Systems for accepting and approving applications and methods of operation of same

A method for approving applications, comprising:

• presenting a first interface to permit application developers to submit applications for approval for selective publication in a first application repository associated with and under the control of a first client and a second application repository associated with and under the control of a second client;
• presenting a second interface to permit the approval of submitted applications for the selective publication in the first application repository and the second application repository;
• wherein if a submitted application is approved, notifying the application developer that the submitted application has been approved;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the approved application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A method for approving applications, comprising:

• presenting a first interface that is configured to permit an application developer to submit an application for approval for selective publication in a first application repository associated with and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository associated with and under the control of a second client;
• presenting a second interface that is configured to enable the approval of the submitted application;
• approving the submitted application;
• notifying the application developer that the submitted application has been approved;
• and
• notifying a managing entity that the submitted application is available for publication in the first application repository that is assigned to, under the control of and associated with the first client and available for publication in the second application repository that is assigned to, under the control of and associated with the second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the approved application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A computing device for accepting applications for selective publication in multiple application repositories, comprising:

• a display that is configured to present one or more applications that are received from an application developer;
• and
• a processor that is communicatively coupled to the display, wherein the processor is operable to:
• receive a publication command for a submitted application;
• in response to the receipt of the publication command, cause the transmission of the submitted application to an approval entity for at least possible publication of the submitted application in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client once the submitted application is published in the first application repository and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client once the submitted application is published in the second application repository;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A method for accepting applications for selective publication in multiple application repositories, comprising:

• receiving one or more applications;
• receiving a publication command for a submitted application;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the publication command, sending the submitted application to an approval entity for at least possible publication of the submitted application in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client when the submitted application is published in the first application repository and employees of the second client are permitted to download the application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client when the submitted application is published in the second application repository;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A computing device for accepting and approving applications for selective publication in multiple application repositories, comprising:

• a display that is configured to present one or more applications that are submitted for approval;
• and
• a processor that is communicatively coupled to the display, wherein the processor is operable to:
• receive an approval command for a submitted application;
• in response to the receipt of the approval command, notifying a managing entity that the submitted application is available for publication in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the approved application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A method for accepting and approving applications for selective publication in multiple application repositories, comprising:

• presenting one or more applications that are submitted for approval;
• receiving an approval command for a submitted application;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the approval command, notifying a managing entity that the submitted application is available for publication in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the approved application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable program code that when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, causes the system to:
• receive one or more applications;
• receive a publication command for a submitted application;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the publication command, send the submitted application to an approval entity for at least possible publication of the submitted application in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client when the submitted application is published in the first application repository and employees of the second client are permitted to download the application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client when the submitted application is published in the second application repository;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.

A computer program product, comprising:

• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having stored thereon computer readable program code that when executed by a system comprising a processor and a memory, causes the system to:
• present one or more applications that are submitted for approval;
• receive an approval command for a submitted application;
• and
• in response to the receipt of the approval command, notify a managing entity that the submitted application is available for publication in a first application repository assigned to and under the control of a first client and in a second application repository assigned to and under the control of a second client;
• wherein employees of the first client are permitted to download the approved application from the first application repository through first portable computing devices associated with the first client and employees of the second client are permitted to download the approved application from the second application repository through second portable computing devices associated with the second client;
• wherein the first portable computing devices associated with the first client are granted access to the first application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the first client at the first portable computing devices and the second portable computing devices associated with the second client are granted access to the second application repository only in response to the receipt of a bundle of the second client at the second portable computing devices.