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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2010
Salvatore Ierullo, Oakville, CA;
Salvatore Ierullo, Oakville, CA;
Blackberry Limited, Waterloo, CA;
Abstract
A method and system for acquisition of an application for installation on a communication device. The method comprises monitoring a frequency of a usage event at the communication device to infer a set of usage characteristics; triggering a search request to a computer server for applications associated with the set of usage characteristics, the triggering of the search request based on a predefined threshold related to the monitored frequency of the usage event; receiving at the communication device a search result compiled at the server computer, the search result including an application for installation thereon; and providing a notification, at a graphical user interface (GUI) of the communication device, of the application for installation thereon.