APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR MANAGING WIDGETS IN A WIRELESS COMMUNICATION ENVIRONMENT

• US 20150346993A1
• Filed: 08/13/2015
• Published: 12/03/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Qualcomm, Inc.
• Inventors: SURYANARAYANA, Lalitha, MANDYAM, Giridhar D., BERNARD, Christophe G., HUNTER, Kevin E., RAFFAELLI, Noam
• Granted Patent: US 10,481,927 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/451 Execution arrangements for user interfaces

Abstract

Apparatus and methods relating to mobile widgets. In particular, apparatus and methods for integrating network services and/or network resources with widget capabilities, managing mobile widgets, providing portability to mobile widgets, and generating content with respect to a mobile widget. In one aspect, a method for integration of network services and/or resources with widget capabilities is provided. The method may include providing for an interface between a widget management component and at least one of a network resource or a network service. The method may also include accessing, at the widget management component via the interface, at least one of a network resource or network service. Further, the method may include integrating the network resource or the network service with a widget functionality.

Claims

1. A method of managing a mobile widget, comprising:

receiving performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget;

obtaining a mobile widget specification corresponding to the mobile widget, wherein the mobile widget specification includes one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget;

comparing the performance data to the mobile widget specification;

identifying the mobile widget as a trusted mobile widget if the performance data meets the respective one or more acceptable activity standards; and

storing the identification corresponding to the mobile widget.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the identification corresponding to the mobile widget is a digital certificate.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards for the respective one or more activities include one or more of:

a number of generated messages,

a type of generated message, or

an amount of memory usage, or

an amount of processor usage, or

operator-specific activities, or

access to one or more resources on a corresponding wireless communication device,

a number of wireless connections, or

a given activity affecting performance of a wireless network or one or more devices on the wireless network, or

any combination thereof.

7. The method of claim 1,

wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards are specific to a particular type of mobile widget, and

wherein one or more different acceptable activity standards are used to evaluate whether another mobile widget with a different type is a trusted mobile widget.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

if the identifying identifies the mobile widget as an untrusted mobile widget,

disabling an ability of the untrusted mobile widget to operate on a wireless network, or

removing the untrusted widget from the wireless network, or

changing a setting on a network device to disable an ability of a network version of the untrusted mobile widget to operate on the wireless network, or

transmitting a synchronization request message to a widget management client operating an end user version of the untrusted mobile widget, wherein the synchronization request message is configured to cause the end user version of the untrusted mobile widget to synchronize with the network version of the untrusted mobile widget to disable operation of the end user version of the untrusted mobile widget on the wireless network, or

notifying a developer of the untrusted mobile widget, wherein the notifying further includes forwarding the comparison of the performance data to the mobile widget specification, or

notifying a user of the untrusted mobile widget and allowing the end user of the widget to confirm disabling or removal of the untrusted mobile widget, or

any combination thereof.

9. The method of claim 1,

wherein the performance data is received based on automated or manual testing of the mobile widget in a test or emulation environment, or

wherein the performance data is received from one or more wireless communication devices that are deployed for operation with a wireless network while being configured to execute the mobile widget, or

any combination thereof.

2. A method of managing a mobile widget on a wireless communication device, comprising:

tracking performance data corresponding to operation of a mobile widget on a wireless communication device;

forwarding the tracked performance data across a wireless network for analysis;

receiving a widget disabling message based on a comparison of the performance data to a mobile widget specification, wherein the mobile widget specification includes one or more acceptable activity standards for a respective one or more activities of an acceptable mobile widget; and

disabling the mobile widget based on the widget disabling message.

10. The method of claim 2, wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards for the respective one or more activities include one or more of:

a number of generated messages, or

a type of generated message, or

an amount of memory usage, or

an amount of processor usage, or

operator-specific activities, or

access to one or more resources on a corresponding wireless communication device, or

a number of wireless connections, or

a given activity affecting performance of a wireless network or one or more devices on the wireless network, or

any combination thereof.

11. The method of claim 2,

wherein the one or more acceptable activity standards are specific to a particular type of mobile widget, and

wherein one or more different acceptable activity standards are used to evaluate whether another mobile widget with a different type is a trusted mobile widget.

12. The method of claim 2, wherein the disabling is performed by an end user

13. The method of claim 2,

wherein the disabling is performed by a network device that changes a setting so as to disable an ability of a network version of the mobile widget from operation on the wireless network, or

wherein the disabling includes transmitting a synchronization request message to a widget management client operating an end user version of the untrusted mobile widget, wherein the synchronization request message is configured to cause the end user version of the untrusted mobile widget to synchronize with the network version of the untrusted mobile widget to disable operation of the end user version of the untrusted mobile widget on the wireless network, or

any combination thereof.

14. The method of claim 2,

wherein the tracking of the performance data is based upon automated or manual testing of the mobile widget in a test or emulation environment, or

wherein the tracking of the performance data is based performance feedback that is received from one or more wireless communication devices that are deployed for operation with a wireless network while being configured to execute the mobile widget, or any combination thereof.

3. A method for providing portability to mobile widgets, comprising:

providing for a mobile widget client that includes generic code operable to more than one platform and a plurality of platform specific codes operable to a specific platform, wherein the platform specific codes includes one or more operational modes; and

implementing the mobile widget client in a plurality of platforms associated with the plurality of platform specific codes.

15. The method of claim 3, wherein the more than one platform includes platforms that vary in terms of device type, device manufacturer, device model, web runtime technology, audio playback and/or encoding capability, whether the platforms are mobile or non-mobile, memory resources or any combination thereof.

16. The method of claim 3, wherein the one or more operational modes includes a standard operational mode, a low-memory, a compressed operational mode, or any combination thereof.

4. A method for generating content at a widget for upstream control of an event, comprising:

generating content at a mobile widget; and

communicating the content to a network entity, wherein the mobile widget generated content is operable for controlling an event at the network entity.

17. The method of claim 4, wherein the content includes:

one or more search queries, or

user inputs for a real-time or near-real time service, or

user-selected purchase options, or

any combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 4, wherein the communicating communicates the content by sending an alert to the network entity.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the alert is based on a location of a wireless communication device executing the mobile widget.

20. The method of claim 19,

wherein the alert indicates that the wireless communication device is outside of a geofence, and

wherein the event is notifying another communication device that the wireless communication device is outside of the geofence.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the wireless communication device is operated by a child and the another communication device is operated by a guardian of the child.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the notification to the another communication device is a text message or an email.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the another communication device is a wired device or a wireless device.