METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR APPLICATION COSTING BASED ON CLIENT HARDWARE
First Claim
1. A method for determining hardware requirements of one or more services for a terminal apparatus, which method comprises:
- receiving a message at the terminal apparatus comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with one or more services;
determining one or more hardware attributes associated with the terminal apparatus related to the one or more hardware requirementsevaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements and, if so,receiving one or more services at the terminal apparatus via a web based portal.
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Abstract
Various methods for application costing based on the hardware of a client device are provided. One example method may comprise receiving a message comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with a service. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise determine one or more hardware attributes related to the one or more hardware requirements. The method of this example embodiment may further comprise evaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements. Similar and related example methods, example apparatuses, and example computer program products are also provided.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for determining hardware requirements of one or more services for a terminal apparatus, which method comprises:
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receiving a message at the terminal apparatus comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with one or more services; determining one or more hardware attributes associated with the terminal apparatus related to the one or more hardware requirements evaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements and, if so, receiving one or more services at the terminal apparatus via a web based portal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. An apparatus for determining hardware requirements of one or more services, the apparatus comprising:
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at least one processor; at least one memory storing computer program code; and wherein the at least one memory and at least stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to cause the apparatus to, receive a message comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with one or more services, determine one or more hardware attributes associated related to the one or more hardware requirements, evaluate whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements, and receive one or more services via a web based portal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 14, 15, 16)
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- 12. The apparatus of claim 12 wherein the at least one memory and at least one stored computer program code are configured, with the at least one processor, to additionally cause the apparatus to provide access to one or more services upon a determination that the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the hardware requirements of one or more services.
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17. A computer program product for determining hardware requirements of one or more services, the computer program product comprising:
at least one computer-readable medium having computer-readable program instructions stored therein, the program instructions configured to, receive a message comprising an indication of one or more hardware requirements associated with the one or more services, determine one or more hardware attributes related to the one or more hardware requirements, evaluate whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements, and receive one or more services via a web based portal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for providing one or more services having hardware requirements to a terminal apparatus, which method comprises:
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associating one or more hardware requirements with the one or more services; receiving a request for one or more services to be provided to a terminal apparatus; transmitting a message indicating the one or more hardware requirements associated with the requested one or more services; receiving one or more hardware attributes associated with the terminal apparatus related to the one or more hardware requirements; evaluating whether the one or more hardware attributes satisfy the one or more hardware requirements and, delivering one or more service to a terminal apparatus via a web based portal. - View Dependent Claims (24)
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