APPLICATION DISTRIBUTION SUPPLYING A DEDICATED APPLICATION TO A TERMINAL FROM AN APPLICATION DEPOSITED BY THE DEVELOPER

• US 20140108600A1
• Filed: 12/06/2011
• Published: 04/17/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Google LLC (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: FlexyCore SAS (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Cabillic, Gilbert, Lesot, Jean-Philippe
• Granted Patent: US 9,392,051 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/64 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44536 Selecting among different versions
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44542 Retargetable
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 10/00 Energy efficient computing, e.g. low power processors, power management or thermal management

Abstract

A method for providing an online distribution service with an application dedicated to a terminal type. The method includes: identifying a terminal type associated with a terminal connected to the online distribution service, supplying a terminal type identifier; obtaining at least one characteristic of the terminal according to the terminal type; compiling the dedicated application from a generic application according to the at least one terminal type characteristic; and transmitting the dedicated application to the connected terminal.

Claims

1. A method for making an application, dedicated to a type of terminal, available to an online distribution service, wherein the method comprises:

a step of identifying a type of terminal, associated with a terminal connected to said online distribution service, delivering an identifier of type of terminal;

a step of obtaining at least one characteristic of said terminal as a function of said type of terminal;

a step of compiling said dedicated application from a generic application as a function of said at least one characteristic of said type of terminal; and

a step of transmitting said dedicated application to said connected terminal.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining at least one characteristic of said terminal comprises:

a step of obtaining a compilation profile associated with said type of terminal; and

a step of selecting, from said compilation profile, said at least one characteristic of said terminal.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein said step of obtaining a compilation profile associated with said type of terminal comprises:

a step of searching, within a profile data base, for a compilation profile associated with said identifier of type of terminal; and

when said step of searching delivers an existing profile, a step for of supplying said compilation profile associated with said type of terminal;

when said step of searching does not deliver a profile, a step of supplying a default optimization profile.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein said compilation step comprises:

a step of selecting, from a plurality of available compilers, at least one compiler associated with said type of said terminal;

a step of selecting, as a function of said at least one characteristic of said terminal, at least one optimization to be applied to said application; and

a step of compiling said application by said at least one selected compiler, said at least one selected optimization and said generic application.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein said step of obtaining a characteristic of a terminal and said step of compiling said application as a function of said at least one characteristic are carried out during filing of said generic application within said online distribution service.

6. A device for making an application, dedicated to a type of terminal, available to an online distribution service, wherein the device comprises:

means for identifying a type of terminal, associated with a terminal connected to said online distribution service, delivering an identifier of type of terminal;

means for obtaining at least one characteristic of said terminal as a function of said type of terminal;

means for compiling said dedicated application from a generic application as a function of said at least one characteristic of said type of terminal; and

means for transmitting said dedicated application to said connected terminal.

7. A computer-readable storage device comprising a computer program product stored thereon and executable by a data processor, wherein the computer program product comprises program code instructions for executing a method of making an application, dedicated to a type of terminal, available to an online distribution service, when this program is executed by the data processor, wherein the method comprises:

a step of identifying a type of terminal, associated with a terminal connected to said online distribution service, delivering an identifier of type of terminal;

a step of obtaining at least one characteristic of said terminal as a function of said type of terminal;

a step of compiling said dedicated application from a generic application as a function of said at least one characteristic of said type of terminal; and

a step of transmitting said dedicated application to said connected terminal.