PROVIDING A CUSTOMIZED APPLICATION TO A USER TERMINAL

• US 20100325202A1
• Filed: 06/17/2010
• Published: 12/23/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 06/18/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rehtijärvi, Pekka Aarne
• Original Assignee: Rehtijärvi, Pekka Aarne
• Inventors: REHTIJÄRVI, Pekka Aarne
• Granted Patent: US 8,756,271 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/445 Program loading or initiating bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• 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

A method for providing a user terminal with an application, which is customized in respect of user-specific parameters and terminal-specific properties. An application server stores a template for the customized application and a feature set for each of several terminal types; receives a request (2-2) for creation of the customized application, and determines the user-specific parameters based on the request; sends the user terminal a data message (2-10) which triggers a request (2-14) from the user terminal; determines the user terminal'"'"'s type based on the request (2-14); determines the terminal-specific properties based on the determined type; creates the customized application based on the template, the user-specific parameters and the terminal-specific properties; inserts the customized application into a set of delivery files for a data communication system and transmits (2-26) the set of delivery files to the user terminal.

Claims

1. A method for providing a user terminal with a customized application, wherein the application is customized in respect of user-specific parameters and terminal-specific properties, the method comprising performing the following acts by an application server:

storing a template for the customized application and a feature set for each of several terminal types;

receiving a request for creation of the customized application, and based on the request the application server determines the user-specific parameters;

sending the user terminal a first data message which triggers a request from the user terminal;

determining a type of the user terminal based on the request from the user terminal;

determining the terminal-specific properties based on the determined type of the user terminal;

creating the customized application based on the template, the user-specific parameters and the terminal-specific properties;

inserting the customized application into a set of delivery files for a data communication system and transmitting the set of delivery files to the user terminal.

2. A method according to claim 1, further comprising:

performing header manipulation on the set of delivery files, so as to be able to provide the customized application as a response to the request from the user terminal.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the determination of the terminal-specific properties based on the determined type of the user terminal comprises an inquiry to an equipment database.

4. A method according to claim 1, wherein the creation of the customized application based on the terminal-specific properties comprises formatting image information based on the user terminal'"'"'s screen properties.

5. A method according to claim 1, wherein the template for the customized application comprises information common to several human languages, and the creation of the customized application also comprises determination of a human language and retrieval of human-language-dependent text elements from a language database.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the customized application comprises a concatenation of a network address and identifying information, wherein the network address specifies an address for contacting by the user terminal and the identifying information identifies the user terminal, its user and/or the customized application.

7. A method according to claim 6, wherein the customized application comprises said concatenation in an encrypted form.

9. A software product, executable in a computer system, wherein execution of the software product in the computer system causes the computer system to carry out the method of claim 1.

8. A computer system for providing a user terminal with a customized application, wherein the application is customized in respect of user-specific parameters and terminal-specific properties, the computer system comprising:

means for storing a template for the customized application and a feature set for each of several terminal types;

means for receiving a request for creation of the customized application, and based on the request the application server determines the user-specific parameters;

means for sending the user terminal a first data message which triggers a request from the user terminal;

means for determining a type of the user terminal based on the request from the user terminal;

means for determining the terminal-specific properties based on the determined type of the user terminal;

means for creating the customized application based on the template, the user-specific parameters and the terminal-specific properties; and

means for inserting the customized application into a set of delivery files for a data communication system and means for transmitting the set of delivery files to the user terminal.