VIRAL DISTRIBUTION OF MOBILE APPLICATION SOFTWARE

• US 20150301815A1
• Filed: 04/17/2014
• Published: 10/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mistral Mobile
• Original Assignee: Mistral Mobile
• Inventors: Tervo, Timo P., Guragain, Binay
• Granted Patent: US 9,875,092 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/326 Payment applications installed on the mobile devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3672 initialising or reloading thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0214 Referral reward systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72406 by software upgrading or downloading

Abstract

Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, are distribution of a mobile application. In one aspect there is provided a method. The method may include storing, at a first user equipment, a mobile payment application installation package; sending, by the first user equipment via a short-range radio link, an invitation to a second user equipment, the invitation representing an offer to receive the mobile payment application installation package; receiving, at the first user equipment, a response to the invitation; and sending, by the first user equipment via the short-range radio link, the mobile payment application installation package, when the response to the invitation represents an acceptance of the offer. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

storing, at a first user equipment, a mobile payment application installation package;

sending, by the first user equipment via a short-range radio link, an invitation to a second user equipment, the invitation representing an offer to receive the mobile payment application installation package;

receiving, at the first user equipment, a response to the invitation; and

sending, by the first user equipment via the short-range radio link, the mobile payment application installation package, when the response to the invitation represents an acceptance of the offer.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile payment application installation package is stored, as part of an installation of the mobile payment application installation package at the first user equipment, in a secure folder visible to the mobile payment application installation package.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile payment application installation package includes one or more identities of one or more user equipment and/or users that shared the mobile payment application installation package.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the mobile payment application installation package further includes a configuration file of features for a mobile payment application and an identifier of the version of the mobile payment application installation package.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the short-range radio link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a WiFi link, or an NFC link.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

generating, by the first user equipment, a user interface to enable the sharing of the mobile payment application installation package, wherein a selection of an element of the user interface triggers the sending of the invitation.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the mobile payment application installation package provide a mobile payment service.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

coupling to a configuration server to provide one or more identities of one or more user equipment and/or users that shared the mobile payment application installation package; and

receiving, in response to the provided one or more identities, an indication of a reward.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the first user equipment receives the mobile payment application installation package from at least one of a configuration server or another user equipment coupled to the first user equipment via another short-range radio link.

10. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor circuitry including computer program code which when executed by the at least one processor circuitry at least;

store, at the apparatus, a mobile payment application installation package;

send, by the apparatus via a short-range radio link, an invitation to a second user equipment, the invitation representing an offer to receive the mobile payment application installation package;

receive, at the apparatus, a response to the invitation; and

send, by the apparatus via the short-range radio link, the mobile payment application installation package, when the response to the invitation represents an acceptance of the offer.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the mobile payment application installation package is stored, as part of an installation of the mobile payment application installation package at the apparatus, in a secure folder visible to the mobile payment application installation package.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the mobile payment application installation package includes one or more identities of one or more user equipment and/or users that shared the mobile payment application installation package.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the mobile payment application installation package further includes a configuration file of features for a mobile payment application and an identifier of the version of the mobile payment application installation package.

14. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the short-range radio link comprises at least one of a Bluetooth link, a WiFi link, or an NFC link.

15. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor circuitry at least generates a user interface to enable the sharing of the mobile payment application installation package, wherein a selection of an element of the user interface triggers the sending of the invitation.

16. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the mobile payment application installation package provide a mobile payment service.

17. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the at least one processor circuitry at least:

couples to a configuration server to provide one or more identities of one or more user equipment and/or users that shared the mobile payment application installation package; and

receives, in response to the provided one or more identities, an indication of a reward.

18. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the apparatus receives the mobile payment application installation package from at least one of a configuration server or another user equipment coupled to the apparatus via another short-range radio link.

19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium include computer code which when executed provide operations comprising:

storing, at a first user equipment, a mobile payment application installation package;

sending, by the first user equipment via a short-range radio link, an invitation to a second user equipment, the invitation representing an offer to receive the mobile payment application installation package;

receiving, at the first user equipment, a response to the invitation; and

sending, by the first user equipment via the short-range radio link, the mobile payment application installation package, when the response to the invitation represents an acceptance of the offer.

20. An apparatus comprising:

means for storing a mobile payment application installation package;

means for sending, via a short-range radio link, an invitation to a second user equipment, the invitation representing an offer to receive the mobile payment application installation package;

means for receiving a response to the invitation; and

means for sending, via the short-range radio link, the mobile payment application installation package, when the response to the invitation represents an acceptance of the offer.