Updating a widget that was deployed to a secure wallet container on a mobile device

• US 9,626,675 B2
• Filed: 01/14/2014
• Issued: 04/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/06/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mastercard Mobile Transactions Solutions, Inc. (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Mastercard Mobile Transactions Solutions, Inc. (MasterCard Incorporated)
• Inventors: Desai, Mehul, Pitroda, Satyan G., Maniar, Nehal
• Primary Examiner(s): Dao, Thuy
• Assistant Examiner(s): Chowdhury, Ziaul A
• Application Number:
  US14/154,649
• Publication Number:
  US 20140130035A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/08 Payment architectures
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/105 involving programming of a portable memory device, e.g. IC cards, "electronic purses"
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/322 Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/36 using electronic wallets or electronic money safes
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3674 involving authentication
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/382 insuring higher security of transaction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/3829 involving key management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/40 Authorisation, e.g. identification of payer or payee, verification of customer or shop credentials; Review and approval of payers, e.g. check credit lines or negative lists
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0641 Shopping interfaces

Abstract

Updating a widget comprises receiving a query from a mobile device for the existence of an updated widget; transmitting information indicative of the availability of the updated widget to the mobile device; receiving a request for the updated widget from the mobile device; and transmitting the updated widget to the mobile device.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at an existing widget deployed on a mobile device an alert pushed to the mobile device through a one-way message bus from a widget producer, the alert indicating that an updated version of the widget is available, wherein the alert is pushed only to mobile devices on which a previous version of the widget was successfully installed;

confirming with the mobile device that the update applies to the existing widget that is deployed on the mobile device;

configuring a wallet container that is deployed on the mobile device to accept the updated widget;

accessing the updated widget with the wallet container;

dispositioning the existing widget to restrict further use thereof in response to the alert, wherein dispositioning consists of the existing widget performing one action selected from the list consisting of disabling itself-and updating portions of itself to comply with the updated widget; and

configuring a runtime environment of the mobile device for processing widgets on the mobile device to use the updated widget in place of the existing widget,

wherein the alert is received with a multi-domain secure wallet container that is executing on a mobile device.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the widget is a service provider-specific widget that is deployed on a mobile device that is configured with portions of an enabling tier and a service tier of a multi-tier mobile computing ecosystem for facilitating secure personalized transactions between the mobile device and the specific service provider.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the updated widget comprises communicating through a service tier of a multi-tier computing ecosystem with a participant of the computing ecosystem to facilitate access of the updated widget.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the multi-tier computing ecosystem comprises the service tier, a personalization tier, and an enabling tier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein accessing the updated widget comprises accessing a mobile-device resident copy of the updated widget via an enabling tier of a multi-tier computing ecosystem.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the multi-tier computing ecosystem comprises the service tier, a personalization tier, and an enabling tier.