BUNDLE PACKAGE GENERATION

• US 20140359604A1
• Filed: 05/30/2013
• Published: 12/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 05/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Salameh, Jason, Fortune, Erik, Smith, Phillip, Sheehan, John Michael, Leet, Simon, Sheth, Sarjana, Wang, Letao
• Granted Patent: US 9,766,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation

Abstract

One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for generating a bundle package, digitally signing the bundle package, selectively disturbing the bundle package, and/or indexing one or more resource packages retrieved from the bundle package. That is, a bundle package (e.g., an application or game bundle package) comprises one or more app packages comprising application code configured to execute on various computing environments (e.g., operating systems, processors, etc.). The bundle package may comprise one or more resource packages comprising supplemental data used to provide optional user experience functionality for the application (e.g., French language support, high resolution textures, a gaming pad support, etc.). In this way, a client device may selectively download portions of the bundle package that may be relevant, which may mitigate download bandwidth, storage space, or resources otherwise used to obtain unnecessary portions of the bundle package (e.g., a tablet device may merely download low resolution textures).

Claims

1. A method for generating a bundle package for an application, comprising:

identifying one or more app packages for inclusion within a bundle package for an application;

identifying one or more resource packages for inclusion within the bundle package; and

generating the bundle package to comprise the one or more app packages and the one or more resource packages, the bundle package comprising a first app package and a first resource package, the first app package comprising first application code configured to execute on a first computing environment, the first resource package comprising first supplemental data used to provide first optional user experience functionality for the application.

2. The method of claim 1, the bundle package comprising a second app package that comprises second application code configured to execute on a second computing environment.

3. The method of claim 1, the bundle package comprising a second resource package that comprises second supplemental data used to provide second optional user experience functionality for the application.

4. The method of claim 1, the one or more resource packages comprising optional language user experience functionality for the application.

5. The method of claim 1, the one or more resource packages comprising optional display quality user experience functionality for the application.

6. The method of claim 1, the first resource package comprising at least one of first resolution data, first screen scale data, or first multimedia application programming interface (API) version data.

7. The method of claim 1, comprising:

exposing portions of the bundle package for selective download through an app marketplace, the one or more resource packages exposed as optional downloads for the application.

8. The method of claim 1, the generating the bundle package comprising:

generating a bundle manifest for inclusion within the bundle package, the bundle manifest comprising one or more app descriptions for the one or more app packages and one or more resource descriptions for the one or more resource packages.

9. The method of claim 1, the identifying one or more resource packages comprising:

parsing the first app package to identify a first set of optional data within the first app package;

extracting the first set of optional data from the first app package; and

generating the first resource package based upon the first set of optional data.

10. The method of claim 1, the one or more app packages provided by an application developer, and the method comprising:

exposing a resource package outsourcing interface to the application developer;

receiving a resource package creation request from the application developer;

exposing the resource package creation request to a plurality of resource package developers through the resource package outsourcing interface;

receiving one or more resource package creation bids through the resource package outsourcing interface; and

responsive to receiving a selection of a first resource package creation bid from the application developer, facilitating a first resource package creation transaction between the application developer and a first resource package developer.

11. The method of claim 10, the identifying one or more resource packages comprising:

receiving the first resource package from the first resource package developer.

12. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a bundle acquisition request from a client device, the bundle acquisition request specifying the first app package; and

selectively providing the first app package, but not the first resource package, from the bundle package to the client device for installation of the application.

13. The method of claim 1, the bundle package comprising a second resource package, and the method comprising:

receiving a bundle acquisition request from a client device, the bundle acquisition request specifying the first app package and the second resource package; and

selectively providing the first app package and the second resource package, but not the first resource package, from the bundle package to the client device for installation of the application.

14. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a bundle acquisition request from a client device, the bundle acquisition request specifying the first app package and a subset of resource packages comprised within the bundle package, the subset of resource packages specifying at least some but fewer than all of the one or more resource packages within the bundle package; and

selectively providing the first app package and the subset of resource packages from the bundle package to the client device for installation of the application.

15. The method of claim 1, comprising:

receiving a bundle update for the bundle package, the bundle update comprising a new resource package for inclusion within the bundle package;

updating the bundle package to comprise the new resource package; and

updating a bundle manifest, within the bundle package, to specify that the new resource package is available for optional retrieval.

16. The method of claim 15, the bundle package certified by an app marketplace certification process, and the method comprising:

responsive to updating the bundle package, certifying the new resource package, but not re-certifying the bundle package.

17. A system for generating a bundle package for an application, comprising:

a bundle generation component configured to;

identify one or more app packages for inclusion within a bundle package for an application;

identify one or more resource packages for inclusion within the bundle package; and

generate the bundle package to comprise the one or more app packages and the one or more resource packages, the bundle package comprising a first app package and a first resource package, the first app package comprising first application code configured to execute on a first computing environment, the first resource package comprising first supplemental data used to provide first optional user experience functionality for the application.

18. The system of claim 17, comprising:

an app distribution component configured to;

receive a bundle acquisition request from a client device, the bundle acquisition request specifying the first app package and a subset of resource packages comprised within the bundle package, the subset of resource packages specifying at least some but fewer than all of the one or more resource packages within the bundle package; and

selectively provide the first app package and the subset of resource packages from the bundle package to the client device for installation of the application.

19. A computer readable medium comprising instructions which when executed at least in part via a processing unit perform a method for selectively distributing one or more packages of a bundle package, comprising:

receiving a bundle acquisition request from a client device, the bundle acquisition request specifying a bundle package, a first app package, and one or more referenced resource packages;

identifying the bundle package based upon the bundle acquisition request, the bundle package comprising the first app package, the one or more referenced resource packages, and one or more non-referenced resource packages that are not specified by the bundle acquisition request; and

selectively providing the first app package and the one or more referenced resource packages, but not the one or more non-referenced resource packages, to the client device for installation of an application represented by the bundle package.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 19, a first referenced resource package of the one or more referenced resource packages corresponding to at least one of first language user experience data, first resolution data, first screen scale data, or first multimedia application programming interface (API) version data;

a first non-referenced resource package of the one or more non-referenced resource packages corresponding to at least one of second language user experience data, second resolution data, second screen scale data, or second multimedia API version data.