Patent ID: 8824651

Claim:
A method for providing an option to download a software application to a phone based on a phone number dialed by a user, the method comprising: maintaining a table of one or more phone numbers on a remote server with which the phone communicates, wherein the table associates one or more phone numbers in the table with an option to download a software application to the phone; listening on the phone for the user to initiate a voice call to a phone number; in response to the user initiating a voice call to a phone number, communicating with the server to determine whether the phone number matches an entry in the table prior to the phone placing the call; in response to the phone number matching an entry in the table that is associated with an option to download a software application to the phone, providing the user with the option to download the software application to the phone; in response to the user exercising the option, downloading the software application to the phone.