Patent ID: 8090699

Claim:
A method for automatically presenting an application to a network platform, the method comprising: a user area establishment step of establishing, on a network platform comprising one or more servers, a user area associated with a user; an application access step of making an application available in or through the network platform via the user area, the application access step comprising receiving information related to the application from a third party through a developer interface, wherein the third party is different than the user, receiving a remote location of content associated with the application from the third party through the developer interface, wherein the remote location is not the network platform, receiving pricing information related to the application from the third party through the developer interface, automatically creating the application based on the information received from the third party, and updating a directory and a database so that the created application is available through the network platform to a plurality of users; and a user access step of, by the network platform, retrieving the content from the remote location, and displaying the application, including the content, via the user area on the network platform.