Apparatus, and associated method, for loading a mobile terminal with an application program installed at a peer device
First Claim
1. Apparatus for a recipient mobile terminal for facilitating the selective copying of executable content from a provider mobile terminal to the recipient mobile terminal, the content including cost indicia and being executable at the provider mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminals are peer devices, said apparatus comprising:
- a recipient-terminal downloading connector selectably operable to effectuate a first communication link with the provider mobile terminal;
a credit payment indicator for containing at least an indicia of creditworthiness of a recipient-terminal user; and
a downloading controller coupled to said payment indicator and to said downloading connector, said downloading controller for;
permitting said recipient-terminal downloading connector to effectuate the first communication link with the provider mobile terminal;
determining whether the indicia of creditworthiness meets a selected threshold; and
effecting the copying of the content by way of the first communication link if the determination indicates the indicia of creditworthiness meets the selected threshold,wherein the first communication link is a peer-to-peer communication link;
wherein said downloading controller is resident in the recipient mobile terminal.
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Abstract
Apparatus, and an associated method, provides for selective downloading of an application program stored at a provider mobile terminal to a recipient mobile terminal. The application program includes indicia indicating costs for usage of the application program and the identity of an entity to whom charges accruing for use of the application program are to be credited. If monetary resources are determined to be available to the recipient mobile terminal for use of the application program, downloading of the application program to the recipient mobile terminal is effectuated. Thereafter, a connection is made to a payment account depository, such as by way of an Internet backbone, to effectuate electronic payment for use at the recipient mobile terminal of the application program.
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22 Claims
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1. Apparatus for a recipient mobile terminal for facilitating the selective copying of executable content from a provider mobile terminal to the recipient mobile terminal, the content including cost indicia and being executable at the provider mobile terminal, wherein the mobile terminals are peer devices, said apparatus comprising:
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a recipient-terminal downloading connector selectably operable to effectuate a first communication link with the provider mobile terminal; a credit payment indicator for containing at least an indicia of creditworthiness of a recipient-terminal user; and a downloading controller coupled to said payment indicator and to said downloading connector, said downloading controller for; permitting said recipient-terminal downloading connector to effectuate the first communication link with the provider mobile terminal; determining whether the indicia of creditworthiness meets a selected threshold; and effecting the copying of the content by way of the first communication link if the determination indicates the indicia of creditworthiness meets the selected threshold, wherein the first communication link is a peer-to-peer communication link; wherein said downloading controller is resident in the recipient mobile terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for facilitating the selective copying of executable content from a provider mobile terminal to a recipient mobile terminal that is a peer device of the provider mobile terminal, the content including cost indicia, and after copying to be executable at the recipient mobile terminal by a recipient mobile terminal user, said method comprising:
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forming a first communication link between the recipient mobile terminal and the provider mobile terminal, wherein the first communication link is a peer-to-peer communication link; comparing, in the recipient mobile terminal, the indicia of creditworthiness with the cost indicia to determine whether at least a selected threshold of creditworthiness has been met; and downloading the content by way of the first communication link to the recipient mobile terminal if the indicia of creditworthiness is determined to be at least the selected threshold. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for distributing content using a plurality of mobile peer devices, each mobile peer device operable in a communication network, said method comprising the steps:
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installing the content in a first mobile peer device, the content being associated with ownership indicia, wherein the ownership indicia comprises cost indicia and payment indicia; receiving, in the first mobile peer device, a request from a second mobile peer device for the ownership indicia associated with the content; transmitting the ownership indicia from the first mobile peer device to the second mobile peer device; comparing the cost indicia to creditworthiness indicia associated with the second mobile peer device to determine of the creditworthiness indicia meets a selected threshold; and copying the content directly from the first mobile peer device to the second mobile peer device via a peer-to-peer communication link if the comparing step at the second mobile peer device determines that the threshold has been met. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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