APPARATUSES, SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING INSTALLED SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS ON A COMPUTING DEVICE

• US 20110288932A1
• Filed: 05/20/2011
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: MEDL Mobile, Inc. (With, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Inedible Software LLC A Wyoming Limited Liability Company
• Inventors: Anthony, James, Marks, Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/112,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20110288932A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/14.49
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0251 Targeted advertisements

Abstract

Apparatuses, systems and methods are disclosed which provide for determining identification of software installed on a device using one or more of information about the file system structure, and operation wherein the step of determining the identification of software is performed real-time. The apparatuses, systems and methods can be used to identify applications regardless of any security or obfuscation processes employed by the device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

determining identification of software installed on a device using one or more of information about the file system structure, and operation wherein the step of determining the identification of software is performed real-time.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising testing repeatedly against a known database of possible software applications to construct a user profile of installed software applications on the user'"'"'s device.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether certain software is installed on the device without requiring the detected software to be complicit in the detection.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining whether certain software is installed on the device without requiring user intervention.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising utilizing the software installation determinations for advertising purposes or other installation metrics.

6. A system comprising:

a device;

a device processor configured to

obtain a list of directories from the device;

attempt an operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory on the device; and

determine if a software application is present on the device.

7. The system according to claim 6 wherein the list of directories is obfuscated.

8. The system according to claim 6 wherein the device processor is further configured to develop a user profile from the list of directories obtained from the device.

9. A system according to claim 6 wherein the installed software application is a target software application.

10. The system of claim 6 wherein the device processor attempts the operation on another software application bundle within another directory on the device.

11. The system of claim 6 wherein the device processor is configured to develop a list of software applications on the device.

12. The system of claim 6 wherein the device processor is further configured to:

instruct the device in a first instruction if a target software application is installed; and

instruct the device in a second instruction if a target software application is not installed.

13. The system of claim 12 wherein the first instruction is an instruction to deliver an advertisement and the second instruction is an instruction not to deliver an advertisement.

14. The system of claim 12 wherein the first instruction is an instruction not to deliver an advertisement and the second instruction is an instruction to deliver an advertisement.

15. The system of claim 6 wherein the device processor is further configured to receive an advertisement over a network.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the device processor is further configured to deliver the advertisement after determining if the software application is present.

17. The system of claim 6 wherein a targeting fee can be calculated and charged.

18. The system of claim 17 wherein the targeting fee can be charged to an advertiser after receiving and delivering an advertisement over a network.

19. A device comprising:

a housing;

a user interface;

a device processor configured to

obtain a list of directories;

attempt operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory; and

identify if a software application is present on the device.

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32. A method comprising:

obtaining a list of directories;

attempting an operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory from the list of directories; and

identifying a presence or absence of a software application on the device.

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47. A computer program product for delivering to a device, the computer program product being embodied in a computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

obtaining a list of directories;

attempting an operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory from the list of directories; and

identifying a presence or absence of a software application on the device.

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62. A method comprising:

obtaining a list of directories at a first time;

attempting at the first time an operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory from the list of directories; and

identifying at the first time, a presence or absence of a software application on the device;

providing a list of software applications with a unique device identification number identified at the first time;

obtaining a list of directories at a second time different than the first time;

attempting at the second time an operation on an installed software application bundle within a directory from the list of directories; and

identifying at the second time, a presence or absence of a software application on the device;

providing a list of software applications with a unique device identification number identified at the first time; and

comparing the list of software applications identified at the first time with the list of software applications identified at the second time.