Patent ID: 9558021
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method for downloading and running a non-native application designed for a source operating system (OS) on a target device having a target OS, the method implemented by a hypervisor running on the target device and comprising: connecting the target device to a first source device having the non-native application in a pairing operation; connecting the target device to a second source device having the source OS in a pairing operation; controlling transferring of a provisional profile from the first source device to the target device, the provisional profile containing characteristics related to the non-native application, including information on the source OS needed to run the application, comprising a source OS version number or range; obtaining the source OS on the target device, having a version that matches the version number or is within the range, from the second source using the provisional profile; once the source OS is present on the target device: