System for discovery of software operable on a device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10095497-B2
Application number	US-201514927743-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 30, 2015
Priority date	Oct 30, 2015
Publication date	Oct 9, 2018
Grant date	Oct 9, 2018

Abstract

Systems, computer program products, and methods are described herein for discovery of software operable on a computing device. Embodiments access a computing device to determine at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device; determine, based on the determined at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device, at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device; and present the at least one new tool or application to a user of the computing device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method for discovery of software operable on a computing device, the method comprising:
accessing a computing device and establish a connection with the computing device, wherein establishing the connection comprises providing an interactive integrated interface via a link application on the computing device;
in response to establishing the connection, accessing an application directory, one or more download caches, and one or more cloud caches;
determining at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device based on accessing the application directory, the one or more download caches, and the one or more cloud caches;
determining that the computing device has phantom links at least one remote tool or application, wherein the at least one remote tool or application is executed on a remote external device;
extracting user information from the at least one tool or application and the at least one remote tool or application, wherein the user information comprises at least user activity information and social media information;
determining at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device based on at least one of the determined at least one tool or application, the determined at least one remote tool or application, and the user information; and
presenting the at least one new tool or application to a user of the computing device via the interactive integrated interface of the link application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein accessing comprises:
requesting authorization from the user to access the computing device in order to determine the applications that the user has on the user computer system computing device; and
receiving authorization from the user to access the computing device to determine the applications that the user has on the computing device.

3. A system for discovery of software operable on a computing device, the system comprising:
a memory device; and
a processing device operatively coupled to the memory device, wherein the processing device is configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
access a computing device and establish a connection with the computing device, wherein establishing the connection comprises providing an interactive integrated interface via a link application on the computing device;
in response to establishing the connection, access an application directory, one or more download caches, and one or more cloud caches;
determine at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device based on accessing the application directory, the one or more download caches, and the one or more cloud caches;
determine that the computing device has phantom links to at least one remote tool or application, wherein the at least one remote tool or application is executed on a remote external device;
extract user information associated with a user of the computing device from the at the least one tool or application and the at least one remote tool or application, wherein the user information comprises at least user activity information and social media information;
determine at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device based on at least one of the determined at least one tool or application, the determined at least one remote tool or application, and the user information; and
present the at least one new tool or application to the user of the computing device via the interactive integrated interface of the link application.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein accessing comprises:
requesting authorization from the user to access the computing device in order to determine the applications that the user has on the computing device; and
receiving authorization from the user to access the computing device to determine the applications that the user has on the computing device.

5. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
authenticate the user's identity before allowing access to the computing device.

6. The system of claim 3 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
retrieve a list of applications associated with the computing device.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
associate each of the applications and devices with one or more categories defined to indicate interests of the user of the computing device.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing device is further configured to execute computer-readable program code to:
analyze the one or more categories to determine the interests of the user of the computing device and present, to the user, at least one second new tool or application based on the interests of the user.

9. A computer program product for discovery of software operable on a computing device, the computer program product comprising at least one non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-readable program code portions embodied therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
an executable portion configured to access a computing device and establish a connection with the computing device, wherein establishing the connection comprises providing an interactive integrated interface via a link application on the computing device;
an executable portion configured to access an application directory, one or more download caches, and one or more cloud caches in response to establishing the connection;
an executable portion configured to determine at least one tool or application downloaded or installed on the computing device based on accessing the application directory, the one or more download caches, and the one or more cloud caches;
an executable portion configured to determine that the computing device has phantom links to at least one remote tool or application, wherein the at least one remote tool or application is executed on a remote external device;
an executable portion configured to extract user information associated with a user of the computing device from the at the least one tool or application and the at least one remote tool or application, wherein the user information comprises at least user activity information and social media information;
an executable portion configured to determine at least one new tool or application to download or install on the computing device based on at least one of the determined at least one tool or application, the determined at least one remote tool or application, and the user information; and
an executable portion configured to present the at least one new tool or application to the user of the computing device via the interactive integrated interface of the link application.

10. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein accessing comprises:
requesting authorization from the user to access the computing device in order to determine the applications that the user has on the computing device; and
receiving authorization from the user to access the computing device to determine the applications that the user has on the computing device.

11. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprises:
an executable portion configured to authenticate the user's identity before allowing access to the computing device.

12. The computer program product of claim 9 , wherein the computer-readable program code portions further comprises:
an executable portion configured to retrieve a list

Assignees

• Bank Of America

Inventors

• Jones-Mcfadden Alicia C
• Bullock Caitlin Chrisman
• Hsieh Matthew
• Kumar Jaydev Ajit
• Lyubetsky Yaakov
• Paik Yun Suk
• Xu Heng
• Zheng Jimin

Classifications

• H04L63/10

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title

• H04L63/08

  for authentication of entities (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32) · CPC title

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• H04L63/105

  Multiple levels of security · CPC title