Application registration with a non-OS service

• US 8,893,152 B2
• Filed: 01/08/2013
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Inventors: Lenahan, Charlie D, Funston, Marc A
• Primary Examiner(s): Ho, Andy
• Application Number:
  US13/736,451
• Publication Number:
  US 20140068631A1
• Time in Patent Office: 679 Days
• Field of Search: 717/174, 719/313
• US Class Current: 719/313
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2209/543 Local
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/54 Interprogram communication
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/542 Event management; Broadcasting; Multicasting; Notifications

Abstract

Systems, methods, and apparatuses are directed to application registration with a non-OS service. In one embodiment, logic may be configured to provide an installation indication that an installation of an application has been initiated on an operating system of the communication device to a service configured to run on the operating system. The logic may also be configured to provide, to the application, a registration request that is initiated by the service based on receipt of the installation indication by the service and that notifies the application to register with the service. The logic may further be configured to provide registration information associated with the application to the service based on receipt of the registration request by the application. In another embodiment, the service may be a non-OS service configured to maintain registration information for a plurality of applications installed on the operating system.

Claims

1. A communication device comprising:

a memory unit;

logic configured to;

provide an installation indication that an installation of an application has been initiated on an operating system of the communication device to a service configured to run on the operating system;

provide, to the application, a registration request that is initiated by the service based on receipt of the installation indication by the service and that notifies the application to register with the service; and

provide registration information associated with the application to the service based on receipt of the registration request by the application.

2. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the service is a non-OS service configured to maintain registration information for a plurality of applications installed on the operating system.

3. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service by broadcasting the installation indication such that services and/or applications at the communication device that are running receives the installation indication via the broadcasting while services and/or applications at the communication device that are not running do not receive the installation indication via the broadcasting.

4. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service based on a query request by the service for information specifying applications that have been installed on the operating system.

5. The communication device of claim 4, wherein the logic is configured to broadcast the installation indication in response to the installation of the application on the operating system, and wherein the service does not receive the installation indication via the broadcasting.

6. The communication device of claim 4, wherein the query request is initiated by the service during startup of the service.

7. The communication device of claim 4, wherein the registration request is initiated by the service based on the information specifying installed applications.

8. The communication device of claim 4, wherein the service is configured to initiate removal of registration information associated with another application based on determining that the information specifying installed applications does not indicate the other application as one of the installed applications.

9. The communication device of claim 1, wherein the logic is configured to:

detect, via the service while the application is not running, a session request from another communication device for initiating a session between the application installed on the communication device and another application installed on the other communication device; and

initiate startup of the application to process the session request based on the detecting of the session request by the service.

10. A system comprising:

a communication device that includes;

a memory unit; and

logic configured to;

provide an installation indication that an installation of an application has been initiated on an operating system of the communication device to a service configured to run on the operating system;

provide, to the application, a registration request that is initiated by the service based on receipt of the installation indication by the service and that notifies the application to register with the service; and

provide registration information associated with the application to the service based on receipt of the registration request by the application.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the service is a non-OS service configured to maintain registration information for a plurality of applications installed on the operating system.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service by broadcasting the installation indication such that services and/or applications at the communication device that are running receives the installation indication via the broadcasting while services and/or applications at the communication device that are not running do not receive the installation indication via the broadcasting.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service based on a query request by the service for information specifying applications that have been installed on the operating system.

14. A method comprising:

providing an installation indication that an installation of an application has been initiated on an operating system of a communication device to a service configured to run on the operating system;

providing, to the application, a registration request that is initiated by the service based on receipt of the installation indication by the service and that notifies the application to register with the service; and

providing registration information associated with the application to the service based on receipt of the registration request by the application.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the service is a non-OS service configured to maintain registration information for a plurality of applications installed on the operating system.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service by broadcasting the installation indication such that services and/or applications at the communication device that are running receives the installation indication via the broadcasting while services and/or applications at the communication device that are not running do not receive the installation indication via the broadcasting.

17. The method of claim 14, wherein the installation indication is provided to the service based on a query request by the service for information specifying applications that have been installed on the operating system.

18. The method of claim 17, further comprising broadcasting the installation indication in response to the installation of the application on the operating system, and wherein the service does not receive the installation indication via the broadcasting.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the registration request is initiated by the service based on the information specifying installed applications.

20. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

detecting, via the service while the application is not running, a session request from another communication device for initiating a session between the application installed on the communication device and an application installed on the other communication device; and

initiating startup of the application to process the session request based on the detecting of the session request by the service.