Mobile Device Application Record Management via Collector Memory
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing methods fail to efficiently manage expired or consumed applications on mobile communication devices, making it difficult for customers to keep records or collect representations of used applications while freeing up memory space.
Innovation Solution
A method and computer program product that allows customers to delete expired or consumed applications from the secure memory of their mobile communication devices while keeping a representation of these applications, either by copying them to a collector memory or requesting a representation from the Service Provider, thereby freeing up memory for future applications.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Quantity of substance
If expired or consumed applications are deleted from the secure memory element, then memory space is freed for future applications, but the customer loses the ability to keep a trace or receipt of the consumed applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a copy of the consumed application data and stores it in a collector memory element, which is separate from the secure memory element. This allows the original secure memory to be freed while preserving a trace of the consumed application in the collector memory, resolving the contradiction between freeing memory space and maintaining information about consumed applications.
2Loss of information
If applications are kept in the secure memory element after consumption, then the customer has a trace of consumed applications, but memory space is not freed for future applications
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the consumed application data from the secure memory element and transfers it to a collector memory element. This extraction process frees up space in the secure memory for new applications while preserving the consumed application data in the collector memory, thus resolving the contradiction between maintaining information and freeing memory space.
3Loss of information
If the Service Provider stores representations of all consumed applications, then customers can access traces of consumed applications, but the Service Provider requires additional storage infrastructure and processing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent enables the mobile communication device itself to store and manage representations of consumed applications in its own collector memory element, rather than requiring the Service Provider to maintain centralized storage infrastructure. This self-service approach reduces the Service Provider's infrastructure requirements while still providing customers with access to traces of their consumed applications.
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AI summary
A method for managing expired or consumed applications (app1, app2... appx) that have been provided by a Service Provider (SP) and are stored in a memory element (SE) of a mobile communication device (MOB), e.g. a NFC mobile phone, comprises storing a representation (RP) of expired or consumed applications (app1, app2... appx) in or on a storage medium that is separate from the memory element (SE).