Patent ID: 7716663
Filing Date: 2010-05-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented method for controlling native applications using control bundles, comprising: packaging, at an application management server, a native application within a control bundle to create a link between the control bundle and the native application; installing, via the application management server, the control bundle within a control environment of a client device after the packaging; issuing a command from the application management server to the installed control bundle to cause the control bundle to extract the native application from the control bundle at the client device, where the created link between the control bundle and the native application is maintained; deploying, via the installed control bundle in response to the command issued by the application management server, the extracted native application directly within a native environment of the client device, the native environment being an environment of a primary operating system of the client device and separate from the control environment; and controlling the native application from the application management server within the native environment via the control bundle installed within the control environment using the maintained link.