Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100228594 | ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL SYSTEM - Advertising networks are described that enable the provision of offers to a user device in response to activation of an installation package. One embodiment of the invention includes a user device connected to a network, an advertising server system connected to the network, where the advertising server system stores information concerning a plurality of offers, and a partner server connected to the network. In addition, the user device is configured to execute an installation package to perform a predetermined operation, where the execution of the installation package triggers execution of a client application configured to collect information concerning the user device and to forward the collected information to the advertising server system as the installation package performs the predetermined operation, the advertising server system is configured to select at least one of the plurality of offers based upon the collected information and to forward information concerning the at least one selected offer to the client application, the client application is configured to display via the user device information concerning the at least one selected offer as the installation package performs the predetermined operation, and the client application is configured to contact the partner server to obtain fulfillment of an accepted offer. | 09-09-2010 |
20110314389 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF AN APPLICATION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT INTO A USER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for creating application runtime environments or application environments that can be downloaded and integrated into the computing environment of a computing device are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a computing device on which an operating system is installed that creates a computing environment, an Application Platform application, where the Application Platform application is at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment when executed by the computing device, and a cross-platform application, where the cross-platform application is configured to be executed within the application runtime environment and is not natively executable by the computing device. In addition, the Application Platform application is configured to integrate the cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment. | 12-22-2011 |
20120323995 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR STREAMLINED CONTENT DOWNLOAD - Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention enable streamlined content download that minimizes user input during the download process. One embodiment includes a system for streamlined downloading of content to a user computing device, including: an application server system configured to locate an intermediary application in response to a request received from a user computing device; where the intermediary application includes a content ID and configures a user computing device to initialize a download manager on a user computing device, and to pass the content ID to the download manager; and where the download manager configures the user computing device to utilize the content ID to retrieve content access information, and download content from a content server system utilizing the content access information. | 12-20-2012 |
20120324338 | System and Methods for Integration of an Application Runtime Environment Into a User Computing Environment - Systems and methods for creating application runtime environments or application environments that can be downloaded and integrated into the computing environment of a computing device are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a computing device on which an operating system is installed that creates a computing environment, an Application Platform application, where the Application Platform application is at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment when executed by the computing device, and a cross-platform application, where the cross-platform application is configured to be executed within the application runtime environment and is not natively executable by the computing device. In addition, the Application Platform application is configured to integrate the cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment. | 12-20-2012 |
20130339946 | SYSTEM AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATION OF AN APPLICATION RUNTIME ENVIRONMENT INTO A USER COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT - Systems and methods for creating application runtime environments or application environments that can be downloaded and integrated into the computing environment of a computing device are disclosed. One embodiment of the invention includes a computing device on which an operating system is installed that creates a computing environment, an Application Platform application, where the Application Platform application is at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment when executed by the computing device, and a cross-platform application, where the cross-platform application is configured to be executed within the application runtime environment and is not natively executable by the computing device. In addition, the Application Platform application is configured to integrate the cross-platform application into the computing environment of the computing device by providing at least one launch point for the cross-platform application within the computing environment. | 12-19-2013 |
20140047323 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALERT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for alert management in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a processor, an operating system configuring the processor to create a computing environment, an alert platform application, an alert pop up page file stored within the storage and containing instructions written in the rendering language to render a pop up page, and an alert history database containing alert data including an alert ID, display metadata, and application data, wherein the alert history database is configured to be queried to retrieve alert data, wherein the alert platform application is configured to query the alert history database to retrieve alert data, and wherein the alert platform application is configured to inject at least a portion of display metadata from alert data into the instructions from the alert pop up page file and render an alert pop up page. | 02-13-2014 |
20140068419 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for locally managing a user's interaction with content derived from web pages within the user interface of an application executing within a runtime provided by an application platform on a computing device in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In many embodiments, a runtime provided by an application platform enables the execution of a non-natively implemented hosted application in which executing instructions in a scripting language within a background page control the downloading and modification of web content to create user interface pages for the hosted application. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068420 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for locally managing a user's interaction with content derived from web pages within the user interface of an application executing within a runtime provided by an application platform on a computing device in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In many embodiments, a runtime provided by an application platform enables the execution of a non-natively implemented hosted application in which executing instructions in a scripting language within a background page control the downloading and modification of web content to create user interface pages for the hosted application. | 03-06-2014 |
20140068421 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TRACKING AND UPDATING HOSTED APPLICATIONS - Systems and methods for locally managing a user's interaction with content derived from web pages along with the tracking of the creation and update of the content in accordance with embodiments of the invention are illustrated. One embodiment of the invention includes a computing device configured to create a user hosted application including an application platform application stored in the storage of the computing device, where the application platform application includes a rendering engine process and an integration process, at least one hosted application including a background page file, wherein the virtual machine is configured to parse the instructions in the scripting language contained within the background page file, and to obtain at least one user hosted application, where a user hosted application and transmit a notification message based on obtaining the at least one user hosted application. | 03-06-2014 |
20140108912 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED APPLICATION PLATFORMS - Systems and methods for integrated application platforms in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device configured to execute an application platform application includes a processor, an operating system configuring the processor to create a computing environment, the application platform application at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment for cross-platform applications to execute non-natively, the application platform application including a rendering engine process configured to render pages by interpreting instructions and implement a virtual machine configured to execute instructions and an integration process that enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to launch natively implemented applications wherein the application platform application includes a pop up page file containing instructions written in the rendering language that cause the rendering engine process to render a pop up page and wherein the application platform application is configured to launch a natively implemented application. | 04-17-2014 |
20140108913 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED APPLICATION PLATFORMS - Systems and methods for integrated application platforms in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device configured to execute an application platform application includes a processor, an operating system configuring the processor to create a computing environment, the application platform application at least partially natively implemented and creates an application runtime environment for cross-platform applications to execute non-natively, the application platform application including a rendering engine process configured to render pages by interpreting instructions and implement a virtual machine configured to execute instructions and an integration process that enables instructions executing within the virtual machine to launch natively implemented applications wherein the application platform application includes a pop up page file containing instructions written in the rendering language that cause the rendering engine process to render a pop up page and wherein the application platform application is configured to launch a natively implemented application. | 04-17-2014 |
20140236756 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR INTEGRATED RECOMMENDATIONS - Systems and methods for presenting recommendations on a computing device using a recommendation client that can execute non-natively within a runtime environment provided by an application platform application and/or within a web browser application are illustrated. In one embodiment, a method for presenting recommended applications includes transmitting application recommendation request data using a recommendation client, obtaining application recommendation data based on the transmitted application recommendation request data using the recommendation client, presenting the application recommendation data within a computing environment generated by the operating system of the recommendation client, receiving interaction data indicative of at least one interaction with the application recommendation data using the recommendation client, recording outcome information based on the received interaction data using the recommendation client, and transmitting the recorded outcome information using the recommendation client. | 08-21-2014 |
20140258845 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ALERT MANAGEMENT - Systems and methods for alert management in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computing device includes a processor, an operating system configuring the processor to create a computing environment, an alert platform application, an alert pop up page file stored within the storage and containing instructions written in the rendering language to render a pop up page, and an alert history database containing alert data including an alert ID, display metadata, and application data, wherein the alert history database is configured to be queried to retrieve alert data, wherein the alert platform application is configured to query the alert history database to retrieve alert data, and wherein the alert platform application is configured to inject at least a portion of display metadata from alert data into the instructions from the alert pop up page file and render an alert pop up page. | 09-11-2014 |
20140325344 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HOSTED APPLICATIONS - In one embodiment, a computing device configured to execute a hosted application includes a processor and storage, where an operating system is installed on the computing device, an application platform application including a rendering engine process including a virtual machine and an integration process, at least one hosted application comprising a background page file, wherein the virtual machine is configured to parse instructions in the background page file to download at least one remotely hosted file for rendering a web page, build a document object model (DOM), and modify the DOM in accordance with a predetermined DOM modification rule to create a modified DOM based on the computing environment, and wherein the rendering engine process is configured to render a user interface page integrated into the computing environment of the operating system of the computing device based on the DOM generated by the execution of the background page. | 10-30-2014 |
20150051972 | ADVERTISING AND PROMOTIONAL SYSTEM - Advertising networks in accordance with embodiments of the invention present offers to users that execute an installation package. One embodiment of the invention a computing device, including a processor and a memory connected to the processor and configured to store install software comprising a client application, wherein the install software configures the processor to execute the client application to obtain target information including data descriptive of the computing device, transmit a request for a set of target offers, where the request includes the target information, obtain a list of target offers identifying at least one installation package that modifies the computing device, and display the list of target offers. | 02-19-2015 |