Desktop-to-Mobile App Installation via Background Agent
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users often engage with application offers on an incorrect platform, leading to missed opportunities for mobile application installations, as they cannot be installed on mobile devices from a desktop environment.
Innovation Solution
A Desktop-To-Mobile (D2M) application installation system that allows users to install mobile applications on their devices by running a PC-based application in the background, which uses credentials to push app installations from the Google Play Store or similar platforms to mobile devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a user views mobile application offers on a desktop platform, then the user can access the offer information, but the application cannot be installed because the desktop platform is not the intended platform for the application
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a mobile device as an intermediary between the desktop platform and the mobile application installation. The desktop browser redirects the user to a mobile device where the offer is displayed and can be accepted, enabling the installation to proceed on the correct platform while maintaining the user's initial engagement from the desktop
Solution Approach 2:
The system transitions the interaction from a two-dimensional desktop interface to a mobile device interface, changing the platform dimension. This allows the offer to be viewed on desktop but executed on mobile, resolving the platform incompatibility by operating in a different dimensional space
2Reliability
If the user accepts the offer on desktop, then the user engagement is maintained, but the application installation cannot be completed due to platform mismatch
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by redirecting the user to their mobile device and displaying the offer there, so that when the user accepts the offer on the mobile device, the installation can immediately proceed without platform compatibility issues, preventing loss of installation opportunity
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback by tracking the user's offer acceptance on the mobile device and initiating the installation process automatically, creating a closed-loop system that converts user engagement into actual installation completion, eliminating the time loss from platform mismatch
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AI summary
Systems and methods for Desktop-To-Mobile (D2M) application installation that allows a publisher to extend their relationship with a consumer from the Desktop PC (PC) to a mobile device. In accordance with some implementations, a mobile application store may be used to offer apps on a user's mobile device as a result of a user acceptance of an offer(s) for the apps. The user may install a personal computer (PC)-based application that runs in the background. The PC-based application receives offers to install mobile applications and may use the mobile app store or a PC to install the mobile applications to the user's mobile device.