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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 24, 2004
Applicants:
Per Persson, Helsinki, FI;
Younghee Jung, Helsinki, FI;
Jim Lundin, Helsinki, FI;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nokia Corporation, Espoo, FI;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/45 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method and corresponding equipment by which software () on a first device () is virally or otherwise distributed to a second device (), in which the first device () and second device () and possibly also a server () of the software () exchange information sufficient for the first device () to determine whether it includes or stores a version of the software () compatible with the second device (), and if so, then provides a compatible version, but otherwise exchanges information with the second device sufficient for the second device to obtain a copy from the server ().