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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 19, 2013
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Viraj Mody, San Francisco, CA (US);
Thomas Carriero, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Holden, San Francisco, CA (US);
Zach Kagin, San Francisco, CA (US);
Allison House, San Francisco, CA (US);
Alice Lee, San Francisco, CA (US);
Luke Faraone, San Francisco, CA (US);
Dropbox, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Abstract
In at least one embodiment, a system for facilitating installation of a software application is provided. The system includes a communications component configured to communicate with external devices, and a processor configured to detect an intent to install the software application to a computing device, cause the communications component to provide an installer of the software application for retrieval by the computing device, and direct the communications components to communicate with a mobile device such that the mobile device serves as a guide in installation of the software application to the computing device.