SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LOCATION-BASED APPLICATION INSTALLATION

• US 20150355893A1
• Filed: 06/09/2014
• Published: 12/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PayPal, Inc. (PayPal Holdings, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: eBay Inc.
• Inventors: Tang, Yu, Luk, Bryant Genepang, He, Robert, O'Toole, Christopher Diebold, Brenner, Jennifer T.
• Granted Patent: US 9,411,572 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/62 Uninstallation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/01 Protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/53 using third party service providers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/60 Subscription-based services using application servers or record carriers, e.g. SIM application toolkits
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 64/00 Locating users or terminals or network equipment for network management purposes, e.g. mobility management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A system and/or method may be provided to install applications based on location. In particular, a location of a user device may be detected. Based on the location of the user device, one or more applications may be selected to be installed automatically on the user device. Further, when the user device departs from the location, the application may automatically be uninstalled. Thus, applications may be installed and/or uninstalled on the user device based on the location of the user device. The automatically installed application may provide functionality or information associated with the location that triggered the installation. For example, a merchant'"'"'s store may be associated with the merchant'"'"'s application which may be installed automatically on devices of customers who enter the merchant'"'"'s store.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a memory storing an application account of a user; and

one or more processors in communication with the memory and adapted to;

determine a location of a user device of the user;

determine an installation of an application associated with the location that provides functions and/or information associated with the location; and

automatically install the application on the user device when the user device is located within the location.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is located within the location when a Global Positioning System (GPS) coordinate detected at the user device is within a predetermined distance from a GPS coordinate of the location.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the user device is located within the location when the user device detects a wireless signal from a wireless beacon installed at the location.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein the wireless signal includes information that identifies the application associated with the location.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the application associated with the location is installed at the user device after the user device is located within the location for more than a predetermined amount of time.

6. The system of claim 1,

wherein an installation file for the application associated with the location was pre-loaded at the user device, and

wherein the one or more processors are further adapted to execute an installer application with the installation file to install the application at the user device.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the installation file was downloaded from an application server to the user device when the user device was approaching the location before entering the location.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is installed on the user device after obtaining a permission from the user.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the application is installed on the user device automatically without obtaining a permission from the user.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the location is associated with a plurality of applications each corresponds to a specific time, and

wherein the one or more processors are further adapted to select one of the plurality of applications for installation based on a current time at the user device.

11. A method comprising:

determining , by a hardware processor, a location of a user device of a user;

determining, by a hardware processor, an installation of an application associated with the location that provides functions and/or information associated with the location; and

automatically installing, by the hardware processor, the application on the user device when the user device is located within the location.

12. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

determining whether the user device has departed from the location; and

uninstalling the application from the user device when the user device has departed from the location.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the application is uninstalled from the user device when the user device has departed from the location for more than a predetermined amount of time.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the application is uninstalled from the user device when the user device has departed more than a predetermined distance from the location.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising:

determining whether the user device has departed from the location;

determining whether the user continues to use the application; and

maintaining the application at the user device when the user device has departed from the location and the user continues to use the application.

16. The method of claim 12 further comprising maintaining an installation file of the application at the user device after the application is uninstalled.

17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions which, in response to execution by a computer system, cause the computer system to perform a method comprising:

determining a location of a user device of a user;

determining an application associated with the location that provides functions and/or information associated with the location; and

automatically installing the application on the user device when the user device is located within the location.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17, wherein the method further comprises:

determining whether the user device has departed from the location; and

uninstalling the application from the user device when the user device has departed from the location.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 19, wherein the application is uninstalled automatically without obtaining a permission from the user.

18. (canceled)