Patent ID: 9208483
Filing Date: 2015-12-08
Classification: G06Q,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for sharing or reselling at least one application being stored in a source mobile communication device with or to a destination mobile communication device, comprising: transmitting by the source mobile communication device a sharing or reselling request to a Trusted Service Manager server, wherein the sharing or reselling request comprises information relating to the application to be shared/resold and the destination mobile communication device; extracting, by the Trusted Service Manager server, from the request, information relating to the application to be shared/resold and the destination mobile communication device; connecting the Trusted Service Manager server to a first repository that contains information relating to the at least one application associated with at least one mobile communication device in which the at least one application is to be installed and with at least one Service Provider server which provides said at least one application; retrieving, by the Trusted Service Manager server, from the first repository, information relating to the Service Provider that provides the application to be shared/resold; and sending, by the Trusted Service Manager server, a query to said Service Provider asking if reselling or sharing the application with/to the destination mobile communication device is possible; processing, by the Service Provider server, said query by checking whether reselling or sharing the application with/to the destination mobile communication device is possible or not, and only when reselling or sharing the application with/to the destination mobile communication device is possible, sending an installation request to the Trusted Service Manager server, the installation request comprising an adapted version of the application to be shared/resold, and sending from the Service Provider server update instructions to the Trusted Service Manager server instructing the Trusted Service Manager server how to proceed with the application to be shared/resold in the source mobile communication device; compiling, by the Trusted Service Manager server, the adapted version of the application into a setup-message, sending from the Trusted Service Manager server, the compiled adapted version of the application to the destination mobile communication device, sending from the Trusted Service Manager server update instructions to the source mobile communication device, and updating, by the Trusted Service Manger server, the repository according to the installation request and update instructions received from the Service Provider server; installing, on the destination mobile communication device, the adapted version of the application according to the setup-message; updating the stored application on the source communication device according to the update instructions.