Patent ID: 7899959

Claim:
A method of providing connectivity between a mobile device running a client software contains an executable loader file including configuration data identifying the mobile device, a desktop computing device comprising a laptop or a personal computer running a desktop application and network resources, comprising: preparing the executable loader file to include a pre-defined address parameter for the mobile device providing the mobile device with the executable loader file to be automatically installed in the desktop computing device thereby to instruct the desktop computing device to download a full installer application software from a remote resource comprising a website or 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 full installer application software is to be installed; transmitting the executable loader file to the desktop computing device; and using the desktop computing device to run the executable loader file, subsequently to download the full installer application software automatically from the remote resource; wherein the full installer application software using the configuration data relating to the mobile device installs a desktop application including a desktop client, a service application, a file manager application, and an interface manager application on the desktop computing device, to provide functionality and connectivity between the mobile device, the desktop computing device and the remote resources.