US 8924192

US patent 8924192, titled "Systems including network simulation for mobile application development and online marketplaces for mobile application distribution, revenue sharing, content distribution, or combinations thereof," was invented by Donavan Paul Poulin and is currently assigned to Wapp Tech Corp. The patent was filed on November 9, 2012, and issued on December 30, 2014.

Abstract:
The patent describes a system and methods for emulating and profiling a mobile application in real-time on a mobile device. This is achieved using a model that runs on a processor external to the mobile device. The model is based on performance characteristics of the mobile device. The application is executed within this model, and its resource utilization is monitored and displayed to the user.

Plain-Language Overview of Independent Claims:

• Claim 1: This system focuses on developing mobile applications using a software authoring interface. This interface can visually show, through one or more display windows, various network characteristics that affect the application's performance on a mobile device. Additionally, the interface can simulate different network connection states that the mobile device might encounter.
• Claim 17: This system describes a way to develop mobile applications using an online marketplace. This marketplace is designed to distribute applications, at least one of which was created using a software authoring platform. This platform allows for the simultaneous visual emulation, through display windows, of various hardware characteristics that indicate how well the application performs on a mobile device.
• Claim 35: This system is similar to Claim 17, but specifically highlights that the online marketplace includes a mechanism for revenue sharing when applications are sold or distributed. The applications are still developed using a software authoring platform that visually emulates mobile device hardware performance characteristics.
• Claim 40: This system also involves an online marketplace that distributes information (e.g., data, content, marketing information) to applications. As with the other marketplace claims, these applications are developed using a software authoring platform that visually emulates mobile device hardware performance characteristics via profile display windows.

CAFC 2026 Docket Search:
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