SOFTWARE INSTALLATION SYSTEM AND METHOD

• US 20100153944A1
• Filed: 09/24/2009
• Published: 06/17/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems Incorporated (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Shenzhen Futaihong Precision Industrial Company Limited (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Qu, Kai-Bo
• Granted Patent: US 8,433,655 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 717/177
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• 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: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A software installation system and method using a first mobile electronic device and a second mobile electronic device records an installation record of a software application of the first mobile electronic device and generates an installation list of the software application. The system and method further transmits the installation list to a server, and accesses the installation list by a second mobile electronic device and sends a request to the server for installing the software application. Furthermore, the system and method transmits the installation file to the second mobile electronic device, in response to the determination that the software application is available at no cost, and installs the software application in the second mobile electronic device according to the installation file and the installation record.

Claims

1. A software installation system using a first mobile electronic device and a second mobile electronic device, the system comprising:

a memory system;

at least one processor; and

one or more programs stored in the memory system and being executable by the at least one processor, the one or more programs comprising;

a recording module operable to record an installation record of a software application of the first mobile electronic device and generate an installation list of the software application in the first mobile electronic device;

a transmitting module operable to transmit the installation list of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to a server;

an accessing module operable to access the installation list of the application software by the second mobile electronic device and send a request for installing the application software from the second mobile electronic device to the server;

the transmitting module further operable to transmit an installation file of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to the second mobile electronic device; and

an installing module operable to install the software application in the second mobile electronic device according to the installation file of the software application and the installation record of the software application.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is operable to determine if the software application is available at no cost.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the installation record comprises a system file of the software application, a system configuration file of the software application, and startup items of the software application.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the installation list comprises a serial number of the first mobile electronic device, a name of the software application and version information of the software application.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein each of the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the memory system is selected from the group consisting of a smart media card (SMC), a secure digital card (SDC), a compact flash card (CFC), a multi media card (MMC), a memory system stick (MS), an extreme digital card (XDC), and a trans flash card (TFC).

7. A software installation method using a first mobile electronic device and a second mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

(a) recording an installation record of a software application of the first mobile electronic device and generating an installation list of the software application in the first mobile electronic device;

(b) transmitting the installation list of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to a server;

(c) accessing the installation list of the software application in the server by the second mobile electronic device;

(d) sending a request for installing the application software from the second mobile electronic device to the server;

(e) determining by the server if the software application is available at no cost;

(f) transmitting an installation file of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to the second mobile electronic device, in response to the determination that the software application is available at no cost; and

(g) installing the software application in the second mobile electronic device according to the installation file of the software application and the installation record of the software application.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

sending a notification for a payment to the second mobile electronic device by the server, in response to a determination that the software application is not available at no cost;

confirming the payment of the second mobile electronic device by the server, if the second mobile electronic device has paid for the software application; and

sending a notification to the first mobile electronic device by the server, wherein the notification indicates the second mobile electronic device has paid for the software application.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the installation record comprises a system file of the software application, a system configuration file of the software application, and startup items of the software application.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the installation list comprises a serial number of the first mobile electronic device, a name of the software application and version information of the software application.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein each of the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).

12. A storage medium storing a set of instructions, the set of instructions capable of being executed by a processor to perform a software installing method using a first mobile electronic device and a second mobile electronic device, the method comprising:

(a) recording an installation record of a software application of the first mobile electronic device and generating an installation list of the software application in the first mobile electronic device;

(b) transmitting the installation list of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to a server;

(c) accessing the installation list of the software application in the server by the second mobile electronic device;

(d) sending a request for installing the application software from the second mobile electronic device to the server;

(e) determining by the server if the software application is available at no cost;

(f) transmitting an installation file of the software application from the first mobile electronic device to the second mobile electronic device, in response to the determination that the software application is available at no cost; and

(g) installing the software application in the second mobile electronic device according to the installation file of the software application and the installation record of the software application.

13. The medium of claim 12, wherein the method further comprises:

sending a notification for a payment to the second mobile electronic device by the server, in response to a determination that the software application is not available at no cost;

confirming a payment by the second mobile electronic device, if the second mobile electronic device has paid for the software application; and

sending a notification to the first mobile electronic device by the server, wherein the notification indicates the second mobile electronic device has paid for the software application.

14. The medium of claim 12, wherein the installation record comprises a system file of the software application, a system configuration file of the software application, and startup items of the software application.

15. The medium of claim 12, wherein the installation list comprises a serial number of the first mobile electronic device, a name of the software application and version information of the software application.

16. The medium of claim 12, wherein each of the first mobile electronic device and the second mobile electronic device is a mobile phone or a personal digital assistant (PDA).