Patent ID: 7818467
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing connectivity between a mobile device running a client software and a desktop computing device comprising a laptop or a personal computer running a desktop application integrating with web services: providing the mobile device with an executable loader file to be installed in the desktop computing device to provide configuration data to the desktop application software operating on the desktop computing device, including device identification data for addressing the mobile device; using the mobile device to detect all desktop computing devices with which the mobile device can communicate; using the mobile device to select one of the desktop computing devices on which the desktop application software is to be installed; transmitting the executable loader file from the mobile device to the desktop computing device; and using the desktop computing device to run the executable loader file comprising downloading and installing the desktop application software via network resources from the web services using the configuration data such that the installed desktop application software provides functionality and connectivity between the mobile device, the desktop computing device and the network resources, and configuring the desktop application software using the configuration data such that communications from the desktop computing device to the mobile device using the desktop application software are addressed directly to the mobile device from which the executable loader file originated.