Method and System for Managing, Delivering, Displaying and Interacting With Contextual Applications for Mobile Devices

Abstract

It concerns a method for delivering temporarily a plurality of software applications each based on respective contextual data, to one or more wireless mobile end-user devices ( 13 ), by using a single application called contextual engine pre-installed in said mobile devices ( 13 ), said delivery being limited to the immediate vicinity of specific locations comprising the steps of (i) receiving on a local device ( 9 ) located in the vicinity of one of said specific locations a remote request from one of said mobile end-user devices ( 13 ) located near said local device ( 9 ) for retrieving one of said plurality of applications related to its respective contextual data, (ii) receiving on said local device said application from a remote server ( 5 ), (iii) delivering automatically from said local device ( 9 ) exclusively said software application to said mobile end-user device ( 13 ) via a wireless connection ( 12 ), and (iv) displaying said application on said mobile end user device ( 13 ).

1 . A method for delivering temporarily a plurality of software applications each based on respective contextual data, to one or more wireless mobile end-user devices, by using a single application called contextual engine pre-installed in said mobile devices, said delivery being limited to the immediate vicinity of a specific contextualized local device comprising the steps of
 (i) receiving on said contextualized local device a remote request from one of said mobile end-user devices located near said local device for retrieving one of said plurality of applications related to its respective contextual data,   (ii) receiving on said local device said application from a remote server,   (iii) delivering automatically from said local device exclusively said software application to said mobile end-user device via a wireless connection, and   (iv) displaying said application on said mobile end user device.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1  wherein, said mobile end-user devices having a touch sensitive digital screen, it further includes the following steps
 (v) generating at least a processing instruction via said touch sensitive digital screen and 
 (vi) delivering said processing instruction to the local device for further processing. 
 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 2  wherein, said local devices being each respectively related to said respective contextual data, it further comprises the steps of
 (vii) moving said mobile device to the vicinity of a second local device and 
 (viii) repeating the precedent steps for a second software application different to the first one corresponding to the context of the second location local device. 
 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the remote server is a VNS. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein a plurality of software applications, each based on contextual data corresponding respectively to a plurality of specific, local devices being stored on said remote server, it includes a first remote request by said mobile end-user device for temporary retrieval of a first application associated with a first local device and a second remote request for later temporary retrieval of a second application associated with a second local device, said mobile device using said contextual engine, in real time or near real-time. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said software application becomes inaccessible from said mobile device as soon as the mobile device can no longer establish a wireless connection with said local device. 
     
     
         7 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the application is transmitted between the mobile device and the local device by radio electric and/or infra red waves means such as Wifi, Bluetooth or RFID. 
     
     
         8 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the local device is a wireless router. 
     
     
         9 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the mobile device is a mobile phone or a tablet. 
     
     
         10 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said local device comprises a specific firmware program arranged to restrict access to said remote server and speed the delivery of content to said mobile device using a local cache procedure. 
     
     
         11 . The method according to  claim 10 , wherein said firmware program returns a Unique Device ID once the wireless connection between said mobile device and said local device has been established. 
     
     
         12 . The method according to  claim 11 , wherein said UDID is the UPnP ID of said local device, or is a MAC address. 
     
     
         13 . The method as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the remote request is provided by voice or digital text messages. 
     
     
         14 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said applications are created by a remote operator in an editing software module on a personal computer, whereby said applications can be stored on said remote server and can be delivered in accordance with different parameters defined by said operator. 
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein one or several display components are saved as bookmarks by said contextual engine. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15 , wherein said bookmarks are shared with one or more users using a social networking site. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 16 , wherein an expiring period being associated to said component, the end-user mobile is disabled, to prevent said end-user to operate said component, once the expiring period is passed. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17 , wherein the expiring period being extendable through a transaction via the mobile device, such transaction involves purchasing or trading points in exchange for extending said expiring period. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 1  further comprising probing for a different UDN corresponding to a switch in local device and displaying said appropriate application corresponding to said new contextual data corresponding to said local device. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 19 , wherein the time spent by the mobile device while connected to a specific local device is recorded and said application user-interaction is stored. 
     
     
         21 . A system comprising means for providing the steps of the method according to  claim 1 .