# US 10,372,432 B2 · Application installation package obtaining method, information broadcast method, mobile device, and base station > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,372,432 B2 - Document ID: US10372432B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/564,957 - Filed: 2015-11-09 - Published: 2018-04-19 - Granted: 2019-08-06 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-09 - Assignees: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jiejing Huang; Huangwei Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10372432B2 ## CPC - G06F 8/61: Installation - H04W 8/24: Transfer of terminal data - H04W 8/245: {from a network towards a terminal} - H04W 48/10: using broadcasted information - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract An application installation package obtaining method includes receiving, by a mobile device, a broadcast frame sent by a base station, where the broadcast frame includes application identification information and network access information. The application installation package obtaining method includes accessing, by the mobile device, a network according to the network access information included in the broadcast frame. The application installation package obtaining method includes obtaining, by the mobile device from the base station by using the network, an installation package of an application identified by the application identification information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An application installation package obtaining method, comprising: receiving, by a mobile device from a base station, a broadcast frame that comprises application identification information and network access information, wherein the broadcast frame that comprises the application identification information and the network access information is an extended broadcast frame that is extended to add the network access information to the broadcast frame; directly accessing, by the mobile device, a network according to the network access information in the broadcast frame; directly obtaining, by the mobile device from the base station via the network, an installation package of an application identified by the application identification information, wherein the installation package is directly obtained subsequent to the mobile device sending an installation package obtaining request to the base station; and installing, by the mobile device, the application based on the obtained installation package. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the mobile device, an application icon obtaining request to an application store server, wherein the application icon obtaining request comprises the application identification information; receiving, by the mobile device from the application store server, an icon that is of the application identified by the application identification information; and displaying by the mobile device, the icon. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method according to claim 2, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining, by the mobile device, an application installation request initiated by a user, and installing, by the mobile device, the application based on the installation package of the application. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises sending, by the mobile device, verification information of the installation package of the application to an application store server to request the application store server to verify whether the installation package of the application is valid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method according to claim 1, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining, by the mobile device from an application store server, verification information of the installation package of the application identified by the application identification information; and verifying, by the mobile device according to the verification information of the installation package of the application, whether the obtained installation package of the application is valid. ### Claim 6 An application installation package obtaining method, comprising: receiving, by a mobile device from a base station, a broadcast frame that comprises application identification information and network access information, wherein the broadcast frame that comprises the application identification information and the network access information is an extended broadcast frame that is extended to add the network access information to the broadcast frame; directly accessing, by the mobile device, a network according to the network access information in the broadcast frame; directly obtaining, by the mobile device from an application store server via the network, an installation package of an application identified by the application identification information, wherein the installation package is directly obtained subsequent to the mobile device sending an installation package obtaining request to the base station; and installing, by the mobile device, the application based on the obtained installation package. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the method further comprises: sending, by the mobile device, an application icon obtaining request to the application store server, wherein the application icon obtaining request comprises the application identification information; receiving, by the mobile device from the application store server, an icon of the application identified by the application identification information; and displaying, by the mobile device, the icon. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method according to claim 7, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining, by the mobile device, an application installation request initiated by a user, and installing, by the mobile device, the application based on the installation package of the application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the broadcast frame further comprises a uniform resource locator (URL) used to obtain the installation package of the application from the application store server, and wherein obtaining the installation package by the mobile device comprises: sending, by the mobile device, the installation package obtaining request to the base station, wherein the installation package obtaining request comprises the URL and the application identification information; and receiving, by the mobile device from the application store server via the network, the installation package. ### Claim 10 A mobile device, comprising: a bus; a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor via the bus, wherein the memory stores instructions configured to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to: receive a broadcast frame from a base station, wherein the broadcast frame comprises application identification information and network access information, wherein the broadcast frame that comprises the application identification information and the network access information is an extended broadcast frame that is extended to add the network access information to the broadcast frame; directly access a network according to the network access information in the broadcast frame; directly obtain, from the base station via the network, an installation package of an application identified by the application identification information, wherein the installation package is directly obtained subsequent to the mobile device sending an installation package obtaining request to the base station; and install the application based on the obtained installation package. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to: send an application icon obtaining request to an application store server, wherein the application icon obtaining request comprises the application identification information; and receive, from the application store server, an icon of the application identified by the application identification information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to: obtain an application installation request initiated by a user, and install the application based on the installation package of the application. ### Claim 13 (depends on 10) The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to send verification information of the installation package of the application to an application store server to request the application store server to verify whether the installation package of the application is valid. ### Claim 14 (depends on 10) The mobile device according to claim 10, wherein the instructions are further configured to be executed by the processor to cause the processor to: obtain, from an application store server, verification information of the installation package of the application identified by the application identification information; and verify whether the obtained installation package of the application is valid according to the verification information of the installation package of the application.