System and method for provisioning a remote library for an electronic device

• US 7,600,064 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Issued: 10/06/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: Kalougina, Tatiana, Bocking, Andrew, Knowles, Michael, Edwards, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang; Khanh
• Assistant Examiner(s): DALEY, CHRISTOPHER ANTHONY
• Application Number:
  US11/394,232
• Publication Number:
  US 20070239843A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,285 Days
• Field of Search: 717101-103, 717/117, 717/120, 717/121, 717/125, 717/130, 717171-178, 717/167, 345/156, 345/501, 345/530, 345/902, 345/903, 709/223, 709/207, 709/253, 709/225, 709/217, 370420-421, 370/431, 707/10, 707/240, 718/104, 725/135, 455/421, 455/518, 710/240
• US Class Current: 710/240
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/93 Document management systems
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 47/70 Admission control; Resource allocation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/60 Scheduling or organising the servicing of application requests, e.g. requests for application data transmissions using the analysis and optimisation of the required network resources admission control or resource allocation H04L47/70

Abstract

The invention provides a system and method of provisioning a resource to an electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: (a) maintaining a library of resources at a remote server from the device; (b) after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device, the data transmission containing access information for the library that can be extracted by the device and used to access the library; and (c) after a selection event initiated on the device for a specific resource from the library, providing a second data transmission to the device, the second data transmission containing a copy of the specific resource. The system provides a server, a resource, a device and a communication link incorporating the method.

Claims

1. A method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device comprising:

after a triggering event, providing a data transmission to the device, the data transmission containing access information relating to a resource in a library that is in a remote server from the device, the resource relating to an application operating on said device;

extracting the access information from the data transmission at the device;

presenting the access information for the resource in a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the device; and

after a selection event is initiated on the device for the resource, initiating a second data transmission containing a copy of the resource to the device and integrating said resource into said application as an output generated by said application.

2. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the access information is a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address.

3. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the resource provides one user interface context for the application operating on the device.

4. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 2, further comprising storing the copy of the resource in internal memory of the device and associating the resource with the application operating on the device.

5. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resource relates to an audible signal selectively generated by the application.

6. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resource relates to an image to be selectively generated by the application.

7. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the resource relates to a theme for backgrounds relating to displays generated by the application.

8. The method of provisioning resources to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, further comprising:

providing a second data transmission to the device, the second data transmission containing second access information relating to a second resource for said application in a second library remotely accessible by the device;

extracting the second access information from the second data transmission at the device;

presenting the second access information for the second resource in the GUI with the access information in a ranked format on the display; and

after a selection event is initiated on the device for the second resource, initiating a second data transmission containing a copy of the second resource to the device and integrating said second resource into said application as an output generated by said application.

9. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the triggering event is approval of a registration request for the device by a network associated with said remote server and said device has not been registered by said network before.

10. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the approval is provided after checking a status of said device tracked by said network.

11. The method of provisioning resources for applications to an electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the triggering event is an initial detection of the device in a network associated with said remote server.

12. A system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices, comprising:

a server in a network, the server having

a library storing a resource;

a data transmission module for providing access information about the resource in a data transmission to the network; and

a subscriber registry, and

an electronic device having

a display;

an application operating thereon;

a communication module for receiving said data transmission and extracting said access information;

a network module to manage communications with said network when said device enters said network; and

a graphical user interface (GUI) generation module for presenting said access information for said resource in a GUI generated on said display,

wherein

said data transmission contains access information relating to said resource;

after the server authorizes said device to receive said resource, the data transmission module provides a second data transmission to the device, the second data transmission containing a copy of the resource;

upon receipt of the second transmission, the device incorporates the access information for the resource into a GUI generated on the device to enable the device to selectively access the resource; and

after a selection event is initiated on the device for the resource, said resource is integrated into said application as an output generated by said application.

13. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 12, wherein the resource provides one user interface context for the application operating on the device.

14. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 13, wherein the device stores the copy of the resource in its internal memory and integrates the resource with the application operating on the device.

15. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resource relates to an audible signal selectively generated by the application.

16. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resource relates to an image to be selectively generated by the application.

17. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 14, wherein the resource relates to a theme for background displays generated by the application.

18. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 14, wherein:

the device has access to a second resource for said application from a second library provided from a second server;

the communication module receives second access information relating to said second resource from said second server; and

the GUI generation module presents the access information and the second access information in another GUI on said display in an order based on a ranking scheme.

19. The system for provisioning resources for applications to electronic devices as claimed in claim 14, wherein:

the subscriber registry provides a status of said device for said network; and

said data transmission module evaluates said status of said device in said registry when said data transmission module determines whether to provide said transmission.

20. A method of presenting resources for applications provided by a network to an electronic device that enters said network, comprising:

from the device, sending a request for provisioning a resource to the network;

after said network authorizes said device to receive said resource and said network sends a data transmission containing access information relating to said resource at the device, extracting access information relating to the resource from said data transmission;

presenting the access information in a Uniform Resource Locator (URL) address for the resource as part of a graphical user interface (GUI) on a display of the device;

after a selection event is initiated on the device for the resource, requesting a copy of said resource from the network;

receiving a second data transmission containing the copy of the resource from said network;

storing the copy of the resource in internal memory of the device; and

integrating the resource into an application operating on the device as an output of the application,

wherein the resource provides one user interface context for the application.