Patent ID: 9348572
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: G06F,G06Q

Claim Text:
1. A data processing method comprising: transmitting, from a mobile computing device to a service provider server computer, first data identifying a selection at the mobile computing device of an app that is lacking a service provider identification module associated with the service provider server computer that allows the service provider server computer to identify the device; receiving, at the mobile computing device from the service provider server computer, second data identifying zero or more apps lacking the service provider identification module that have been selected previously using the mobile computing device; determining whether a protocol handler for each of the zero or more apps lacking the service provider identification module is in the mobile computing device; in response to determining that a particular protocol handler for one of the apps is in the mobile computing device, transmitting to the service provider server computer, by an app that is configured with a service provider identification module associated with the server computer, a message specifying that the particular protocol handler is in the mobile computing device; communicating a reward to any of: a particular one of the apps that is associated with the particular protocol handler, or a user account associated with the mobile computing device; wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.