computing device connectable to a server storing a client application and configured to execute a host application;

receiving a request at the host application to load a web page at a browser executing on the computing machine;

the web page indicating an availability of a client application for transmission from the server to the mobile computing device;

generating the web page at the browser;

receiving at the host application an instruction from the computing machine to initiate a transmission of the client application from the server;

receiving the client application at the mobile computing device.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 22, wherein the mobile computing device is further configured to execute a manager application, and wherein the client application stored by the server is accessible by the manager application