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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2005
Michael Shenfield, Richmond Hill, CA;
Brindusa Fritsch, Toronto, CA;
Sean Taylor, Mississauga, CA;
Research In Motion Limited, Waterloo, Ontario, CA;
Abstract
A system and method are provided for provisioning component applications for retrieval by a device. The system includes an application gateway server, which includes a message broker for communicating between the system and the device. The application gateway server is configured for communication with a provisioning server and a discovery server. The provisioning server includes a provisioning service for servicing a provisioning request and a provisioning depot for storing packaged component applications. The discovery server stores and manages component application bundles. The system further includes a packaging application in communication with application gateway for retrieving a component application bundle, selecting elements from the component application bundle in accordance with the device for which the component application is being provisioned, creating a component application package using the selected elements, and making the packaged component application available to the device.