AUTOMATIC APPLICATION UPDATES

摘要

A method for updating an application on a mobile device includes accessing, at the mobile device, application management information. The application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and one or more granted permission settings associated with each installed application. The method also includes sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding each installed application and receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information. The update information identifies an update package for a respective application of the plurality of installed applications. The method also includes installing the update package without user interaction from a user of the mobile device if one or more required permission settings associated with the update package are included in the one or more granted permission settings associated with the respective application of the plurality of installed applications.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for updating an application on a mobile device comprising:
accessing, at the mobile device, application management information, wherein the application management information identifies a plurality of applications installed on the mobile device and at least one of a connection preference and a size limitation associated with each installed application; sending, from the mobile device to a server, a request for update information regarding each installed application; receiving, at the mobile device from the server, the update information, wherein the update information identifies an update package for a respective application of the plurality of installed applications; and receiving the update package without user interaction from a user of the mobile device when all of the at least one of a connection preference and a size limitation are satisfied, wherein a size limitation is satisfied when the update package has a size less than the size limitation associated with the respective application and the connection preference is satisfied when the mobile device uses a network connection specified by the connection preference associated with the respective application.