# US 2018/0024829 A1 · Method and apparatus for auto installing application into different terminals > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0024829 A1 - Document ID: US20180024829A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/723,789 - Filed: 2017-10-03 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2011-11-17 - Assignees: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Youl-woong SUNG; Jong-baek KIM; Il-joo KIM; Young-chul SOHN; Soo-min SHIN; Ho JIN - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180024829A1 ## CPC - G06F 8/65: Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 8/61: Installation - G06F 8/62: {Uninstallation} - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of facilitating application installation in a first electronic device and a second electronic device, the method comprising: installing a first application in the first electronic device; transmitting, from the first electronic device, information related to the first application installed in the first electronic device to a server; receiving, by the second electronic device, information about a second application corresponding to the first application installed in the first electronic device; and installing the second application in the second electronic device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: updating the first application in the first electronic device; and updating the second application in the second electronic device, according to the updating the first application in the first electronic device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the installing the second application in the second electronic device comprises installing the second application, based on an installation environment of the second electronic device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the second application installed in the second electronic device operates together with the first application installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: identifying an application which is not included in information about applications installed in the first electronic device, from among at least one application installed in the second electronic device; and removing from the second electronic device the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 6 A second electronic device comprising: a communicator which is configured to receive information about a second application corresponding to a first application installed in a first electronic device; and a controller which is configured to install the second application in the second electronic device, according to installing the first application in the first electronic device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The second electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller updates the second application in the second electronic device, according to updating the first application in the first electronic device. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The second electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller installs the second application, based on an installation environment of the second electronic device. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The second electronic device of claim 6, wherein the second application installed in the second electronic device operates together with the first application installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The second electronic device of claim 6, wherein the controller identifies an application which is not included in information about applications installed in the first electronic device, from among at least one application installed in the second electronic device, and removes from the second electronic device the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 11 A first electronic device comprising: a communicator which is configured to transmit, from the first electronic device, information related to a first application to a server, according to installing the first application in the first electronic device; and a controller which is configured to install the first application in the first electronic device, and request to install a second application in a second electronic device, the second application corresponds to the first application installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller updates the first application in the first electronic device, and request to update the second application in the second electronic device, according to updating the first application in the first electronic device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the controller installs the first application, based on an installation environment of the first electronic device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second application installed in the second electronic device operates together with the first application installed in the first electronic device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The first electronic device of claim 11, wherein the second electronic device identifies an application which is not included in information about applications installed in the first electronic device, from among at least one application installed in the second electronic device, and removes from the second electronic device the identified application which is not included in the information about applications installed in the first electronic device.