SYSTEM AND METHOD TO SHARE AN APPLICATION WITH ANOTHER DEVICE

摘要

A technique for sharing an application between devices is discussed. Embodiments of the present invention transmit information about an application from a source computing device to a target computing device. An application sharing service on the target computing device then automatically searches the target computing device for a resident corresponding application or its equivalent and if a corresponding application is not found, searches an application store or repository for the corresponding application. If the application or its equivalent is found in the application store or repository, a user may be prompted to download the application or the application may be downloaded automatically. If the corresponding application was found on the target computing device originally, a check may be performed to determine if the most recent update is installed and, if the most recent version is not installed, it may be downloaded from the application store.

主权项

1. A computing device-implemented method for improving application correspondence between computing devices, comprising:
receiving at a target computing device application information from a source computing device; determining, with a service executing on the target computing device, whether an application corresponding to the application information is resident on the target computing device; searching, automatically with the service, an application store or repository for the application corresponding to the application information following a determination that the application corresponding to the application information is not resident on the target computing device; and downloading an identified corresponding application from the application store or repository to the target computing device.