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US 8,509,754 B2Granted
Distributing mobile-device applications
AssigneeUnited States Cellular Corporation
InventorsJohn Harlan Poplett, Michael Irizarry, Narothum Saxena
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AssigneeUnited States Cellular Corporation
InventorsJohn Harlan Poplett, Michael Irizarry, Narothum Saxena
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The present invention provides an “update forwarder” function to facilitate downloading applications to mobile devices. The update forwarder receives updates on its “network side” from one or more device management servers, stores the updates, and then delivers them from its “device side” to one or more mobile devices. By using wired or short-haul wireless links on both its network and device sides, the update forwarder can reduce demand for the precious bandwidth of a widespread wireless network. The update forwarder can receive downloads during off-peak times for the device management servers and at times when the mobile device is turned off or otherwise unavailable. Downloads can be scheduled to be delivered only when the mobile device is not otherwise in use. The update forwarder can be implemented with little cost as one function running on a device, such as a home PC or local server, that already serves other functions.
A method for providing an application update from a remote device management server to a mobile wireless device via an update forwarder, the method comprising:
A non-transitory computer-readable medium containing computer-executable instructions for providing an application update from a remote device management server to a mobile wireless device via an update forwarder, the computer-executable instructions facilitating performing the steps of:
A system for providing an application update to a mobile wireless device, the system comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.