Patent ID: 8549166

Claim:
A computer device having wireless communication capability, comprising: a processor; a wireless communication portal for selectively sending and receiving data across a wireless network; a download manager configured to selectively download applications that do not comply with a predefined security protocol, wherein non-compliance of the applications with the predefined security protocol is determined based upon information associated with the applications in response to an attempt to download the applications and prior to execution of the applications; a computer platform including a resident application environment configured to selectively download applications to the computer platform that comply with the predefined security protocol, the computer platform further configured to determine not to use the resident application environment for downloading an application that does not comply with the predefined security protocol and to download the download manager in response to a request to download the application that does not comply with the predefined security protocol; and a data store in communication with the computer platform configured to selectively send data to and receive data from the computer platform, wherein the selectively downloaded applications that comply with the predefined security protocol are executed by the computer platform within the resident application environment, and wherein the application that does not comply with the predefined security protocol is executed by the download manager outside of the resident application environment.