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Patent Application for Sending Mobile Applications to Mobile Devices from Personal Computers

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Researchers at International Business Machines Corporation have proposed a new method for sending mobile applications to mobile devices from personal computers, addressing the complexity of retrieving mobile-enabled versions of websites. The inventors, Stefan A. Hepper and Jaspreet Singh, filed a patent application on November 25, 2013, which was made available online on June 4, 2015. The proposed method involves dynamically creating a mobile application from website code and sending it to the mobile device to download and install.

Key Takeaways:

  • The patent application proposes a method for sending mobile applications to mobile devices from personal computers, aiming to simplify the process of retrieving mobile-enabled versions of websites.
  • The method involves dynamically creating a mobile application from website code and sending it to the mobile device to download and install.
  • The inventors, Stefan A. Hepper and Jaspreet Singh, filed the patent application on November 25, 2013, and it was made available online on June 4, 2015.
  • The proposed system and method include a computer that receives a request to retrieve a mobile application for a website, and then creates and sends the mobile application to the mobile device.
  • The inventors' idea aims to reduce the number of steps required to retrieve a mobile application for a website, making it more intuitive for users.
  • The patent application is assigned to International Business Machines Corporation.

Statistics:

  • Date of patent application filing: November 25, 2013
  • Date of patent application posting: June 4, 2015
  • Number of steps reduced in the proposed method: 3 (app store navigation, mobile application retrieval, and installation)

Sources:

  • Hepper, Stefan A.; Singh, Jaspreet. Sending Mobile Applications to Mobile Devices from Personal Computers. Filed November 25, 2013 and posted June 4, 2015. Patent URL: http://appft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-adv.html&r=600&p=12&f=G&l=50&d=PG01&S1=20150528.PD.&OS=PD/20150528&RS=PD/20150528

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