Patent ID: 8694983
Filing Date: 2014-04-08
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing guidance on the potential health impact of mobile software changes, the method comprising: identifying, at a mobile computing device comprising at least one processor, a mobile software change, the mobile software change comprising at least one of: requesting, at the mobile computing device, health-impact information for the mobile software change from a server; receiving, at the mobile computing device, the health-impact information for the mobile software change from the server, wherein the health-impact information received from the server identifies a potential impact of the mobile software change on the health of the mobile computing device and is based at least in part on an analysis of information obtained from at least one additional mobile computing device on which the mobile software change previously occurred; determining, at the mobile computing device based on the health-impact information received from the server, whether to allow the mobile software change to occur on the mobile computing device.