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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 17, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 06, 2005
Yat-sang Hung, San Diego, CA (US);
Pierre Barbeau, Leawood, KS (US);
Mary Nick-baustert, Olathe, KS (US);
Jason Whitney, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Michael T. Lundy, Olathe, KS (US);
Yat-Sang Hung, San Diego, CA (US);
Pierre Barbeau, Leawood, KS (US);
Mary Nick-Baustert, Olathe, KS (US);
Jason Whitney, Lees Summit, MO (US);
Michael T. Lundy, Olathe, KS (US);
Sprint Spectrum L.P., Overland Park, KS (US);
Abstract
A method and system for triggering installation of program logic on a machine, such as a PC. A server transmits installation-trigger logic to a wireless communication device (WCD), which the WCD stores in its data storage. When the WCD becomes connected with a PC, the PC views the WCD as a mass-storage drive, and the PC reads and executes the installation-trigger logic in the same manner that a PC would run an AUTORUN file on a conventional mass-storage drive. Per the installation-trigger logic, the PC then downloads and installs a designated software program. The PC then sends an installation-notice to the server, and the server responsively sends a cancellation-message to the WCD. In response to the cancellation-message, the WCD then deletes or otherwise disables the installation-trigger logic, so that the process will not be repeated the next time the WCD is connected with the PC.