2236008 Ontario Limited

Blackberry Corporation

Qnx Software Systems Limited

8758271 Canada Inc.

Daniel Cardamore

Darrell Reginald May

Sivakumar Nagarajan

Danny Thomas Dodge

Carl Lloyd Cherry

David Kerr

Wadih Jean Shaib

Wadih Shaib

A system and method for distributing software updates may receive one or more device states associated with the one or more devices at a service delivery platform separate from the one or more devices where each of the one or more device states includes version information. Store the one or more device states persistently. Receive a software update configuration at the service delivery platform. Receive one or more software update files at the service delivery platform associated with the software update configuration. Determine a candidate device list utilizing the software update configuration and the information contained in the one or more device states, the candidate device list containing references to one or more targeted devices, of the one or more devices, targeted to receive the software update. The software update manager may examine each of the relevant device states as specified in the software update configuration one by one.

System and method for distributing software updates

A system and method for granting permission for a machine action may receive a machine generated request, associated with a source, where the machine generated request comprises request parameters that include a requested machine action, a target recipient of the requested machine action, and the source of the requested machine action. Accessing a stored set of capabilities where each of the one or more capabilities comprises permission parameters that include a permissible action, a specified recipient of the permissible action, and a specified source of the permissible action. Examining the one or more capabilities in the stored set of capabilities and determining whether the request parameters associated with the machine generated request match the permission parameters associated with a capability of the one or more capabilities. Granting permission to apply the machine generated request to the target recipient when a match is determined.

System and method for granting permission for a machine action

Systems and techniques relating to securely managing electronic resources are described. A described technique includes receiving a request to add to a mobile device an account setting for a server resource account. Detecting a trigger event for a new perimeter based on the account setting. In response to a parameter or a pattern associated with the account setting, retrieving a security policy from a resource server for the server resource account, and generating, by the mobile device, a new perimeter including the server resource account based on the security policy. The new perimeter is configured to prevent transferring data associated with the server resource account being transferred to mobile-device resources external to the new perimeter.

Dynamically generating perimeters

A system and method for modal progress dialog may provide progress feedback to a user when an application accesses or uses system resources on a computing platform. The application may access or use the system resource by invoking an operation via a system interface. Execution of the application may be blocked pending receiving a result of the system resource operation. The progress feedback may be provided by the system interface without the involvement of the application. The progress feedback may include displaying a progress dialog. The progress dialog may be displayed in a window associated with the application. The progress dialog may include a visual indication of a degree of completion of the system resource operation. The progress dialog may mitigate a user misinterpreting delays in completion of the system resource operation as misoperation or failure of the application.

Modal progress dialog

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Daniel Cardamore