Patent ID: 9667707
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for use by a first user terminal, the first user terminal comprising a processor and a first application to be executed by the processor, the first application being configured to cause the processor to delegate execution of a first service to a further, different, application, the method comprising: determining, at the first user terminal, that the first service is to be executed on behalf of the first application, wherein the first application is installed on the first user terminal, and the first application does not provide the first service; responsive to the determination, sending, to a data store, a request message comprising an identifier of the first service, the data store comprising entries indicating a plurality of applications held on one or more user terminals, and indicating one or more services that may be executed, on request, by a corresponding application of the plurality of applications; receiving a response message from the data store, the response message identifying one or more applications held on the one or more user terminals to which execution of the first service may be delegated; and causing the processor to delegate execution of the first service to a second application, the second application being one of the identified one or more applications.