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Method and apparatus for just-in-time provisioning application-related information at a communication device

a communication device and just-in-time technology, applied in static indicating devices, instruments, program control, etc., can solve the problems of the amount of application-related information, involving more time than the storage capacity of the storage device, and limiting the number of applications

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-02-21
INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC +1
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Benefits of technology

This approach optimizes memory usage by allowing only the required application portions to be added or removed, reducing user burden and maintaining application availability, thus enhancing the efficiency of software provisioning on communication devices.

Problems solved by technology

These communication devices, however, typically have storage devices with a limited storage capacity.
Accordingly, the limited storage capacity of typical communication devices often limits the number of applications and the amount of application-related information that can be stored on a communication device at any given time.
This can involve more time than would otherwise be involved to free only the amount of memory needed.
Moreover, requiring user-initiated actions to select and / or remove applications overburdens the users and unnecessarily complicates the operation of communication devices.

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[0018] Just-in-time provisioning of software applications at a communication device is performed. The provisioning is “just-in-time” in the sense that applications, application components and / or application data can be provided to the communication device as needed rather than maintaining all of this application-related information within the memory device of the communication device. These applications, application components and / or application data can be provided to the communication device as a whole or in portions. For example, separate portions of an application can be provisioned when the application can be paginated into distinctly downloadable portions. The term “pagination” is used herein to mean the division or segmentation of an application or application-related data into discrete portions. When an application is paginated, the resulting segments are referred to herein as application components.

[0019] Consequently, rather than deleting an entire application, applicatio...

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Abstract

Software applications are provisioned at a communication device having its own memory device. A download request based on an application-related request is sent if application-related information associated with the application-related request is not stored on the memory device of the communication device. A portion of the application-related information is received based on the download request. The portion of the application-related information is stored when the portion of the application-related information is configured for storage.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 224,476, filed Aug. 21, 2002, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Just-in-Time Provisioning Application-Related Information at a Communication Device;” which is related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 125,132, filed May 10, 2005, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Establishing Multiple Bandwidth-Limited Connections for a Communication Device;” which is a continuation application of U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 224,331, filed Aug. 21, 2002, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Establishing Multiple Bandwidth-Limited Connections for a Communication Device,” now U.S. Pat. No. 6,891,860; and related to U.S. application Ser. No. 10 / 224,486, filed Aug. 21, 2002, entitled “Method and Apparatus for Managing Resources Stored on a Communication Device;” all disclosures of which are incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUND [0002] The invention relates generally to communication dev...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): G06F9/445G06F9/44H04M3/00G09G5/00H04L9/00
CPCG06F9/445
Inventor GAUTNEY, CHARLES W.
Owner INTELLECTUAL VENTURES FUND 83 LLC