NETWORK BASED APPLICATION MANAGEMENT
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Abstract
An environment for facilitating the management of content for users associated with specific partner networks is provided. Users may be granted access to such specific partner networks in accordance with each user'"'"'s affiliation with one or more organizations. In accordance with the above, a content management system facilitates the content/information exchange by accepting software applications from content providers. Additionally, the content management system accepts software application specifications or manifests from partner network administrators. Accordingly, the content management system can audit and recommend actions to users regarding applicable software application based one user organizational associations. Still further, the content management system can facilitate requests from affiliated users for specific types of content that can be forwarded to content providers and later made available to affiliated users.
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40 Claims
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21. A method for managing mobile devices comprising:
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obtaining an information portal request, the information portal request corresponding to at least one computing device associated with an organization corresponding to a partner network component configured to provide access to at least one software application for the computing device; obtaining at least one affiliation associated with the information portal request, the at least one affiliation being between the computing device and the organization based on a hierarchical structure associated with the organization; obtaining program information corresponding to the at least one affiliation, the program information corresponding to the at least one software application to be provided to the computing device, the at least one affiliation being independent of a relationship between the computing device and a provider of the at least one software application; processing the program information to provide an indication of the at least one software application available to the computing device via the at least one partner network component; providing the program information to the computing device responsive to the information portal request; and processing the provision of program information for the at least one software application to at least one content provider associated with the at least one partner network component. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for managing mobile devices comprising:
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obtaining an information portal request, the information portal request corresponding to at least one computing device associated with an organization corresponding to a partner network component configured to provide access to at least one software application for the computing device; obtaining at least one affiliation associated with the information portal request, the at least one affiliation being between the computing device and the organization based on the hierarchical structure; obtaining program information corresponding to the at least one affiliation, the program information corresponding to the at least one software application to be provided to the computing device, the at least one affiliation being independent of a relationship between the computing device and a provider of the at least one software application; processing the program information to provide an indication of the at least one software application available to the computing device via the at least one partner network component; and providing the program information to the computing device responsive to the information portal request. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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38. A system for managing mobile devices comprising:
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a data store, implemented on a computing system having a processor and a memory, the data store maintain program information defined according to affiliation relationships; and a content management system, implemented on a computing system, the content management system operable to; obtain an information portal request, the information portal request corresponding to at least one computing device associated with an organization corresponding to a partner network component configured to provide access to at least one software application for the computing device, obtain at least one affiliation associated with the information portal request, the at least one affiliation being between the computing device and the organization based on a hierarchical structure associated with the organization, obtain program information corresponding to the at least one affiliation, the program information corresponding to the at least one software application to be provided to the computing device, the at least one affiliation being independent of a relationship between the computing device and a provider of the at least one software application, process the program information to provide an indication of the at least one software application available to the user via the at least one partner network component, and provide the program information to the user responsive to the information portal request. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40)
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