Patent ID: 9462408
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H04W

Claim Text:
1. An information processing method in a first electronic device having a wireless communication module and having M applications installed thereon, where M≧2, the method comprising, when a first application of the M applications is in an operating state: obtaining a control operation for the first application indicating N applications are to be installed on a second electronic device; controlling the wireless communication module to serve as a wireless Access Point (AP) having a signal coverage that covers at least the second electronic device; establishing a direct communication channel with the second electronic device at a radio link layer in response to information from the second electronic device; configuring the wireless communication module as an AP and setting an identity verification identifier for the AP, wherein the identity verification identifier enables the second electronic device, on which a second application identical to the first application has been installed and is in an operating state, to uniquely identify and select the AP when using a second wireless communication module in an operating state to scan for an AP; and transmitting, based on the AP selection, installation data packages associated with the N applications to the second electronic device via the direct communication channel for installing the N applications on the second electronic device, where N<M.