System and method for installing and configuring software applications on a mobile networked terminal
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1. An application download system comprising:
- a network server, and a computer program executed by the server, the computer program when executed comprising;
a download request object receiving a download request from a remote terminal via a network, the download request including identification of a requested application for download to the remote terminal; and
a configuration parameter object;
identifying, for the requested application, a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal;
identifying, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a source of a parameter value;
obtaining, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a parameter value from its identified source;
building the configured application package; and
returning a configured application package to the remote terminal, the configured application package comprising installation files corresponding to the requested application and configuration files; and
the configuration files comprising the parameter value for each of a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal.
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Abstract
An application download server comprises a download request object and a configuration parameter object. The download request object receives a download request from a remote terminal. The download request identifies a requested application for download to the remote terminal. The configuration parameter object returns a configured application package to the remote terminal. The configured application package comprises installation files corresponding to the requested application and configuration files. The configuration files comprise a parameter value for each of a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal.
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1. An application download system comprising:
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a network server, and a computer program executed by the server, the computer program when executed comprising; a download request object receiving a download request from a remote terminal via a network, the download request including identification of a requested application for download to the remote terminal; and a configuration parameter object; identifying, for the requested application, a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal; identifying, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a source of a parameter value; obtaining, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a parameter value from its identified source; building the configured application package; and returning a configured application package to the remote terminal, the configured application package comprising installation files corresponding to the requested application and configuration files; and the configuration files comprising the parameter value for each of a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operating an application download server to provide an installable application to a remote terminal, the method comprising:
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receiving a download request from the remote terminal via a network connection, the download request identifying a requested application for download to the remote terminal; and identifying, for the requested application, a plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application on the remote terminal; identifying, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a source of a parameter value; obtaining, for each of the plurality of configuration parameters, a parameter value from its identified source; building a configured application package, the configured application package comprising installation files corresponding to the requested application and configuration files comprising a parameter value for each of the plurality of configuration parameters needed for operation of the requested application; and returning the configured application package to the remote terminal. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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