Patent ID: 8701125
Filing Date: 2014-04-15
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method to detect uninstallation of a first application on a mobile device, the method comprising: installing the first application; installing a second application; gathering, at the first application on the mobile device, status information of the second application to ensure that the second application is installed; transmitting, from the first application on the mobile device, the status information to a remote data collector; identifying, at the second application on the mobile device, a first notification that the first application is to be uninstalled; displaying a prompt regarding whether the second application is to be uninstalled when the first notification that the first application is to be uninstalled is identified; and transmitting, with a transmitter on the mobile device, an uninstallation notification to the remote data collector, the uninstallation notification including an identifier to identify at least one of the mobile device associated with the uninstallation or a user of the mobile device.