Method and apparatus for auto installing applications into different terminals

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016019052-A1
Application number	US-201514867653-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 28, 2015
Priority date	Nov 17, 2011
Publication date	Jan 21, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An apparatus and method of automatically installing an application in different terminals by storing terminal information of a user and allowing the user to install an application when the user installs an application in at least two terminals, and in which an installation process may be automatically conducted is provided. Information related to an application installed in a first terminal is received from the first terminal; and a second terminal is requested to install another application corresponding to the application, in the second terminal, by using the received information related to the application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method of automatically installing an application in different terminals, the method comprising:
receiving, by a server, information related to a first application installed in a first terminal, from the first terminal; requesting, by the server, a second terminal to install a second application corresponding to the first application, in the second terminal, based on the received information related to the first application, installing the second application in the second terminal based on a relationship information including information about relationships between the first terminal and the second terminal, receiving information related to a state of the first application installed by the first terminal, from the first terminal; and requesting the second terminal to change a state of the second application corresponding to the first application based on the information related to a state of the first application, wherein the state of the first application or the state of the second application are related to at least one of an installation, a removal, an update, a change of version, or a change of user rights of the first application or the second application.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requesting to install the second application in the second terminal comprises determining whether the second application corresponds to the first application installed in the first terminal, based on installation environments of the second terminal.

3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the requesting to install the second application in the second terminal comprises determining that the second application is connectable to the first application installed in the first terminal.

4 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving information related to an update of the first application conducted by the first terminal, from the first terminal; and requesting the second terminal to conduct an update of the second application corresponding to the first application in the second terminal, in which the second application corresponding to the updated first application is installed.

5 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
receiving information related to removal of the first application conducted by the first terminal, from the first terminal; and requesting a removal of the second application corresponding to the first application in the second terminal in which the second application corresponding to the removed first application is installed.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein when users of the second terminal and users of the first terminal are different, the method further comprises determining whether to install the second application corresponding to the first application according to user rights information indicating whether the user of the first terminal is allowed to install the second application in the second terminal or by approval of the user of the second terminal.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the user rights information is set up by referring to information about a relationship between the users of the first terminal and the users of the second terminal.

8 . A method of automatically installing an application in a second terminal, the method comprising:
receiving information related to a first application installed in a first terminal, from a server; installing a second application corresponding to the first application in the second terminal based on the information related to the first application and a relationship information including information about relationships between the first terminal and the second terminal, receiving information related to a state of the first application installed by the first terminal, from the first terminal; and changing a state of the second application corresponding to the first application based on the information related to a state of the first application, wherein the state of the first application or the state of the second application are related to at least one of an installation, a removal, an update, a change of version, or a change of user rights of the first application or the second application.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the installing an application comprises determining whether the second application corresponds to the first application based on installation environments of the second terminal.

10 . The method of claim 8 , wherein the installing an application comprises determining that the second application is connectable to the first application installed in the first terminal.

11 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving information related to an update of the first application conducted by the first terminal, from the server; and updating the second application corresponding to the updated first application.

12 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
receiving information related to removal of the first application conducted by the first terminal, from the server; and removing the second application corresponding to the removed first application.

13 . The method of claim 8 , wherein when users of the first terminal and users of the second terminal are different, the method further comprises determining whether to install the second application corresponding to the first application according to user rights information indicating whether the user of the first terminal is allowed to install the second application in the second terminal or by approval of the user of the second terminal.

14 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the user rights information is set up by referring to information about a relationship between the users of the first terminal and users of the second terminal.

15 . A method of automatically storing contents in different terminals, the method comprising:
receiving information related to first contents downloaded to a first terminal, from the first terminal; transmitting second contents corresponding to the first contents to a second terminal based on the received information related to the first contents, storing the second contents in the second terminal based on a relationship information including information about relationships between the first terminal and the second terminal, receiving information related to a state of the first contents stored in the first terminal; and changing a state of the second contents corresponding to the first contents based on the information related to the state of the first contents, wherein the state of the first contents or the state of the second contents are related to at least one of a download, a deletion, an update, a change in size, a change in resolution, or a change in user rights of the first contents or the second contents.

16 . A method of automatically storing contents in a terminal device, the method comprising:
receiving information related to first contents stored in a first terminal, from a server; receiving second contents corresponding to the first contents from the server based on the received information related to the contents; storing the second contents based on a relationship information including information about relationships between the first terminal and the terminal, receiving information related to a state of the first contents stored in the first terminal; and changing a state of the second contents corresponding to the first contents on based on the information related to the state of the first contents, wherein the state of the first contents or the state of the second contents are related to at least one

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Sung Youl-Woong
• Kim Jong-Baek
• Kim Il-Joo
• Sohn Young-Chul
• Shin Soo-Min
• Jin Ho

Classifications

• G06F8/61 Primary

  Installation · CPC title

• G06F8/65 Primary

  Updates (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F9/445

  Program loading or initiating (bootstrapping G06F9/4401; security arrangements for program loading or initiating G06F21/57) · CPC title

• G06F15/16

  Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs {(coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B)} · CPC title

• H04L67/34

  involving the movement of software or configuration parameters  (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416) · CPC title