Apparatus for enabling delivery and access of applications and interactive services

• US 9,207,924 B2
• Filed: 12/31/2014
• Issued: 12/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/04/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aprese Systems Texas, LLC
• Original Assignee: Keertikiran Gokul
• Inventors: Jonnala, Premkumar, Gokul, Keertikiran
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, Don
• Assistant Examiner(s): Rivera, Anibal
• Application Number:
  US14/587,732
• Publication Number:
  US 20150113524A1
• Time in Patent Office: 342 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9577 Optimising the visualization of content, e.g. distillation of HTML documents
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/61 Installation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0241 Advertisements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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: H04L 67/62 Establishing a time schedule for servicing the requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 7/04 Speed or phase control by synchronisation signals H04L7/0075 takes precedence

Abstract

The invention provides a system, a method and a computer program product that facilitate access to one or more applications by a computing device. The invention includes determining one or more contexts associated with at least one of the computing device and a user of the computing device, such that the one or more contexts describe at least one of an environment and an activity of the at least one of the user and the computing device. Thereafter at least one contextual tag corresponding to the one or more contexts is generated. Subsequently, the one or more applications associated with the at least one contextual tag are identified and the computing device is enabled to access the one or more applications.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a first set of computer-readable programs stored therein, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising one or more computer-readable programs, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising sets of instructions when executed by a processor enables a consumer device to at least:

i. associate said consumer device with a provider device;

ii. enable a first retrieval of at least a portion of a first plurality of information using at least one or more of a wired communication interface and a wireless communication interface;

iii. enable at least one or more of;

a. display of a first content on a display associated with said consumer device, at least a portion of said first content determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information; and

b. processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor;

iv. enable a second retrieval of at least a portion of a second plurality of information using at least one or more of a wired communication interface and a wireless communication interface, wherein at least a portion of one or more of;

i. information associated with said second retrieval; and

ii. method of said second retrieval;

is determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

v. determine at least a portion of a third plurality of information based on at least a portion of said second plurality of information;

vi. send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to said provider device;

vii. receive a fourth plurality of information from said provider device;

viii. enable at least one or more of;

a. determination of a first application, said first application comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor;

b. access said first application; and

c. execution of a set of instructions associated with said first application;

based on at least a portion of said fourth plurality of information, said first application can be from a first repository of one or more applications installed on said consumer device, said first repository can have applications added to it or removed from it, when said consumer device is not associated with said provider device.

2. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of sets of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first application, said first application comprising instructions to enable playing of audio on an audio device associated with said consumer device.

3. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of sets of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first application, said first application comprising instructions to enable display of information or playing of video on a display associated with said consumer device.

4. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of sets of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least associate with said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

5. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, said consumer device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

6. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of sets of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to said provider device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

7. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of sets of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first application, said execution of a set of instructions associated with said first application further enables said consumer device to at least one or more of:

place phone calls;

receive phone calls;

purchase a product;

make a stock transaction;

search for an item;

provide rating or vote related to an audiovisual program;

determine information related to items in a store; and

determine information related to items purchased by a user.

8. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 1, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs further enables said consumer device to at least enable playing of media retrieved using at least one or more of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

9. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a computer-readable program stored therein, said computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, said computer-readable program comprising a one or more set of instructions when executed by a processor enables a provider device to at least:

i. associate said provider device with a consumer device;

ii. receive a first plurality of information from said consumer device, said first plurality of information comprising information related to a one or more applications;

iii. determine at least a portion of a second plurality of information, based on at least information comprising at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

iv. send at least a portion of said second plurality of information to said consumer device, sending at least a portion of said second plurality of information to said consumer device enables said consumer device to at least;

at least one or more of determine a first application comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, access said first application and execute a set of instructions associated with said first application; and

v. associate a first user interface element with at least a first set of instructions, said first user interface element associated with said provider device, an interaction with said first user interface element enables execution of said first set of instructions, execution of said first set of instructions enables at least one or more of determining at least a portion of said second plurality of information and sending at least a portion of said second plurality of information to said consumer device.

10. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said provider device to at least process audio related information that is at least one or more of sent to said consumer device and received from said consumer device.

11. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said provider device to at least display information or play video associated with or received from said consumer device, on a display associated with said provider device.

12. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said provider device, said first user interface element associated with said provider device, further wherein said first user interface element comprises at least one of a touch screen, a physical button, a software widget, a touch pad, a scroll wheel, a mouse, a key pad, a soft key, an audio input device, an audio output device, a video input device, a display, a bar code reader and a switch.

13. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said provider device to at least associate with said consumer device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

14. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said provider device, said provider device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

15. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 9, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said provider device to at least play at least one or more of an audio content, a video content and an audiovisual content.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having a first set of computer-readable programs stored therein, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising one or more computer-readable programs, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, said first set of computer-readable programs comprising sets of instructions when executed by a processor enables a consumer device to at least:

i. associate said consumer device with a client device;

ii. enable a first retrieval of at least a portion of a first plurality of information using at least one or more of a wired communication interface and a wireless communication interface;

iii. enable at least one or more of;

a. display of a first content on a display associated with said consumer device, at least a portion of said first content determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information; and

b. processing of at least a portion of said first plurality of information by a processor;

iv. enable a second retrieval of at least a portion of a second plurality of information using at least one or more of a wired communication interface and a wireless communication interface, said second plurality of information comprising information related to at least one client application, wherein at least a portion of one or more of;

i. information associated with said second retrieval; and

ii. method of said second retrieval;

is determined based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information;

v. determine at least a portion of a third plurality of information based on at least a portion of said second plurality of information;

vi. send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to said client device to enable said client device to at least;

a. at least one or more of determine, access and install at least one of said at least one client application on said client device.

17. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least send said third plurality of information comprising information related to at least one of said at least one client application, to said client device.

18. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least send said third plurality of information comprising at least a portion of at least one of said at least one client application.

19. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least associate with said client device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

20. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said consumer device, said consumer device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

21. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said first set of computer-readable programs enables said consumer device to at least send at least a portion of said third plurality of information to said client device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

22. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having at least a computer-readable program stored therein, said computer-readable program comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor, said computer-readable program comprising a one or more set of instructions when executed by a processor enables said client a client device to at least:

i. associate said client device with a consumer device;

ii. receive a first plurality of information from said consumer device, said first plurality of information comprising information related to at least a portion of at least one client application;

iii. enable at least one or more of;

determine a first client application from said at least one client application, said first client application comprising sets of instructions executable by a processor;

access said first client application; and

install said first client application on said client device;

based on at least a portion of said first plurality of information; and

iv. enable execution of a first set of instructions associated with said first client application, at least said execution of said first set of instructions enables said client device to at least one or more of determine at least a portion of a second plurality of information and send at least a portion of said second plurality of information to said consumer device, sending at least a portion of said second plurality of information enables said consumer device to at least one or more of determine an application, access an application and execute a set of instructions associated with an application.

23. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said client device to at least associate with said consumer device using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.

24. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein said non-transitory computer-readable storage medium is associated with said client device, further wherein said client device is one of a smart phone, a tablet, a smart device, a mobile device, a portable compute device, a laptop, a desktop and a gaming console.

25. The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium of claim 22, wherein at least execution of a set of instructions associated with said computer-readable program further enables said client device to at least receive at least a portion of said first plurality of information using at least one of a wired communication technology, a wireless communication technology, USB, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and other communication technologies.