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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
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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.

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