Patent ID: 9092289
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for permitting a user to manage a collection of applications, comprising the steps of: providing a source computing device having an associated storage medium; the source computing device being connected to a data network; providing an application container appliance on a target computing device having an associated storage medium; the target computing device being connected to the data network; storing a computer-implemented database of applications including object classes, indexed by at least object class and subclass on the storage medium associated with the source computing device; storing an associated app package on the storage medium of the source computing device; the app package being configured to be deliverable to the appliance on the target computing device connected to the data network when one application of the applications, corresponding to the app package and stored on the storage medium associated with the source computing device is selected and launched; delivering the app package from the storage medium associated with the source computing device to the storage medium associated with the appliance on the target computing device via the data network; installing the app package in the storage medium associated with the appliance of the target computing device; unbundling the app package stored on the storage medium associated with appliance of the target computing device to provide a target app on the target computing device; launching the target app on the appliance of the target computing device; using the target app on the appliance of the target computing device; and establishing a data interface with a secure protocol between the source computing device and the target computing device.