Patent ID: 8910140

Claim:
A method of distributing a software update, the method comprising: providing a software program for a mobile computing device associated with a user; detecting a first online presence of the mobile computing device having the software program installed thereon; at least partly in response to the detection of an online presence of the mobile computing device, initiating a software program update download for the software program at a first download rate, wherein a software program update download rate to the mobile computing device is based at least in part on a network access mechanism of the mobile computing device, and the software program update download rate is determined prior to the initiation of the software program update download; pausing the software program update download of the software program at least partly in response to a first event; detecting a second online presence of the mobile computing device, wherein the detection of the second online presence of the mobile computing device occurs after the detection of the first online presence of the mobile computing device; and in response to the detection of the second online presence of the mobile computing device, resume the software program update download of the software program.