Apparatus for enabling delivery and access of applications and interactive services

• US 9,215,273 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Issued: 12/15/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aprese Systems Texas, LLC
• Original Assignee: Keertikiran Gokul
• Inventors: Jonnala, Premkumar, Gokul, Keertikiran
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rivera, Anibal
• Application Number:
  US14/587,811
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113141A1
• Time in Patent Office: 349 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• 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 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/04 Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals H04L7/0075 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention provides a system, a method and a computer program product that facilitate access to one or more applications by a computing device. The invention includes determining one or more contexts associated with at least one of the computing device and a user of the computing device, such that the one or more contexts describe at least one of an environment and an activity of the at least one of the user and the computing device. Thereafter at least one contextual tag corresponding to the one or more contexts is generated. Subsequently, the one or more applications associated with the at least one contextual tag are identified and the computing device is enabled to access the one or more applications.

Claims

1. A first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a first plurality of information stored therein, said first plurality of information capable of being processed by a processor, processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables a consumer device to at least:

a. store a second plurality of information on a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium associated with said consumer device, at least a portion of said second plurality of information determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

b. determine at least a portion of a third plurality of information based on at least a portion of said second plurality of information;

c. send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to a provider device associated with said consumer device;

d. receive a fourth plurality of information from said provider device, wherein at least a portion of said fourth plurality of information can be used to at least one or more of determine a first computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, access said first computer-readable program and execute a set of instructions associated with said first computer-readable program;

e. enable at least one or more of determination of said first computer-readable program, access said first computer-readable program and execution of a first set of instructions associated with said first computer-readable program, based on at least a portion of said fourth plurality of information;

i. said first computer-readable program can be from a first repository of one or more computer-readable programs installed on said consumer device; and

ii. said first repository can have at least one computer-readable program added to it or removed from it when said consumer device is not associated with said provider device; and

f. enable access to at least a portion of a fifth plurality of information to a second set of instructions if access to at least a portion of said fifth plurality of information is needed during execution of said second set of instructions, said second set of instructions comprising one or more instructions from said first set of instructions, at least a portion of said fifth plurality of information determined based on at least a portion of said fourth plurality of information.

2. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor further enables said consumer device to at least determine said first computer-readable program from said first repository, wherein said first repository can have at least one computer-readable program added to it from a second repository accessible to said consumer device, said second repository comprising a first plurality of managed computer-readable programs corresponding to a one or more application providers or a one or more application managers, a one or more computer-readable programs from said first plurality of managed computer-readable programs managed by one of said one or more application providers or one of said one or more application managers.

3. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor further enables said consumer device to at least determine said first computer-readable program from said first repository, wherein said first repository allows at least one or more computer-readable programs to at least one or more of:

a. be updated or modified in said first repository over a period of time;

b. be added to said first repository over a period of time; and

c. be deleted from said first repository over a period of time.

4. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor further enables said consumer device to at least execute said first set of instructions, execution of said first set of instructions further enables said consumer device to at least one or more of:

a. play, change or stop playing audio on an audio output device associated with said consumer device; and

b. display information or play video on a display associated with said consumer device.

5. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein at least one or more of an audio output device, an audio input device and a display associated with said provider device can be associated with said consumer device.

6. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein said consumer device associates with said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

7. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein said consumer device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a first computer-readable program stored therein, said first computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, at least execution of a first set of instructions associated with said first computer-readable program enables a consumer device to at least determine at least a portion of a first plurality of information, at least one or more of said determining of at least a portion of said first plurality of information and execution of a set of instructions, enables said consumer device to at least:

a. send at least a portion of information determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information to a provider device associated with said consumer device;

b. receive a second plurality of information from said provider device, wherein at least a portion of said second plurality of information can be used to at least one or more of determine a second computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, access said second computer-readable program and execute a set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program; and

c. enable at least one or more of determination of said second computer-readable program, access said second computer-readable program and execution of a second set of instructions associated with said second computer-readable program, based on at least a portion of said second plurality of information;

i. said second computer-readable program can be from a first repository of one or more computer-readable programs installed on said consumer device; and

ii. said first repository capable of having at least one computer-readable program added to it or removed from it, when said consumer device is not associated with said provider device; and

d. enable access to at least a portion of a third plurality of information to a third set of instructions if access to at least a portion of said third plurality of information is needed during execution of said third set of instructions, said third set of instructions comprising one or more instructions from said second set of instructions, at least a portion of said third plurality of information determined based on at least a portion of said second plurality of information.

9. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least execution of said first set of instructions further enables said consumer device to at least select said second computer-readable program from said first repository, wherein said first repository can have at least one computer-readable program added to it from a second repository accessible to said consumer device, said second repository comprising a first plurality of managed computer-readable programs corresponding to a one or more application providers or a one or more application managers, a one or more computer-readable programs from said first plurality of managed computer-readable programs managed by one of said one or more application providers or one of said one or more application managers.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least execution of said first set of instructions further enables said consumer device to at least select said second computer-readable program from said first repository, wherein said first repository allows at least one computer-readable program to at least one or more of:

a. be updated or modified in said first repository over a period of time;

b. be added to said first repository over a period of time; and

c. be deleted from said first repository over a period of time.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least execution of said first set of instructions enables said consumer device to at least execute said second set of instructions, execution of said second set of instructions, further enables said consumer device to at least one or more of:

a. play, change or stop playing audio on a audio output device associated with said consumer device; and

b. display information or play video on a display associated with said consumer device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein at least one of an audio output device, an audio input device and a display associated with said provider device can be associated with said consumer device.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein at least execution of said first set of instructions enables said consumer device to at least associate with said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 8, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein said consumer device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

15. A first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a first plurality of information stored therein, said first plurality of information capable of being processed by a processor, said first plurality of information comprising information related to a first one or more client applications, processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables a consumer device to at least:

a. store a second plurality of information as a first information instance in a first set, said first set comprising zero or more information instances and a first zero or more computer-readable programs, at least a portion of said first set stored on a second non-transitory computer-readable storage medium associated with said consumer device, at least a portion of said second plurality of information determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information, an information instance from said first set comprising information related to a one or more client applications;

b. retrieve at least a portion of a second information instance from said first set;

c. determine at least a portion of a third plurality of information based on at least a portion of said second information instance;

d. send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to a client device associated with said consumer device to enable said client device to at least;

at least one or more of determine, access and install at least one of a second one or more client applications on said client device;

e. receive a fourth plurality of information from said client device; and

f. enable at least one or more of;

i. determination of a first computer-readable program, said first computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor;

ii. access said first computer-readable program; and

iii. execution of a set of instructions associated with said first computer-readable program;

based on at least a portion of said fourth plurality of information, said first computer-readable program selected from said first set.

16. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said first plurality of information comprises at least a portion of at least one of said first one or more client applications.

17. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables said consumer device to at least determine at least a portion of said second plurality of information, wherein said second plurality of information comprises at least a portion of at least one of said first one or more client applications.

18. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables said consumer device to at least send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to said client device, wherein said consumer device is enabled to send at least a portion of said third plurality of information using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

19. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein said first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, further wherein said consumer device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

20. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables said consumer device to at least determine at least a portion of said second plurality of information, wherein said second plurality of information comprises at least a portion of said first plurality of information.

21. The first non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 15, wherein processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor enables said consumer device to at least determine at least a portion of said third plurality of information, said third plurality of information comprising information related to at least one of said second one or more client applications, a one of said second one or more client applications is same as a one of said first one or more client applications.