Systems and methods for application installation platforms
US10089098B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 7, 2017 |
| Grant date | Oct 2, 2018 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 7, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04W4/60
- WIPO fieldDigital communication
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing an application marketplace configured to install applications outside of an application store provided by the entity providing the operating system of a computing device in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. In one embodiment, a system obtains device data from a computing device, wherein the device data identifies a computing device and includes metadata describes the characteristics of the computing device, generates application marketplace data based on the obtained device data, wherein the application marketplace data includes metadata describing at least one application installer, provides the application marketplace data to the computing device, obtains selected application data from the computing device, generates application installer data based on the device data and the selected application data by signing application data identified by the selected application data using OEM key data, and provides the application installer data to the computing device.
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