System and method for provisioning a remote resource for an electronic device
AssigneeResearch In Motion Limited
InventorsMichael Knowles, Robert Edwards, Andrew Bocking, Tatiana Kalougina
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Abstract
The disclosure recites a device, system and method for provisioning resources from a server in a network to a mobile electronic device. The method comprises the steps of: downloading access information from the server for the resource; presenting the resource for selection on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a display; sending a request to the server to download the resource from the communications network; and after receiving the resource from the communications network, integrating the resource into the application.
Claims18
A method for provisioning a resource downloaded from a server over a communications network for an application on an electronic device, comprising the steps of:
- downloading access information from the server for the resource;
- presenting the resource for selection on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on a display;
- sending a request to the server to download the resource from the communications network;
- and
- after receiving the resource from the communications network, integrating the resource into the application.
An electronic device configurable for provisioning a resource for an application on the electronic device, the electronic device comprising:
- a display and at least one processor configured to:
- enable the device to download access information for the resource from a server over a communications network;
- present the resource for selection on a graphical user interface (GUI) rendered on the display;
- send a request to download the resource from the communications network;
- and
- after receiving the resource from the communications network, integrate the resource into the application.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.