METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING AN APPLICATION ON A MOBILE DEVICE

1 . A system for executing an application on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a mobile device comprising:

one or more widgets,

a widget framework configured to receive a query from at least one of the widgets, and

an encapsulator application configured to encapsulate the query; and

a server in communication with the mobile device, wherein the server is in communication with a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following:

receiving the encapsulated query from the encapsulator application,

extracting the query from the encapsulated query, and

transmitting an update associated with the one or more widgets to the mobile device.

2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the widgets are configured to initiate an http query to the widget framework.

3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the widget framework is configured to transmit the query to the encapsulator application.

4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the encapsulator application is configured to transmit the query to the server via one or more of a communications network and a carrier network.

5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the widget framework is configured to receive a message from the server, wherein the message comprises an acknowledgement of submission of the query to the server.

6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for transmitting the query to a destination server associated with a URL address specified by the query.

7 . The system of claim 6 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following:

receiving the update from the destination server;

transmitting the update to the widget framework.

8 . The system of claim 7 , wherein the widget framework is configured to perform one or more of the following:

receive the update from the server;

transmit the update to the widget that requested the update.

9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the server is associated with a service provider.

10 . A system for executing an application on a mobile device, the system comprising:

a mobile device comprising:

a first widget and a second widget,

a widget framework configured to receive a first query from the first widget and a second query from the second widget, and

an encapsulator application; and

a server in communication with the mobile device, wherein the server is in communication with a computer-readable storage medium comprising one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following:

transmitting a first update associated with the first widget to the mobile device, and

transmitting a second update associated with the second widget to the mobile device.

11 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the encapsulator application is configured to determine whether the first query should be processed before the second query based on one or more of the following:

an importance associated with the first query and the second query; and

which of the first widget and the second widget was selected first.

12 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the widget framework is configured to transmit the first query and the second query to the encapsulator application.

13 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following:

transmitting the first query to a first destination server associated with a URL address specified by the first query;

receiving an update from the first destination server; and

transmitting the update to the widget framework.

14 . The system of claim 13 , wherein the widget framework is configured to transmit the update to the first widget.

15 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the computer-readable storage medium comprises one or more programming instructions for performing one or more of the following:

transmitting the second query to a second destination server associated with a URL address specified by the second query;

receiving an update from the second destination server; and

transmitting the update to the widget framework.

16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the widget framework is configured to transmit the update to the second widget.

17 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the encapsulator application is configured to:

encapsulate the first query; and

transmit the encapsulated first query to the server via one or more of a communications network and a carrier network.

18 . The system of claim 10 , wherein the encapsulator application is configured to:

encapsulate the second query; and

transmit the encapsulated second query to the server via one or more of a communications network and a carrier network.