Apparatuses, methods and systems for a social networking application updater

• US 8,375,384 B2
• Filed: 09/26/2011
• Issued: 02/12/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Zynga Incorporated
• Inventors: Mahajan, Amitt, Rajlich, Luke
• Primary Examiner(s): Rutten, James D
• Application Number:
  US13/244,699
• Publication Number:
  US 20120017207A1
• Time in Patent Office: 505 Days
• Field of Search: 717/173
• US Class Current: 717/173
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/951 Indexing; Web crawling techniques
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/41 Compilation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/43 Checking; Contextual analysis
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/71 Version control security arrangements therefor G06F21/57; Configuration management
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

Software on a client device receives a notification from a server of the availability of an update for an application that is a multi-user social networking application. The software determines whether the state for a live process has been saved by the server. The software saves the state for a live process associated with the application if the state of the live process is not saved. The software kills the live process. Then the software downloads at least one file associated with the update and modifies at least one system database key or value associated with the application. The software launches the application as updated. And the software loads the state into the application as updated.

Claims

1. A method for updating an application at a client device, comprising operations of:

providing information that includes a browser name and a browser version to a server;

receiving a notification from the server of an availability of an update for an application that is a multi-user social networking application that publishes a message to a news feed on a social networking website using an application programming interface (API) of a social networking website, wherein the application is compatible with the browser name and the browser version;

determining whether an application state for a live process associated with the application has been saved by the server;

saving the application state if the application state is not saved;

killing the live process;

downloading at least one file associated with the update;

modifying at least one system database key or value associated with the application;

launching the application as updated; and

loading the application state into the application as updated, wherein each of the operations are executed by one or more processors.

2. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the operation of:

overwriting at least one file associated with the application.

3. A method as in claim 1, wherein the application is an HTML5 application.

4. A method as in claim 1, wherein the application includes HTML and JavaScript instructions.

5. A method as in claim 1, further comprising the operation of determining whether the application state for a live process has been saved on the client device.

6. A method as in claim 1, wherein the application state is saved in a cookie.

7. A method as in claim 1, wherein the system database is a registry.

8. A system for updating an application at a client device, comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory disposed in communication with the one or more processors and storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to;

provide information that includes a browser name and a browser version to a server;

receive a notification from the server of an availability of an update for an application that is a multi-user social networking application that publishes a message to a news feed on a social networking website using an application programming interface (API) of a social networking website, wherein the application is compatible with the browser name and the browser version;

determine whether an application state for a live process associated with the application has been saved by the server;

save the application state if the application state is not saved;

kill the live process;

download at least one file associated with the update;

modify at least one system database key or value associated with the application;

launch the application as updated; and

load the application state into the application as updated.

9. A system as in claim 8, further comprising instructions to:

overwrite at least one file associated with the application.

10. A system as in claim 8, wherein the application is an HTML5 application.

11. A system as in claim 8, wherein the application includes HTML and JavaScript instructions.

12. A system as in claim 8, further comprising instructions to determine whether the application state for a live process has been saved on the client device.

13. A system as in claim 8, wherein the application state is saved in a cookie.

14. A system as in claim 8, wherein the system database is a registry.

15. A medium that is processor-readable and non-transitory storing processor-executable instructions, the instructions comprising instructions to:

provide information that includes a browser name and a browser version to a server;

receive a notification from the server of an availability of an update for an application that is a multi-user social networking application that publishes a message to a news feed on a social networking website using an application programming interface (API) of a social networking website, wherein the application is compatible with the browser name and the browser version;

determine whether an application state for a live process associated with the application has been saved by the server;

save the application state if the application state is not saved;

kill the live process;

download at least one file associated with the update;

modify at least one system database key or value associated with the application;

launch the application as updated; and

load the application state into the application as updated.

16. A medium as in claim 15, further comprising instructions to:

overwrite at least one file associated with the application.

17. A medium as in claim 15, wherein the application is an HTML5 application.

18. A medium as in claim 15, wherein the application includes HTML and JavaScript instructions.

19. A medium as in claim 15, further comprising instructions to determine whether the application state for a live process has been saved on the client device.

20. A medium as in claim 15, wherein the application state is saved in a cookie.