Automatically updated user interfaces for a mobile device

• US 8,271,889 B1
• Filed: 11/26/2007
• Issued: 09/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/26/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adobe Inc.
• Original Assignee: Adobe Systems Incorporated (Adobe Inc.)
• Inventors: Chanda, Rupen, Piira, Antti, Beckert, Joerg, Zhang, GuiQin, Attaluri, Srini, Kesti-Helia, Anssi
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Ruay
• Application Number:
  US11/945,260
• Time in Patent Office: 1,758 Days
• Field of Search: 715200-277, 700701-799, 700800-866, 709201-229, 705 50- 79, 705/40, 345 30-111, 348206-2319, 703/23, 370/342, 717/159
• US Class Current: 715/762
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/245 from a network towards a terminal

Abstract

Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for automatically updating user interfaces for a mobile device. In one aspect, a first set of instructions from an automatically synchronizing data store are received. The first set of instructions are executed to provide an interface between a user and an operating system on the mobile device. The data store is automatically updated with a second set of instructions. The second set of instructions are executed to provide a modification to the interface between the user and the operating system on the mobile device.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving a first plurality of instructions from a data store of a mobile device, wherein the data store stores data that is automatically synchronized with data stored on a server remote from the mobile device, and the first plurality of instructions, when executed by a virtual machine on the mobile device, provide a first interface that allows a user to access services provided by an operating system on the mobile device using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions, wherein access to services provided by the operating system includes access to user data stored by the operating system through a porting layer between the virtual machine and the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities;

executing the first plurality of instructions on the mobile device using the virtual machine to provide the first interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions;

updating the data store of the mobile device with a second plurality of instructions, wherein the second plurality of instructions when executed on the mobile device provide, relative to the first interface provided by the first plurality of instructions, a modified interface, relative to the first interface, that allows the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device through the porting layer using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions; and

executing the second plurality of instructions on the mobile device using the virtual machine to provide the modified interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the first interface provides access to at least one of:

a call log, a user contact, or a user preference.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying a third plurality of instructions that when executed provide a safe mode interface adapted to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device, wherein the safe mode interface differs from the first interface and the modified interface;

and executing the third plurality of instructions after encountering problems executing the first plurality of instructions or the second plurality of instructions.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising storing content in the data store;

automatically updating the content in the data store; and

wherein the first plurality of instructions when executed are capable of reproducing the content.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the content includes at least one of:

game content, image content, video content, audio content, text content, or vector graphics content.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein automatically updating the content in the data store includes updating the content at a frequency selected based on a designated update frequency associated with the content.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the interface provided by executing the first plurality of instructions includes a first user interface;

and wherein the modified interface includes a second user interface, the second user interface including functionality that differs from functionality provided through the first interface.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein updating the data store with the second plurality of instructions includes receiving an indicator from a user to switch from the first user interface to the second user interface and updating the data store in response to the indicator.

9. A computer program product, encoded on a computer-readable medium, operable to cause data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:

retrieving a first plurality of instructions from a data store of a mobile device, wherein the first plurality of instructions are executable by a virtual machine on the mobile device, the data store is automatically synchronized with data stored on a server remote from the mobile device, and the first plurality of instructions, when executed on the mobile device, provide a first interface for allowing a user to access services provided by an operating system on the mobile device using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions, wherein access to services provided by the operating system includes access to user data stored by the operating system through a porting layer between the virtual machine and the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities;

executing the first plurality of instructions on the mobile device using the virtual machine to provide the first interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions;

updating the data store of the mobile device with a second plurality of instructions, wherein the second plurality of instructions when executed on the mobile device provide, relative to the first interface provided by the first plurality of instructions, a modified interface, relative to the first interface, for allowing the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device through the porting layer using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions; and

executing the second plurality of instructions on the mobile device to provide the modified interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the first interface provides access to at least one of:

a call log, a user contact, or a user preference.

11. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising identifying a third plurality of instructions that when executed provide a safe mode interface for allowing the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device, wherein the safe mode interface differs from the first interface and the modified interface;

and executing the third plurality of instructions after encountering problems with execution of the first plurality of instructions or the second plurality of instructions.

12. The computer program product of claim 9, further comprising storing content in the data store;

automatically updating the content in the data store; and

wherein the first plurality of instructions when executed are capable of reproducing the content.

13. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein the content includes at least one of:

game content, image content, video content, audio content, text content, or vector graphics content.

14. The computer program product of claim 12, wherein automatically updating the content in the data store includes updating the content at a frequency determined based on a designated update frequency associated with the content.

15. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the interface provided by executing the first plurality of instructions includes a first user interface;

and wherein the modified interface includes a second user interface, the second user interface including functionality that differs from functionality provided through the first interface.

16. The computer program product of claim 15, wherein updating the data store with the second plurality of instructions includes receiving an indicator from a user to switch from the first user interface to the second user interface and updating the data store in response to the indicator.

17. A system comprising:

a persistent storage device including a data store storing data that is automatically synchronized with data stored on a server remote from the persistent storage device;

a display; and

one or more processors operable to interact with the persistent storage device and the display, the one or more processors further operable to;

receive a first plurality of instructions from the data store, wherein the first plurality of instructions, when executed by a virtual machine, provide a first interface that allows a user to access services provided by an operating system on a mobile device using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions, wherein access to services provided by the operating system includes access to user data stored by the operating system through a porting layer between the virtual machine and the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities;

execute the first plurality of instructions using a virtual machine to provide the first interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the first plurality of instructions;

update the data store with a second plurality of instructions, wherein the second plurality of instructions when executed by a virtual machine on the mobile device provide, relative to the interface provided by the first plurality of instructions, a modified interface, relative to the first interface, that allows the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device through the porting layer using meta-data in the data store that defines permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions; and

execute the second plurality of instructions using the virtual machine to provide the modified interface to allow the user to access services provided by the operating system in accordance with the meta-data defining permitted activities of the second plurality of instructions.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the persistent storage device stores at least one of:

a call log, a user contact, and a user preference; and

the interface provides access to at least one of;

the call log, the user contact, or the user preference.

19. The system of claim 17, wherein the virtual machine is adapted to execute on the one or more processors.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further operable to identify a third plurality of instructions that when executed provide a safe mode interface for allowing the user to access services provided by the operating system on the mobile device, wherein the safe mode interface differs from the first interface and the modified interface;

and execute the third plurality of instructions after encountering problems executing the first plurality of instructions or the second plurality of instructions.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the processor is further operable to store content in the data store;

automatically update the content in the data store; and

wherein the first plurality of instructions when executed are capable of reproducing the content.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein the content includes at least one of:

game content, image content, video content, audio content, text content, or vector graphics content.

23. The system of claim 21, wherein the processor is further operable to automatically update the content at a frequency based on a designated update frequency associated with the content.

24. The system of claim 17, wherein the interface provided by executing the first plurality of instructions includes a first user interface;

and wherein the modified interface includes a second user interface, the second user interface including functionality that differs from functionality provided through the first interface.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein the processor is further operable to receive an indicator from a user to switch from the first user interface to the second user interface and update the first plurality of instructions in response to the indicator.