APPARATUS FOR ENABLING DELIVERY AND ACCESS OF APPLICATIONS AND INTERACTIVE SERVICES

• US 20150113141A1
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Published: 04/23/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aprese Systems Texas, LLC
• Original Assignee: Keertikiran Gokul, Premkumar Jonnala
• Inventors: JONNALA, PREMKUMAR, Gokul, Keertikiran
• Granted Patent: US 9,215,273 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/225
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/04 Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals H04L7/0075 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention provides a system, a method and a computer program product that facilitate access to one or more applications by a computing device. The invention includes determining one or more contexts associated with at least one of the computing device and a user of the computing device, such that the one or more contexts describe at least one of an environment and an activity of the at least one of the user and the computing device. Thereafter at least one contextual tag corresponding to the one or more contexts is generated. Subsequently, the one or more applications associated with the at least one contextual tag are identified and the computing device is enabled to access the one or more applications.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a first computer-readable program stored therein, said first computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor associated with a client device, said first computer-readable program capable of being processed by said processor, said processing enables said client device to at least:

a. determine and send a first plurality of information to a provider device associated with said client device, said first plurality of information comprising at least one of;

a first application identification information that can be used in identifying said first computer-readable program;

a simple information determined based on information stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium associated with said client device;

b. receive a second plurality of information from said provider device, wherein;

at least a portion of said second plurality of information is determined based on information comprising at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

at least a portion of said second plurality of information can be used to at least one of determine a second computer-readable program, access said second computer-readable program and execute a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program, said second computer-readable program can be same as or different from said first computer-readable program; and

c. enable at least one of determination of said second computer-readable program, access said second computer-readable program and execution of a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said first computer-readable program is selected from a repository comprising a plurality of computer-readable programs, the plurality of computer-readable programs corresponding to a plurality of application providers or a plurality of application managers.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said first computer-readable program is selected from a repository of a plurality of computer-readable programs comprising computer-readable programs that are at least one of updated, modified, added to and deleted from said repository over a period of time.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein enabling execution of a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program, enables said client device to at least one of:

a. play, change or stop playing audio on an audio device associated with said client device; and

b. display information or play video on a display associated with said client device.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least one of an audio device and a display associated with said provider device, can be associated with said client device due to association of said client device with said provider device.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said client device associates with said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said client device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a first computer-readable program stored therein, said first computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor associated with a client device, execution of a set of instructions associated with said first computer-readable program enables said client device to at least:

a. determine and send a first plurality of information to a provider device associated with said client device, said first plurality of information comprising at least one of;

a first application identification information that can be used in identifying said first computer-readable program;

a simple information determined based on information stored on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium associated with said client device;

information determined based on execution of at least one instruction associated with said first computer-readable program;

b. receive a second plurality of information from said provider device, wherein;

at least a portion of said second plurality of information is determined based on information comprising at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

at least a portion of said second plurality of information can be used to at least one of determine a second computer-readable program, access said second computer-readable program and execute a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program, said second computer-readable program can be same as or different from said first computer-readable program; and

c. enable at least one of determination of said second computer-readable program, access said second computer-readable program and execution of a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said first computer-readable program is selected from a repository comprising a plurality of computer-readable programs, the plurality of computer-readable programs corresponding to a plurality of application providers or a plurality of application managers.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said first computer-readable program is selected from a repository of a plurality of computer-readable programs comprising computer-readable programs that are at least one of updated, modified, added to and deleted from said repository over a period of time.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein enabling execution of a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program, enables said client device to at least one of:

a. play, change or stop playing audio on a audio device associated with said client device; and

b. display information or play video on a display associated with said client device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least one of an audio device and a display associated with said provider device, can be associated with said client device due to association of said client device with said provider device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said client device associates with said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said client device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a first plurality of information stored therein, said first plurality of information capable of being processed by a processor associated with a provider device:

a. the processing of said first plurality of information by said processor enables said provider device to at least;

determine a second plurality of information based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

provide said second plurality of information to a client device associated with said provider device, wherein providing said second plurality of information to said client device enables said client device to at least one of determine, access and install one or more client applications;

b. said provider device capable of at least enabling installation of at least one provider application on said provider device, said at least one provider application selected from a repository comprising at least one of;

a first plurality of provider applications comprising provider applications corresponding to a plurality of application providers or a plurality of application managers;

a second plurality of provider applications comprising provider applications that are at least one or more of updated, modified, added to and deleted from said repository over a period of time; and

a third plurality of provider applications.

16. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said first plurality of information comprises at least a portion of said one or more client applications.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said second plurality of information comprises at least a portion of said one or more client applications.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said provider device provides at least a portion of said second plurality of information using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said provider device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said first plurality of information comprises information related to said one or more client applications.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said second plurality of information comprises information related to said one or more client applications.