| US 7,502,610 B2 | ||
| System and method for application management through threshold events | ||
| Philip Maher, Campbell, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jun. 28, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/187,067. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0002326 A1, Jan. 01, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. H04M 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—419 [455/418; 455/420; 455/412.1; 455/414.1; 455/456.3; 455/405; 463/42; 709/203] | 33 Claims |

| 1. A system for managing distributed applications comprising:
a server in communication with a wireless communications network, the server comprising a first portion of an application
and a database, wherein the first portion of the application is operable to generate a response, and wherein the database
comprises application usage data;
at least one communication device in selective communication with the server through the wireless communications network,
each communication device comprising a second portion of the application operable to selectively execute based on at least
one of the response and a user input received on the respective communication device, wherein the second portion of the application
is operatively interactive with the first portion of the application during operation of the application by a respective user,
wherein each communication device further comprises an output mechanism operable to generate an output which is modifiable
based on the execution of the application, and wherein the selective execution of the second portion of the application generates
at least a portion of the application usage data; and
wherein the server is further operable to obtain the application usage data from each communication device, automatically
identify at least one of the respective user without requiring the user to sign in to the server and the respective communication
device for which the application usage data is generated, determine if a threshold event has occurred based upon the content
of the application usage data, and record the occurrence of the threshold event in association with the at least one of the
respective user and the respective communication device.
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