US 2020/0401389 A1 · SELECTIVELY INSTALLING APPLICATIONS BASED ON MANIFEST FILES

Abstract

A computer-implemented method of selectively installing an application from an application archive file is disclosed. The method includes receiving an indication to install an application on a computing device, the application being available for download as an archive file storing a manifest file and one or more installation files. The method further includes determining that installation of the application is permissible. The determining includes: without downloading the archive file, downloading at least a portion of the manifest file; and determining, based on the at least a portion of the manifest file, that installation of the application on the computing device would comply with a device management policy for the computing device. After determining that installation of the application is permissible, the archive file is downloaded and the application is installed therefrom. Related computer-readable media and computer systems are also disclosed.

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Dependent claims

A computer-implemented method comprising:

receiving an indication to install an application on a computing device, the application available for download as an archive file storing a manifest file and one or more installation files;
determining that installation of the application is permissible, the determining including:
without downloading the archive file, downloading at least a portion of the manifest file;
and
determining, based on the at least a portion of the manifest file, that installation of the application on the computing device would comply with a device management policy for the computing device;
and
after determining that installation of the application is permissible, downloading the archive file and installing the application from the archive file.

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One or more computer-readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:

receive an indication to install an application on a computing device, the application available for download as an archive file storing a manifest file and one or more installation files;
determine that installation of the application is permissible, wherein a determination that installation of the application is permissible is based on:
a download of at least a portion of the manifest file without a download of the archive file, and
a determination, based on the at least a portion of the manifest file, that installation of the application on the computing device would comply with a device management policy for the computing device;
and
after the determination that installation of the application is permissible, download the archive file and install the application from the archive file.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Selectively installing applications based on manifest files

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Selectively installing applications based on manifest files

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