APPLICATION EXECUTION APPARATUS, APPLICATION PROVIDING APPARATUS, AND APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION METHOD USING CHAINING OF APPLICATIONS
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1. An application execution terminal comprising:
- a context information acquiring unit configured to acquire context information of an application being currently executed by a user;
a related application recommendation request unit configured to request an application providing apparatus to recommend applications related to the currently executed application while transmitting the acquired context information to the application providing apparatus; and
a related application information receiving unit configured to receive information about the related applications from the application providing apparatus in response to the request for the recommendation from the related application recommendation request unit.
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Abstract
An application execution terminal, an application providing apparatus, and an application distributing method using linkage between applications are provided. The method for distributing the applications enables to establish a mutual consignment sales model for all applications by receiving recommendations for applications related to an application being currently executed in the application execution terminal, executing the recommended application in the application execution terminal, and sharing revenues generated from the related applications.
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1. An application execution terminal comprising:
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a context information acquiring unit configured to acquire context information of an application being currently executed by a user; a related application recommendation request unit configured to request an application providing apparatus to recommend applications related to the currently executed application while transmitting the acquired context information to the application providing apparatus; and a related application information receiving unit configured to receive information about the related applications from the application providing apparatus in response to the request for the recommendation from the related application recommendation request unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An application providing apparatus comprising:
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an application registering unit configured to register an application execution file and a description of an operation of a corresponding application; a related application recommendation request receiving unit configured to receive context information of an application being currently executed in an application execution terminal and a request for recommending applications related to the currently executed application from the application execution terminal; and a related application information providing unit configured to search for applications related to the currently executed application using the context information received through the related application recommendation request receiving unit based on the description of an operation of the application that is registered in the application registering unit and to provide information about the found applications to the application execution terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for distributing applications of an application providing apparatus, the method comprising:
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registering an application execution file and a description of an operation of a corresponding application; receiving context information of an application being currently executed in an application execution terminal and a request for recommending applications related to the currently executed application from the application execution terminal; and searching for applications related to the currently executed application using the context information received from the application execution terminal, based on the description of an operation of the application and providing information about the found applications to the application execution terminal. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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