Apple Inc.

Andrew Dennis Boyko

Dallas Blake De Atley

Paul William Chinn

Max Muller

Patrick O Heynen

Eric Olaf Carlson

David Makower

Anders Bertelrud

Donald Matthew Firlik

Joshua Matthew Williams

Luke Theodore Hiesterman

Robert M Marini

Christopher T Parker

Kenneth D Anderson

A method and an apparatus for an application thinning mechanism are described. The thinning mechanism can select a subset of components from a universal application to assemble an application variant to be distributed and installed to a specific type of devices. The universal application may include every component, such as asset, resource or executable, built/developed for targeted device attributes to install one common application to multiple devices. For example, the thinning mechanism can use a trait vector associated with a type of devices to iterate through the components and identify assets to be included or packaged into in each target device specific application or application variant.

Capability attributes based application packaging

Methods and systems are disclosed that allow automated qualification of a binary application program. A binary application program submitted from a developer can be automatically examined to determine whether the binary application program complies with rules or guidelines of a platform. If the binary application program complies with the rules or guidelines, the binary application program can be qualified, and can be distributed upon further approval. If the binary application program does not comply with the rules or guidelines, the application program can be rejected and a notification can be sent to the developer.

Automated qualification of a binary application program

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Sunnyvale, CA, United States of America

Andrew Dennis Boyko