Application configuration in a client device

摘要

A communication device 100 comprises a storage device 104 for storing applications 106, application triggering rules 108 and control software 110 for adding/deleting/modifying triggering rules whenever a new application is added to the device. If a triggering rule associated with a newly provisioned application (Anew) is identical to any triggering rule included in a particular set of triggering rules, one or more new triggering rules are added to the particular set of triggering rules if it is determined that the triggering rule associated with Anew is not identical to any one of the triggering rules included in the set of triggering rules. Each new triggering rule may be disjoint with respect to each other triggering rule in the set of rules. This method may be used to deploy new services or applications in mobile phones by changing or adding packages within Mobile Information Device MIDlets.