AUTOMATIC VERSION MANAGEMENT

• US 20140289719A1
• Filed: 03/20/2013
• Published: 09/25/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Google Inc. (Alphabet Inc.)
• Inventors: Dewan, Rajat
• Application Number:
  US13/847,623
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289719A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/170
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/70 Software maintenance or management
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management

Abstract

Methods and systems for automatically providing a second version of an application may include receiving performance criteria for an application and determining a performance issue relating to a first version of the application. A second version of the application may be automatically provided, and the second version may be a last known working version of the application. Additionally, performance criteria for an application may be received and a performance issue relating to a first version of the application may be determined. The performance issue may be specific to a demographic. A second version of the application may be provided, and the second version may correct the performance issue for the demographic. The performance criteria may be received from one or more devices, and the second version of the application may be identified based on the performance criteria received from the devices.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving performance criteria for an application;

determining at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, and

automatically providing a second version of the application, wherein the second version is a last known working version of the application.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, further comprising identifying the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more devices includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a mobile device, smartphone, laptop, tablet, PC, wearable computer, appliance, and any other device capable of running an application.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one performance issue is selected from the group consisting of a run time error, an application failure, an activity not responding error, a user-initiated negative feedback, a poor battery usage report, a processing delay, a processing error, a trapped error, a network error, and any other issue relating to the performance of the first version of the application.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the at least one performance issue indicates that the application failed to meet the performance criteria for the application.

11. The method of claim 6, wherein the at least one performance issue is selected from the group consisting of a run time error, an application failure, an activity not responding error, a user-initiated negative feedback, a poor battery usage report, a processing delay, a processing error, a trapped error, a network error, and any other issue relating to the performance of the first version of the application.

7. A method comprising:

receiving performance criteria for an application;

determining at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, wherein the at least one performance issue is specific to a demographic, and

automatically providing a second version of the application, wherein the second version corrects the at least one performance issue for the demographic.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, further comprising identifying the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the one or more devices includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a mobile device, smartphone, laptop, tablet, PC, wearable computer, appliance, and any other device capable of running an application.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the at least one performance issue indicates that the application failed to meet the performance criteria for the application.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein a demographic is at least one selected from the group consisting of a device, a device manufacturer, OS version, locale, carrier, cellular standard, geographic region, and any other demographic having the at least one performance issue.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the second version of the application is selected from the group consisting of a last known working version of the application, a new version of the application, a beta version of the application, a test version of the application, an unstable version of the application, or a previous version of the application.

15. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive performance criteria for an application;

determine at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, and

automatically provide a second version of the application, wherein the second version is a last known working version of the application.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, and the processor is further configured to identify the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the one or more devices includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a mobile device, smartphone, laptop, tablet, PC, wearable computer, appliance, and any other device capable of running an application.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one performance issue is selected from the group consisting of a run time error, an application failure, an activity not responding error, a user-initiated negative feedback, a poor battery usage report, a processing delay, a processing error, a trapped error, a network error, and any other issue relating to the performance of the first version of the application.

20. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one performance issue indicates that the application failed to meet the performance criteria for the application.

21. A system, comprising:

a processor configured to;

receive performance criteria for an application;

determine at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, wherein the at least one performance issue is specific to a demographic, and

automatically provide a second version of the application, wherein the second version corrects the at least one performance issue for the demographic.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, and the processor is further configured to identify the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the one or more devices includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a mobile device, smartphone, laptop, tablet, PC, wearable computer, appliance, and any other device capable of running an application.

24. The system of claim 21, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

25. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one performance issue is selected from the group consisting of a run time error, an application failure, an activity not responding error, a user-initiated negative feedback, a poor battery usage report, a processing delay, a processing error, a trapped error, a network error, and any other issue relating to the performance of the first version of the application.

26. The system of claim 21, wherein the at least one performance issue indicates that the application failed to meet the performance criteria for the application.

27. The system of claim 21, wherein a demographic is at least one selected from the group consisting of a device, a device manufacturer, OS version, locale, carrier, cellular standard, geographic region, and any other demographic having the at least one performance issue.

28. The system of claim 21, wherein the second version of the application is selected from the group consisting of a last known working version of the application, a new version of the application, a beta version of the application, a test version of the application, an unstable version of the application, or a previous version of the application.

29. A computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that cause a processor to:

receive performance criteria for an application;

determine at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, and

automatically provide a second version of the application, wherein the second version is a last known working version of the application.

30. The computer readable medium of claim 29, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, and the processor is further configured to identify the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

31. The computer readable medium of claim 29, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

32. A computer readable medium storing a plurality of instructions that cause a processor to:

receive performance criteria for an application;

determine at least one performance issue relating to a first version of the application, wherein the at least one performance issue is specific to a demographic, and

automatically provide a second version of the application, wherein the second version corrects the at least one performance issue for the demographic.

33. The computer readable medium of claim 32, wherein the performance criteria are received from one or more devices, and the processor is further configured to identify the second version of the application based on the performance criteria received from the one or more devices.

34. The computer readable medium of claim 32, wherein the performance criteria is at least one selected from the group consisting of application crash reports, activity not responding reports, performance testing reports, battery reports, running services reports, user initiated feedback reports, network reports, and any other criteria indicating the performance of an application.

35. The computer readable medium of claim 32, wherein the at least one performance issue is selected from the group consisting of a run time error, an application failure, an activity not responding error, a user-initiated negative feedback, a poor battery usage report, a processing delay, a processing error, a trapped error, a network error, and any other issue relating to the performance of the first version of the application.