APPLICATION SYNCHRONIZATION

• US 20150169615A1
• Filed: 12/12/2014
• Published: 06/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ivanti, Inc. (Ivanti Software, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: MobileIron, Inc.
• Inventors: Batchu, Suresh Kumar, Kim, Mansu
• Granted Patent: US 10,025,836 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/25 Integrating or interfacing systems involving database management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits

Abstract

Application synchronization techniques are disclosed. An indication is received that a mobile app has performed an operation affecting mobile app data of the mobile app. At least a portion of the mobile app data is stored to a remote storage system based at least in part on the indication. The indication may be received by and the storing operation may be performed at least in part by a management code embedded in mobile app code comprising the mobile app.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving an indication that a mobile app has performed an operation affecting mobile app data of the mobile app; and

storing at least a portion of the mobile app data to a remote storage system based at least in part on the indication;

wherein said indication is received by and said storing is performed at least in part by a management code embedded in mobile app code comprising the mobile app.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises a system call to access persistent data.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the operation comprises a file access operation.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the operation comprises one or more of a file open, a file write, a file read, and a file close.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein receiving the indication includes using the management code to intercept a request by the mobile app to perform the file access operation.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein:

the mobile app data of the mobile app includes mobile app data stored persistently by the mobile app on a mobile device; and

storing includes synchronizing to the remote storage system at least a portion of the mobile app data stored persistently by the mobile app on a mobile device.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein synchronizing to a remote storage system at least a portion of the mobile app data stored persistently by the mobile app on a mobile device includes synchronizing to the remote storage system a portion of the mobile app data that is affected by a file access operation.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein said step of synchronizing to a remote storage system at least a portion of the mobile app data stored persistently by the mobile app on a mobile device is performed at least in part in response to a communication received from a management agent on the mobile device.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising using a secure app connection bus on the mobile device to provide to a second mobile app on the mobile device a communication to prompt the second mobile app to synchronize mobile app data associated with the second mobile app.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said step of storing the mobile app data to the remote storage system is performed asynchronously in the event the operation is performed at time when a connection between the mobile device and the remote storage system is not present, including by storing the mobile app data on the mobile device until such a connection can be established and using the connection to send the mobile app data to the remote storage system.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the storing the mobile app data on the mobile device includes encrypting the mobile app data and storing the encrypted mobile app data on the mobile device.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising synchronizing to the remote storage system a mobile app configuration data associated with the mobile device.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote storage system comprises a backup storage system.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising using the mobile app data stored to the remote storage system to restore the mobile app data to the mobile device.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote storage system is configured to store the stored data in a manner that associates the stored data with one or both of the mobile device and a user with which the mobile device is associated.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the remote storage system is configured to provide access to the stored data to an authorized remote user.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the remote storage system is configured to enable the authorized remote user to make changes to the stored data, and to synchronize to the mobile device changes made by the authorized remote user to the stored data as stored at the remote storage system.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the remote storage system is configured to enable the authorized remote user to make changes to the stored data, and to synchronize to a plurality of mobile devices the changes made by the authorized remote user to the stored data as stored at the remote storage system.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the remote storage system is configured to enable the authorized remote user to use the stored data to generate a template associated with the mobile application, modify the template, and synchronize the modified template with a plurality of mobile devices.

20. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, wherein the memory is configured to provide the processor with instructions which when executed cause the processor to;

receive an indication that a mobile app has performed an operation affecting mobile app data of the mobile app; and

store at least a portion of the mobile app data to a remote storage system based at least in part on the indication;

wherein said indication is received by and said storing is performed at least in part by a management code embedded in mobile app code comprising the mobile app.

21. A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving an indication that a mobile app has performed an operation affecting mobile app data of the mobile app; and

storing at least a portion of the mobile app data to a remote storage system based at least in part on the indication;

wherein said indication is received by and said storing is performed at least in part by a management code embedded in mobile app code comprising the mobile app.