US 2015/0317144 A1 · METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DEVELOPING SOCIALLY SUITABLE APPLICATIONS AND DEVICES

Abstract

An approach is presented for making the use of a mobile device more socially suitable. Remote control application programming interfaces and installation packages are specified to developers for designing applications that can be controlled via a main device (e.g., a mobile phone) and one or more accessory devices (e.g., a watch). Specifically, each application is required to have two installable components—one that resides on the main device and one that is automatically installed on an associated remote accessory device. By enabling the seamless installation of these two components, a new paradigm or ecosystem for how applications are to be created and installed is introduced. In this new paradigm, application developers will not only develop the applications, but they will also design and define a way to make their applications remotely controllable and reachable from an accessory device, thus making the associated mobile devices running such applications more socially suitable.

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Dependent claims

A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a specification of one or more programming interfaces for enabling control of one or more applications via one or more main mobile devices, one or more accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof;
a determination, based at least in part on metadata contained in the one or more applications, of compatibility of the one or more applications with the one or more main mobile devices, one or more accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof;
and
selectively enabling, based at least in part on the determination, a graphic presentation of the compatibility on a user interface on one or more of the main mobile devices, one or more of the accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof.

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An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;
and
at least one memory including computer program code,
the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,
retrieve a specification of one or more programming interfaces for enabling control of one or more applications via one or more main mobile devices, one or more accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof;
determine, based at least in part on metadata contained in the one or more applications, of compatibility of the one or more applications with the one or more main mobile devices, one or more accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof;
and
selectively enable, based at least in part on the determining, a graphic presentation of the compatibility on a user interface on one or more of the main mobile devices, one or more of the accessory mobile devices, or a combination thereof.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and apparatus for developing socially suitable applications and devices

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Method and apparatus for developing socially suitable applications and devices

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Abstract

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