Patent ID: 8261261

Claim:
A method, performed by an electronic mobile communication device, to install a computer program onto a computing device that is different than the electronic mobile communication device, the method comprising: detecting a connection to the computing device; after detecting the connection, determining that the electronic mobile communication device and the computing device are logged into a same user account; after detecting the connection, communicating with the computing device to obtain information for use in installing the computer program; and executing, on the electronic mobile communication device, an installer for the computer program, the installer using the information from the computing device to install the computer program on the computing device; wherein installing the computer program on the computing device comprises installing an executable for the computer program on the computing device, defining directories for the computer program on the computing device, installing files that contain data used by the computer program on the computing device, modifying an operating system on the computing device to support the computer program, and storing configuration file entries on the computing device that define an initial configuration of the computer program on the computing device.