Apple Is Patenting Phone-to-Phone App Sharing

Apple ’s latest patent practical software , uncover today , could tot a whole Modern ( and huge ) proportion to the exploding smartphone app marketplace : sound - to - Phone app sharing , with bonus . It ’s like Groupon and societal networking meets the App Store .

The idea rests on an “ program Seed ” system , which meansiPhone appswould include a specific codification that identifies the app , along with a strong identifier and other data point such as which server to notice the app on , or which devices it could be enabled to ply on . Call it a voguish fingermark .

App breakthrough happens in many ways online — surf to a inspection internet site , or iTunes , or see a promotion on a website , then tick on a hyperlink , signalize in to your iTunes account and download and set up the app .

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Yet there ’s one important means of app find that is untapped by Apple , and that ’s somebody - to - person recommendations . We ’ve been there : Someone uses a clever app on their telephone set , we get impressed , but we have to skip through the common hoops to find it , download it and instal it . orchard apple tree ’s scheme would simplify this summons , and it would offer incentives to the “ promoter ” of the original copy of the app . Suddenly , that guy cable show off his iPhone ’s latest tricks at the weewee ice chest becomes a little fleck wealthier .

The sharing system would require the original app proprietor to enable sharing of the app inside their own equipment , perhaps by dragging it to a particular portion of the homescreen . The receiver ’s telephone would name the sharing offer automatically — either over a wireless peer - to - peer internet , or steady Wi - Fi or 3G. We imagine Apple’sinterestinnear - fieldtech could also come into turn . The app possessor and the app recipient role may only demand to touch their phones together .

After the program seminal fluid is exchange , a couple of different things can pass . The app could be write to contain a raw copy of itself , which could then be directly transmitted . Or it could hold in a partial or demo copy ( ready to entice the receiver to buy a full copy ) . Or the exchange could learn the receiver ’s phone on how to acquire the app .

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Thanks to the “ fingerprint ” nature of the seed , sharing periods could be set up which turn off the deal app after a while , ready to be reactivate when it ’s buy . Incentive schemes are possible , mean the original app possessor could earn cash , coupon , or promotional item genuine and digital ( can you say “ badge ” ? ) .

Another mode sees users uplinking apps to a static twist — say , the server in a coffeehouse with Wi - Fi , quick for other customers to access and download by and by .

In myopic , this patent , if granted , should take the App Store to a whole new level . The social aspect of trading apps borrows the unspoilt aspects of deterrent - in and voucher games , and turns apps into a kind of virtual currency . All sorts of emerging behavior could leave . Get quick to find new apps and make new friends at the same meter .

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