METHOD AND SYSTEM TO RECOMMEND APPLICATIONS FROM AN APPLICATION MARKET PLACE TO A NEW DEVICE

• US 20140006434A1
• Filed: 10/21/2011
• Published: 01/02/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 10/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Original Assignee: Orange S.A.
• Inventors: Chervirala, Srinivas, Mallya, Satya, Li, Wencheng
• Granted Patent: US 9,881,050 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/758
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24 Querying
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0631 Item recommendations

Abstract

A method and system for populating a second electronic device of a user with applications from a second application platform said second electronic device is operating with, using applications installed on a first electronic device of said user, said first electronic device operating with a first application platform. The method is carried out by an application recommendation node.

Claims

1. A method for populating a second electronic device registered for a user with applications from a second application platform said second electronic device is operating with, using applications installed on a first electronic device registered for the same user, said first electronic device operating with a first application platform, the applications being arranged to perform one or more functions when running on a processor of an electronic device, the method being carried out by an application recommendation node operatively coupled to an application database linking a plurality of applications from the first application platform with another plurality of applications from the second applications platform, the links being based on a similarity criterion measuring similarities among the application functions, the method comprising the acts of:

identifying the first and second application platforms respectively from the first and second electronic devices,

receiving first metadata describing the one or more first applications installed on the first electronic device,

retrieving from the application database one or more second applications from the second application platform that are linked with the one or more first applications, using the received first metadata,

providing to either one of the first and second electronic devices a list of applications from the second application platform, said list comprising the one or more retrieved second applications.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the act of receiving first metadata describing a first application, further comprises the act of receiving application usage data for the application, the act of retrieving a second application being carried out if the usage data matches a predefined usage criterion.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the application usage data comprises the application running time, the predefined usage criterion being matched when the application running time exceeds a predefined running time threshold for the first application.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the application usage data comprises the data consumed by the application over a data connection with a distant server, the predefined usage criterion being matched when the data consumed by the first application exceeds a predefined consumed data threshold.

5. The method of claim 2, wherein the application comprises a first number of modules, the application usage data comprising the number of modules invoked by the user when executing the first application, the predefined usage criterion being matched when the number of modules invoked for the first application by the user exceeds a predefined module threshold.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein in the providing act, the list of application from the second application platform is provided to the first device, for subsequent storing on a subscriber identity module of said first device.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising preliminary acts of:

receiving for each application of at least the first and second application platforms metadata characterizing said application, said application being arranged to perform one or 1 more functions when running on an electronic device, and

linking in the application database an application from the first application platform with an application from the second application platform, using a similarity criterion applied to the received metadata and measuring similarities among application functions,

8. A recommendation node for populating a second electronic device registered for a user with applications from a second application platform said second electronic device is operating with, using applications installed on a first electronic device registered for the same user, said first electronic device operating with a first application platform, the applications being arranged to perform one or more functions when running on a processor of an electronic device, the application recommendation node being operatively coupled to an application database linking a plurality of applications from the first application platform with another plurality of applications from the second applications platform, the links being based on a similarity criterion measuring similarities among the application functions, the application recommendation node being configured to:

identify the first and second application platforms respectively from the first and second electronic devices,

receive first metadata describing the one or more first applications installed on the first electronic device,

retrieve from the application database one or more second applications from the second application platform that are linked with the one or more first applications, using the received first metadata,

provide to either one of the first and second electronic devices a list of applications from the second application platform, said list comprising the one or more retrieved second applications.

9. A telecommunication system comprising:

a first and second application platforms for providing applications to electronic devices operating respectively with said first and second application platforms, the applications being arranged to perform one or more functions when running on the electronic devices,

a first electronic device of a first user, said first electronic device operating with the first application platform,

a second electronic device of the same first user, said second electronic device operating with the second application platform,

an application database linking a plurality of applications from the first application platform with another plurality of applications from the second applications platform, the links being based on a similarity criterion measuring similarities among the application functions

a recommendation node for populating the second electronic device with applications from the second application platform, using the applications installed on the first electronic device, said application recommendation node being configured to;

identify the first and second application platforms respectively from the first and second electronic devices,

receive first metadata describing the one or more first applications installed on the first electronic device,

retrieve from the application database one or more second applications from the second application platform that are linked with the one or more first applications, using the received first metadata,

provide to either one of the first and second electronic devices a list of applications from the second application platform, said list comprising the one or more retrieved second applications.

10. A non-transmissible computer readable medium including computer program instructions stored thereon that cause a computer to implement a method for populating a second electronic device registered for a user with applications from a second application platform said second electronic device is operating with, using applications installed on a first electronic device registered for the same user, said first electronic device operating with a first application platform, the applications being arranged to perform one or more functions when running on a processor of an electronic device, the method being carried out by an application recommendation node operatively coupled to an application database linking a plurality of applications from the first application platform with another plurality of applications from the second applications platform, the links being based on a similarity criterion measuring similarities among the application functions, the instructions comprising:

instructions that configure the computer to identify the first and second application platforms respectively from the first and second electronic devices,

instructions that configure the computer to receive first metadata describing the one or more first applications installed on the first electronic device,

instructions that configure the computer to retrieve from the application database one or more second applications from the second application platform that are linked with the one or more first applications, using the received first metadata,

instructions that configure the computer to provide to either one of the first and second electronic devices a list of applications from the second application platform, said list comprising the one or more retrieved second applications.