CA2511197A1 - System and method of application provisioning - Google Patents

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CA2511197A1
CA2511197A1 CA002511197A CA2511197A CA2511197A1 CA 2511197 A1 CA2511197 A1 CA 2511197A1 CA 002511197 A CA002511197 A CA 002511197A CA 2511197 A CA2511197 A CA 2511197A CA 2511197 A1 CA2511197 A1 CA 2511197A1
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Ian Elbury
Rastislav Hodul
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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    • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
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Abstract

An application provisioning system and method for administering and delivering software applications to client devices are provided. The application provisioning system comprises a repository for storing a component package and maintaining a mobile device application profile, a component manager web service module for sending the component package to a mobile device, and a component manager client module for receiving and processing the component package. The method comprises the steps of receiving a request for a client device application profile, obtaining a first component package that includes the client application profile, sending the first component package to the client device, and processing the first component package.

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1. An application provisioning system for administering and delivering software applications to client devices, the application provisioning system comprising:
a repository for storing a component package and maintaining a mobile device application profile;
a component manager web service module for sending the component package to a mobile device; and a component manager client module for receiving and processing the component package.
2. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, the component package includes instructions regarding how to process the application profile.
3. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a client repository for storing a client profile.
4. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a component manager administration module for creating the component package.
5. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of applications are grouped together and assigned to workstations.
6. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 5, wherein the workstations are further grouped into logical sections of an organization.
7. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the logical sections of the organization are furtther grouped into logical geographical locations of the organization.
8. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a reporting module for reporting the state of the mobile device.
9. The application provisioning system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a notification module to notify a mobile device client that the mobile device is up-to-date.
10. A method of administering and delivering software applications to client devices, the method comprising the step of:
receiving a request for a client device application profile;
obtaining a first component package that includes the client application profile;
sending the first component package to the client device; and processing the first component package.
11. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of generating the first component package.
12. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of storing the first component package in a repository.
13. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a client module sends the request for the client device application profile.
14. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein a server module sends the first component package to the client device.
15. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of including instructions regarding how to process the application profile in the first component package.
16. The method as claimed in claim 10, wherein the step of processing includes the steps of:
comparing the application profile with a device profile stored in the client device;
sending a request for an application version to a server module;

receiving a second component package including the application version from the server module;
installing the application version on the client device.
17. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the steps comparing a received application version entry in the application profile with a stored application version entry in the device profile.
18. The method as claimed in claim 17, further comprising the step of sending a request for the received application version entry version of the application.
19. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the steps of:
receiving a request for an application version;
locating the application version in a server repository; and sending the application version to the client device.
20. The method as claimed in claim 19, further comprising the step of compressing the application version into a binary file in the second component package.
21. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein the step of installing includes the steps of:
locating an entry of a previous version of the application in the device profile;
and uninstalling the previous version of the application from the device.
22. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the step of updating an entry of the application in the device profile to match the corresponding application profile entry.
23. The method as claimed in claim 16, wherein instructions to install the application version are provided in the second component package.
24. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the steps of:

locating an entry of an application in the device profile that is not on the application profile;
uninstalling the application; and updating the entry of the application in the device profile to match the corresponding application profile entry.
25. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the step of reporting the state of the mobile device.
26. The method as claimed in claim 16, further comprising the step of sending a notification to a mobile client device that it is up-to-date.
27. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the steps of:
grouping a plurality of applications; and assigning the groupings to workstations.
28. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of grouping the workstations into logical sections of an organization.
29. The method as claimed in claim 10, further comprising the step of grouping the logical sections of the organization into logical geographical locations of the organization.
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EP2019357A1 (en) 2007-07-18 2009-01-28 Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Apparatus and method for selective loading in mobile communication terminal
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