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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2013
Box, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Simon Tan, Daly City, CA (US);
David Maynard, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Rico Yao, San Jose, CA (US);
Don Cung, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Box, Inc., Redwood City, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods which forces or automatically upgrades a mobile application installed on a mobile device for security, stability or any other concerns via a server-side configuration file are disclosed. In one embodiment, a configuration file including a list of build identifiers that have been banned or flagged is placed on a server, which can be a server providing cloud-based collaboration or file sharing services, for access by associated mobile applications and/or devices. A mobile application installed on a mobile device can download the configuration file and determine whether a build identifier of the mobile application is listed on the configuration file. If so, the mobile application can shut down, prompt or force an upgrade, or restrict operation of the mobile application in other ways.