Patent ID: 9118550
Filing Date: 2015-08-25
Classification: G06F,G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for notifying a first device of a status of an application, comprising: transmitting an application state transition notification message from a second device to the first device when a state transition of the application has occurred, wherein the application state transition notification message comprises information regarding at least a current state of the application and a reason of the state transition; transmitting an application state transition response message from the first device to the second device in response to the application state transition notification message, wherein the first device is a storefront component in a Telco's Application Store (TAS) system, the second device is a developer support component in the TAS system, and the application state transition notification message is transmitted via a TAS-1 interface, and wherein the status of the application is maintained by the developer support component, and wherein the application state transition notification message is transmitted when the current state of the application has transited from an online state to an offline state, and wherein in the online state, the application is able to be downloaded or purchased by a client, and while in the offline state, the application is unable to be downloaded or purchased by a client.